by BlackTaxiTours | Jan 11, 2024 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Image courtesy of Wikipedia I can’t tell you how many times as a taxi tour guide, I’ve been asked by visitors to take them to see the famous London Bridge. Everyone knows the nursery rhyme about London Bridge falling down! Needless to say, they are very...
by BlackTaxiTours | Dec 18, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
By Elisa.rolle – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57562559 There’s something about this bombed-out church that confounds the senses. Sitting at one of the benches in its preserved garden in the heart of the city, you get a...
by BlackTaxiTours | Dec 8, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Artist impression. Guidhall Art Galley We all know about Roman gladiators, probably watched the movie Gladiator and can picture the great Colosseum in Rome where bloody gladiatorial duels were fought and wild animals slaughtered. But did you know that this...
by BlackTaxiTours | Dec 3, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Fancy a stop for a coffee? Maybe a croissant? These days we’re almost spoilt for choice as it seems every other premises is a coffee shop. Some might bemoan this change in taste from traditional English tea to coffee. But just off Cornhill, down a narrow alley called...
by BlackTaxiTours | Nov 16, 2023 | Black Taxi Tours of London
Do you like money? No, I mean really like money? Because if you are fascinated by the history of finance then this hidden away museum, tucked down a side street alongside the Bank of England, could be just for you. The Bank of England was founded in the late 17th...