This private walking tour is built for guests with an interest in WWII history, centered on an interior visit to the Cabinet War Rooms. A licensed Blue Badge guide meets guests at their central London hotel to begin the walk. Depending on the hotel's location, guests may need to arrange their own public transit or taxi to reach the starting point.
The tour begins with a descent into the original Cabinet War Rooms, the underground command center that sheltered Winston Churchill and his War Cabinet during the Blitz. The Map Room has been preserved exactly as it was left when the lights were switched off for the last time in August 1945, books and charts still in place. Your guide brings to life the stories of the officials, typists and military staff who worked in this cramped underground complex while London was bombed above them, and points out the Transatlantic Telephone Room, where Churchill held secure calls with President Roosevelt disguised as a private toilet to keep its true purpose hidden from staff.
After the Cabinet War Rooms, the tour returns street-side for a walk past some of London's best known landmarks: Trafalgar Square, built to commemorate the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Buckingham Palace, the Monarch's working London residence, Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. The guide covers the history of each briefly as the walk continues, rounding out the day's focus on Churchill's wartime London with a look at the city's older Royal and Parliamentary landmarks.
Review Location- London 
