I just came back from London a few hrs ago. I had only 3 days in London and I was so glad I chose East End tour since it gave me the inside look of the London .
The Tour was with Carol, and it was only me and my husband, so couldn't be more perfect. I think that is the greatest thing about Urban adventures, - you get a small size tour group so you are not stuck with 30 turists with different interests and everyone wants to see - do something else...and than you loose time ...
this was even better since the tour only for 2 of us and Carol was great in answerig all our questions, (and we had a lot) about London, londoners, way of living, cost of living, cost of properties etc...so after the tour we had a better idea about a typical life in London.
On the plane we saw a documentary about Banksy, and I stronlgy recomend at least google-ing Banksy and londong grafiti....before you take This particular tour since it is going to be more familiar and much more interesting when you recognize it.
We saw jamie Olivers restaurant and for me that is the TREAT .
also, mash and pie was delicious experience and very yummy :) (the price was included with the tour)
we saw circus school, went to one galery and saw whole bunch of caffes and shops, and the city and ...oh my god...such a diversity of things you see on this tour...
Carol also gave us the tips what to do after the tour was over (it lasted aproximately 4 and half hrs) so she helped us use our time wisely.
she was very knowledgeable, she had photos of different graffiti to show us (the ones that were taken out from the streets) and she was super pleasant and just very very nice !
The only thing we felt we needed was - a map or a piece of paper with all the places that we saw written down, because you see so much & walk with her around and around and we kind of lost a direction where we were,:) which really doesnt matter since you have someone taking you places, ....but I wanted to check afterwards and see where we went.....
anyway....I hope this review helps you and I would surely use this agency again if I am at any other city. I am not a big fan of guided tours so this tour was really smashing and totally not conventional ! it was very upbeat, private and fun!
thanks Carol for the wonderful experience!