Queen Highlights Walking Tour of London
Description
Overview After meeting outside, South Kensington underground station, you will make your way to Beit Quadrangle where Queen performed their first London gig in 1970. You will then pass the Royal Albert Hall where Freddie was star of the show at Fashion Aid. We will see where the site of Kensington Market was, where Freddie and Roger had a stall. You will move on to location of the legendary BIBA clothes shop, where Mary used to work and was regularly visited by a love-struck Freddie. You will see where the apartment where Freddie started to compose Bohemian Rhapsody. You will see a number of addresses associated with the early days of Smile and Queen. Finalky you will move on to Garden Lodge, Freddie’s country home in London and hear stories of Freddie’s time here.
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See where Queen played their first London gig. The Performing Rights Society honoured Queen with a special plaque which can be seen by the entrance to Beit Quadrangle.
Stand outside Freddie Mercury's London home. This location is a pilgrimage spot for fans of Freddie and Queen.
See the location where Bohemian Rhapsody was written. Find out how it was written and what it meant.
Visit the former BIBA shop where Freddie would visit Mary Austin. She was a shop assistant here in the 1970s.
Your Queen London tour starts in the Royal Borough of Kensington. Your guide who is an expert on Freddie Mercury and Queen will guide you around the Royal Borough of Kensington highlights sites linked with Freddie and Queen.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(30)
Very knowledgeable guide. Great stops on the tour. Lots of good information you wouldn’t know about your favorite band.
A pleasant tour with well-chosen locations. The guide was informative and easy to follow. Worth it if you want a good overview.
Thanks for the really informative tour. Going through all the different spots the band lived, visited and performed was very cool experience. Our guide was amazing, he was passionate about Queen and kept everyone engaged.
Fantastic experience! Spencer really took us into all locations and had so many details about Queen and friends. It's a scarce experience to get such q tour from a person, who actually knows the stars from your favorite band :-)
We joined the Queen tour in London last Saturday and absolutely loved it. The tour was very informative, full of fascinating stories about the band, and took us to some iconic locations. Our guide was passionate and knowledgeable, which made the experience even more special. Highly recommended for anyone who loves Queen or wants to explore London in a unique way!
We went on a walking tour for Queen and when we arrived are tour man was only Spencer K Gibbins a 1960s band guitarists from the group Me and Them. Look him up on google he’s been an actor musician and many more things. He even wrote two books. He was so kind and caring and he definitely knows his stuff the tour was quite long and very interesting. He told us a lot and showed us thing that I didn’t even know about Queen he told some people never make fame you have to be in the right place at the right time. And if your face didn’t fit you were out. Please don’t miss out on this amazing experience definitely worth the money. We also gave him a good tip because he deserved it for sure.
Great entertaining guide who has its own music career footprint as a guitarist, disclosing numerous personal stories with and about Queen members & entourage at that time which made the tour experience very authentic. All in all, we made more than 6km all over Kensington to visit several spots, but the area is worth to be viewed anyway. Highly to recommend.
Our tour guide was interesting and very knowledgeable about Queen and the Kensington area. We even stopped back at the Greyhound Tavern for a drink. The bar tender there was so interested in us Aussies. Would recommend this tour
Awesome tour and great tour director Spencer! Great time and learned a lot of Queen history. We even got a surprise meet & greet with Freddie Mercury’s personal photographer Richard Young. Highly recommend.
Really enjoyed our walking tour seeing the places that members of the group Queen lived and performed over the years. Guide Spencer was even a long time friend of Brian May so shared lots of great memories and stories!
