British Booze Cruise Pub Tour

“Two pints, please, governor.” With that, your private British Booze Cruise begins. This is not simply a pub crawl but a spirited journey through the historic heart of London, led by a local guide who knows these streets, and these bars, like an old regular.

Together you weave through winding alleys and cobbled courts to some of the capital's most storied pubs. You may raise a glass in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666 and long associated with literary figures, or in The Cockpit, a former cockfighting arena that keeps its circular gallery and stands close to where William Shakespeare once lived. The route also takes in The Anchor and the galleried courtyard of The George Inn, London's last surviving coaching inn.

Along the way, your guide decodes the British pub tradition: ale and lager, the art of a proper pint, porters and stouts, and why certain pubs became haunts of journalists, actors, revolutionaries and rogues. Expect scandal, literary gossip, political plotting and the odd ghost story, with time to savour each stop beneath the low wooden beams.