We had the most entertaining tour guide (Owen?!) keeping us warm on a cold November day. Got to places which I wouldn’t have visited myself. Great stories about history, present and potentially the future of Bristol
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- Tour guide
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Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Meeting in front of the cathedral main entrance.
Itinerary
Join us for a walk of Bristol like no other. combining 1000 years of city history with Bristol's vibrant street art scene and hints and tips to make the most of your stay.
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An excellent way to spend two hours on a lovely Autumnal Saturday afternoon! Owen was our guide and he was thoroughly engaging and knew his facts! How ever many times you visit Bristol, this tour shows you something you never knew! Thank you for a great afternoon!
Luke is very knowledgeable and entertaining. He was also flexible and asked the group for their preferences at points which customised the tour.
Owen was enthusiastic, knowledgeable, fun and engaging. We had a great tour. I love in Bristol but still have learnt new things and 3 friends visiting loved it. Thanks Owen
Brilliant tour. Owen was a knowledgeable, and affable leader, who took time to interact with everyone. He made ys laugh, he made us learn and really appreciate the history, culture and make-up of this wonderful city of Bristol. It was a good length and great calue. Looking forward to coming back and doing it again!
Absolutely awesome tour! Like is full of charisma and clearly loves what he does. We would love to find out more about other parts of Bristol on our next visit. Undoubtedly worth the time and expense!
Brilliant tour. If you do one thing in Bristol, this should be it! An excellent introduction to the city (it was my first time visiting). Luke, our guide, really knows his stuff and has loads of charisma.
We loved this tour. We are a group of friends who get together once a year in different cities and often book a walking tour to get a feel for the place. This ranks as one of the best. Our tour guide Owen was very knowledgeable and led the tour in a fun and engaging manner. I would never have thought that I could find two hours in pouring rain so enjoyable!
We turned up on a very wet morning (considering cancelling) however what a fabulous tour! Owen the tour guide made it, he was very welcoming he delivered the tour with humour, fascinating facts & showed us different parts of the city that we hadn’t previously seen. I would 100% recommend this tour.
2 hour walking tour round key sights in Bristol. The guide is excellent, his narrative is punchy, friendly and humorous.
An excellent walking tour introducing aspects of the city that we would have otherwise missed. Luke was very knowledgeable. If you are visiting Bristol then this is an excellent use of a couple of hours.
Luke is an incredibly knowledgeable and engaging storyteller. It is a wonderful experience to explore a city like Bristol through the eyes of someone so passionate about its history, art and culture. You won’t regret it!
Really enjoyed the tour this afternoon, our guide was so knowledgeable and clearly enjoyed himself telling us all the info. Interesting, informative and time flew
Echo was fabulous - guide was very knowledgeable
Excellent tour, thanks Owen 😊
Excellent walking tour Guide was fantastic very knowledgeable
Absolutely brilliant! Kept our 14 year old, who is not in the slightest interested in history completely engaged and asking questions. After 2 hours, she was disappointed it had come to an end!!!! Absolutely recommend!
Excellent tour with Owen. Just the right pace and amount of information to keep everyone entertained. Thanks.
Owen was excellent. Disappointed that there were only 2 Banksy’s, but other street art was interesting.
The tour was led by Luke who was fun and sweet and kind and entertaining and offered a mountain of information and intriguing stories. Luke led us through Banksy, Blackbeard, the colonial history, cultural rituals, current events, arts, the economy and more of Bristol. The streets came alive through Luke's vibrant storytelling. His stories drew us in and had us in excited anticipation of his every word as we walked the streets of this beautiful city with its rich and deep history. It was inspiring to here about Bankys influence in Bristol both creatively and politically, to learn the about abolitionists that came before him, and the more recent protests supporting Black Lives Matter that brought down slave trader Edward Colstons' statue. We were riveted by Luke's deliverance and his tales and amazed us. Many thanks and appreciations. I will be back for more tours with Luke.
Luke was a very informative and enthusiastic guide sharing his knowledge and his enthusiasm for his city. I loved the quirky bits of information he shared. Pace is good.
Absolutely fantastic. Owen was a brilliant guide and despite a large group everything was audible and highly entertaining. Owens delivery style was such that we absorbed a huge amount of info which we spent the rest of the day recalling to each other! Great insight into the city of Bristol via interesting characters and events. Highly recommend.
Henry was delightful guide. I learned a lot and he had lovely energy. We covered a nice amount of ground in the city as well but wasn't too intense for the walking part of it (we had quite a lot of elderly people on our tour who were just fine).
Great stories of Bristol history and street art scene. The guide was knowledgeable and entertaining.
Exceptional informativ tour, good vibes, awesome guide (shoutout to Henry from the two Germans).
Had a great tour experience with Teresa, 'blackbeard to Banksy tour ' very informative, fun and comprehensive, Teresa was a mind of information on all the aspects of the tour especially the Banksy's, would highly recommend to anyone visiting Bristol with a few hours to kill, really enjoyed our tour, thanks Teresa from, Russell, Holly and Ben from York, x
We had a fantastic tour with Theresa, who most certainly did please us! Incredible knowledge, brilliantly brought to life! Would recommend to anyone!
The walk is all on the level and a relaxing pace. The guide Owen was great with lots of knowledge. He made it a fun walk and answered questions put to him.
Fabulous tour with Luke. He is enthusiastic and knowledgeable and shared lots of important and interesting facts and stories with warmth and humour. Brought the history of the city to life. Helpful with advice for later activities and travel So glad we did this.
We really enjoyed the 2 hour walking tour. Luke was very knowledgeable, a great host & made sure we were all able to see and hear everything at each stop. History, Banksy, street art, great locations for food & drinks....well worth it!
Highlight of a fantastic weekend. Henry was a brilliant guide from the very start, so interesting, engaging and informative. A great character who gave us some amazing insights into this city. We loved it! 👏👏
Henry was very passionate and brought the stories to life. We enjoyed it very much and have been telling our friends
A really well weaved trip through part of Bristol's contemporary, mercantile, industrial and medieval history. This included introductions to many historical and artistic figures, beside key works of art, buildings and locations of geographical significance. Much respect to our guide for his knowledge, passion, and his ability to bring the place and stories alive.
Brilliant. Henry was really informative and entertaining, thoroughly recommend!!
We had Henry (unsure if there are other tour operators) and he seemed to have a genuine love of the city's past, present, and future. From old buildings to new art, he kept it informative and engaging.
Henry was very funny and knowledgeable about banksy & Bristol we both thoroughly enjoyed the walking tour learnt a lot would highly recommend 🤩👍👍👍
Luke delivered a great route full of interest and mixing anecdote and facts, sticking to time. Easy to book direct.
We really enjoyed this walking tour and thoroughly recommend it ! Our guide was Owen - he was friendly, had so much knowledge about Bristol’s history and street art, and gave out just the right amount of information. He had a folder of A3 size photos to demonstrate some of the stories and so we could see what some of the ‘removed’ Banksy paintings had looked like. It was particularly helpful. The walking tour covered lots of ground and was just the right length time-wise. Owen gave us tips of where to see other local sites of interest in Bristol, and willingly answered questions as we walked around.
Great tour and excellent way to get your self oriented before you go back and emerse yourself in the pubs and museums. Who knows your tour guide might even be Banksy himself, cheeky wag that he is.
Our guide Owen was good fun, witty, and informative. Very enjoyable. 2hrs was the right amount of time.
Really informative, good guide
Owen not only shared so many great tips about Bristol, but did it in a fun and energetic way! A wonderful tour that sheds light on both the colorful and dark sides of Bristolian history. Comprehensive and informative. 10/10
It was great, who knew there was so much history in bristol. Owen our guide was very knowellagle and made the tour fun. The tour felt just the right lengh of time
A nicely paced intro to the history of Bristol. Our guide Owen was curteous, funny, well informed and eagerly answered questions. One set of stairs in the whole tour.. easy walking and manageable group number. In fact when more than 35 people signed up .. two guides were assigned 2 groups of twenty. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and highly recommend it to others.
Very knowledgeable and personable guide.
Really enjoyed this 2 hour walking tour, with Mike as our guide. He was very engaging, knowledgeable and friendly and the 2 hours flew by, taking in some street art including Banksy. We felt £14 pp was excellent value and would not hesitate to recommend this tour.
Yesterday my wife, sister and I had a great tour of Bristol's street art and history led by our guide, Mike. It's excellent value, it took 2 hours and covered a lot of the central area (A good stretch of the legs!!). Mike has a strong voice so the dozen or so people on the tour could all hear him. His knowledge of history and locality is very good, and he supplements his talk with a folder of A3 size photos of Bristol in the past and other points of interest which he makes sure everyone gets to see. I highly recommend this tour!
Great intro to Bristol. Mike was very knowledgeable and made the tour interesting and fun. Thank you
Great tour with a great, knowledgeable guide (Owen). Highly recommended.
We really enjoyed the blackbeard to banksy tour and found it really engaging and informative. Owen was a great guide and the tour was really fun and interesting, with a wide variety of topics.
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