Join us from the comfort of your own home as we bring London to you with our live-stream virtual tours. We’ll make London come alive for you with stories, pictures, maps, old paintings while we virtually walk the streets with Google earth’s street view, with stories told by an experienced London-born tour guide.
Why you’ll like our tours:
- They’re active and live-streamed, we encourage conversation, questions and chit-chat
- They’re engaging, unfussy and educational for the whole family
- They cost only £7 for one household (or £10 for two households)
- We use a range of media like pictures, paintings and Google Earth to make London come alive
- Your London-born tour guide has 16 years’ experience, was trained by the British Museum and and loves to tell its hidden secrets and stories
So check out our reviews and tours below and we hope to see you soon.
Our current virtual tours of London:
Just click on the links below to find out more and book via Eventbrite. If you want to see our which of our tours are coming up next check out our calendar.
By the way, it’s worth checking back here as we are adding new tours all the time. Don’t forget to like us on Facebook to stay in touch. Thanks and hope to see you soon!
Highlights of the British Museum
The world’s greatest museum, we showcase important objects like the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon Marbles, Roman Silver, Mayan Sculpture and a lot more. All told by an ex-museum tour guide
London’s East End: Whitechapel High Street
Imagine Winston Churchill turning up in a top hat with a pistol to fight Russians. Riots against the Fascists. The ‘elephant’ man, the nurse heroine Edith Cavell, the Krays, Stalin and Trotsky and an executioner of a king. It’s all around this high street.
Surviving an epidemic 150 years ago
This tour gives a message of hope with humour and science. The story of London’s hygiene starts 2,000 years ago, then goes pear-shaped. How a lack of understanding of not ridding of our waste correctly led to awful cholera outbreaks, the ‘Great Stink’, and how Dr John Snow eventually solved it.
All of our tours can be prepared for school classes, making history educational, fun and interfaced with your curriculum. We need a minimum class size of 30 and can give a free taster tour for teachers. Contact us for more information.
St Paul’s Cathedral to London Bridge
A virtual walk between two iconic London landmarks to Bankside, the Elizabethan playground of theatre, bear-baiting and brothels. Hear about the frozen Thames, the Great Fire and prison life.
The road called Strand beside the River Thames is barely a mile long yet has so much to tell. Great riverside palaces, an Egyptian obelisk, Benjamin Franklin’s house, the idyllic gardens of Temple and a 900 year old old Crusader church.
King of the World: Assyria in the British Museum
What was it like to be king of the world’s first superpower? The Assyrians once dominated the known world and created the first multi-nation empire. One of the Assyrian kings, Ashurnasirpal II controlled the people, made laws, managed the religion, he was also a warrior king, leading sophisticated amphibious assaults.
It was one of the most amazing archaeological finds ever discovered. Hidden in the soil of eastern England for one and half thousand years were glittering riches of gold, silver and garnets, an exquisitely crafted helmet and a long ship. They revolutionised our view of the ‘dark ages’ and the island’s connection to the rest of the world.
Trafalgar Square and Lord Nelson
A fascinating story of the most famous square in London. A memorial to teenage love , a place of violent punishment, a place of celebration and protests. First of all it’s a memorial for England’s greatest hero.
The area of the Isle of Dogs is an amazing story about resilience against failure. Hear about when it once declared independence, a place of of bustling docks filled with rum, of pirate executions, of digging the world‘s first under-river tunnel and more.
Buckingham Palace, The Mall and St James’s Park
There’s so much history and so many stories about Buckingham Palace and its surrounds, so join us on a fascinating one and a half hour virtual tour. 300 years ago the palace started off as a townhouse for a Duke, nearly became a museum but went on to be the London residence of all of Britain’s sovereigns since an 18 year old Queen Victoria moved in 1837.
A birthday tour on the history of someone special
We offer a bespoke virtual history tour for birthdays, anniversaries, stag/hen dos, bachelorette’s/ bachelor’s parties. Filled with humour and history, images and music, it will be 40 minutes long, thoroughly researched, live-streamed with a recording you can keep forever. Enquire on our contact form for prices and more details.
Here are our some of our Google reviews
We’ve been giving tours of London since 2006, both face to face and virtual for thousands of people. For more of our reviews please visit our Google page.
“It was incredible”
An amazing, online walking tour from St Paul’s Cathedral to Bankside. Loona, was extremely welcoming and also very knowledgeable. He brought the history of this area to life, with the many tales of life along this little area. It was incredible! The resources used were engaging and detailed. Loona interacted with his participants , making the viewer feel actively involved with the experience. I thoroughly recommend this tour. It was fabulous and I shall definitely be expoloring Loona’s other tours.
Teresa O’Hara
“A wide range of interesting visual material – Google Earth, old photographs, maps and period illustrations.It was incredible”
A very enjoyable tour of Canary Wharf and Limehouse by Loona Hazarika which I recommend highly. Wide-ranging, covering the history of the Isle of Dogs and the development of Canary Wharf from its role in the British Empire to the financial powerhouse of today. Wide range of interesting visual material – Google Earth, old photographs, maps and period illustrations. Well planned, friendly and humorous presentation
Moira Allan
“A mix of historic and contemporary information, lots of really good visuals and pauses for questions”
This was the first virtual tour I’ve done with Let’s Discover London, but it definitely won’t be the last. Loona took us for a very informative & entertaining Stroll down the Strand (banana optional!) and it was great. A mix of historic and contemporary information, lots of really good visuals and pauses for questions. Can thoroughly recommend and am looking to book another tour.
Carol Crook
“A a first class tour guide, an excellent group facilitator, inspiring, enthusiastic and with endless historical knowledge “
Loona is a first class tour guide, an excellent group facilitator and a charming person. He is inspiring,enthusiastic and with endless historical knowledge – which makes me hungry for more. We covered past history (oh so colourful…talking about the inspiration and resilience of people) and right up to the present day….Loona had a story for everything.I won’t spoil it for you by sharing too much ..just to say it really gave me an insight and food for thought.
Sue Goldstein
“Head and shoulders above other tours”
From my experience Loona’s tours are head and shoulders above other tours. I will definitely be going on more tours with him and am going to enquire about a tailor made tour with him too. Julie Bennett, tour guide
“A rivetting tour guide … literally transports us in to the pages of history”
I had the privilege of going on the British Museum Highlights Tour and it was like going into a timemachine! Loona is a riveting tour guide and literally transports us into the pages of history with anecdotes, extra information and humour thrown in for good measure! His knowledge is phenomenal and so well researched that the hour and fifteen minutes fly by. He made me feel like I was actually in the museum looking at the exhibits I never thought it would be so much fun! This is a highly recommended virtual tour, complete with your own tour guide!
Loya Agarwala
“My students loved the tour!“
I’m a teacher and I took my students to the British Museum virtual tour. Loona’s a fantastic guide and gave us a wonderful experience. My students loved the tour! I highly recommend it. Mariana Ferraz
