Excellent. Our guide, Alan, was informative and funny. Highly recommend this experience.
Review by: Amy W, April 2018
Guide was very factual but unable to convey topic in an entertaining way. No talk of Sherlock Holmes just got left at the pub. Very disappointing.
Review by: Lynnette K L, April 2018
A fun night tour....great guide!
Review by: Darynda J, March 2018
FANTASTIC!!! So many questions answered.
Review by: Ashlea D, February 2018
Although it was interesting to walk the streets where Jack the Ripper stalked and killed his victims this tour was too large a group for it to be enjoyable. You end up traipsing about in the cold November tour unable to hear your tour guide. The Tour Guide however was very knowledgable and quite entertaining when you could hear him.
Review by: Marion G, January 2018
The guide we had was so knowledgeable he made it so so exciting and interesting and he was funny he was called Stephen. He even should us were part of the new Sherlock was filmed and the tunnel that was used for M in one of the Bond films. _br/_ Really enjoyed the tour
Review by: LaMonte W, January 2018
Lots of fun! Our guide, Alan Doyle was not only knowledgeable, but funny as hell. The British Ninja! Highly recommend this tour
Review by: Indira A, January 2018
This tour gave me lots of info but the tour guild was very mono toned and completely_br/_ bored me.
Review by: Michelle M, December 2017
This was our worst experience in London. First, the tour was described as being a bus tour. We took a short coach ride to near one of the murder sites, then we were on foot for the rest of the night. My party was not dressed warmly enough for an outside 2 hour walk but could have been, if the description were appropriate. The walk would have been a minor issue if our tour guide had been a good one, he was not. Our guide spent most of the time giving scholarly, BORING, explanations to discredit known theories. He had no personality, no drama, no excitement in any of his recitations. It appeared he had forgotten he was discussing crimes which occurred well over 100 years ago, the actual sites long since gone in most cases. A bit of theater would have been most welcome. This tour was such a disappointment my daughter and I took a second Ripper tour a few nights later. It couldn't have been a different experience even though visiting the same sites and facts! Its a shame there is no way to choose your guide when booking a tour. With something like a Ripper tour who
Review by: Greg B, December 2017
Alan was a good host, knowledgeable about the ongoing conspiracies of Jack the Ripper. Traffic and weather was a little challenging however we made the most of it. Unfortunately the kitchen was shut by the time we got to the Sherlock Holmes, wet and cold, hungry to boot was not the best way to finish. No photo opportunities really, highlights included pointing out xmas lights, trees and cool Harry Potter places.
Review by: ghuber, December 2017
I thought it was a great tour. A lot of the neighborhood has changed since the murders, so you have to use your imagination,_br/_ which was fine, because as everyone knows your mind is usually worse than reality. I would recommend this tour to any adult.
Review by: leon, November 2017
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Katie R, November 2017
Good guide. More of a history of the murders and city, not so much “ghost stories” or haunted locations.
Review by: jmpretzel, November 2017
Very poor tour. Tour was not organized well. Long bus ride for no reason, could not hear or understand tour guide. Tour guide did not explain many of the stops during the walking tour in relation to Jack the Ripper. We left in the middle of the tour.
Review by: ays.chin, October 2017
The guide was really into the facts and a great story teller._br/_ The Sherlock Holmes bar at the end is an unnecessary ad on as we did not get any facts about Sherlock Holmes and the bar stopped serving food by the time we got there!
Review by: Daniel B, October 2017
You can't beat the value. We had a one day layover in London arriving in the afternoon and departing the next morning. This was one of the few tours that started in the evening that fit our schedule. So glad we did it. Not only was it informative, but very entertaining. Our tour guide was obviously a Jack the Ripper expert and the way he told the story had us all hanging on every word. We visited some very hip neighborhoods, the tour guide pointed out all the major sights big plus Big Ben, the Abbey, Traflagar Sq, London Bridge, Parliament, etc. and ended the tour at the Sherlock Holmes pub. Sit at the top of the bus for the best views. Do try a pint of the Sherlock draft.
Review by: Anonymous, October 2017
This is not a Sherlock Holmes tour. It only has Sherlock Holmes in the name because it ends at the Sherlock Holmes pub. This is mainly a Jack the Ripper tour. You go around to sites related to the Ripper, you pass by other tour companies also doing Ripper tours, and you learn that the sites no longer exist and why you see buildings and streets that were not there during the time period. You do go down one street that is still related to that era and it gives you a perspective on how narrow and dirty the streets would have been in that time period. Before the tour ends you do stop at the execution site of William Wallace. If you like everything Jack the Ripper this is the tour for you. If you are hoping for any fictional references to Sherlock Holmes or swinging by 221B Baker Street then this is not your tour.
Review by: Ali W, October 2017
really enjoyable trip the tour guide was fantastic - would definitely recommend this.
Review by: Cynthia K, October 2017
Our guide was very knowledgeable and you could tell he thoroughly enjoyed what he was doing. We rode some and walked some. We would walk to a certain spot and he would give us details about where we were and why we stopped there. Answered lots of questions. Would definitely recommend to friends.
Review by: Donna R, October 2017
We did this tour last year while in London. The tour was extremely overbooked 30 to 35 people and the person narrating the history/story of Jack the Ripper spoke so low that you could not even hear him unless you were standing right next to him. The fact that there were 35 people on the tour made it impossible to get close. We followed him to a couple of locations and finally gave up and just went back to our hotel. We requested our money back, which Viator did refund.
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