Christmas Lights and Markets Guided Walking Tour with Mulled Wine in Covent Garden

Experience the magic of Christmas in London with a guided walking tour through Covent Garden. Explore Christmas markets, learn about holiday traditions, and enjoy a glass of mulled wine.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Covent Garden - From Covent Garden, we’ll stroll through the Christmas markets by street performers, craft stalls, and boutique shops. Illuminated with Victorian gas lamps and thousands of modern festive lights.
What's Included
  • Glass of hot spiced mulled wine
  • Guide
What's Not Included
  • Pick-up & Drop off
  • Food
Additional Information

Our rendezvous will be in Covent Garden, from where we will stroll amid street entertainers, artisan stalls, and unique boutiques. Traversing over the stone-paved lanes, we will soon find ourselves enveloped in the secret garden (a hidden treasure of London), lit by Victorian-era gas lamps.
Like Charles Dickens once did, we’ll traverse concealed paths…

Location
Covent Garden
Long Acre
Meet at ‘Sunglass Hut’ ️ shop 15 James Street London WC2E 8BU (on the corner of Long Acre and James Street) outside the exit of COVENT GARDEN Tube Station. There is only one exit from the station. Your guide will be holding an open umbrella.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Yvonneh834
Dec 22, 2025
Amazing Christmas Lights Tour – Fun, Engaging, and Unforgettable! 🎄✨ - Henry was an outstanding guide – extremely entertaining, funny, and professional at all times. We felt comfortable and well taken care of throughout the entire experience. Thanks to his engaging storytelling and great sense of humor, the time flew by. A tour with Henry is not only informative but also a lot of fun. Definitely recommended!
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Susan_j
Dec 19, 2025
Christmas lights tour with Tom - Tom was a great tour leader. He made it fun as well as educational. Happy we decided to do this tour
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Michael_g
Dec 17, 2025
Henry Is An Outstanding Tour Guide - Perfect tour for a holiday visit to London. Henry knew his history and shared it with great detail, enthusiasm and humor. Highly recommend to all!
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Monica_b
Dec 16, 2025
I had a great time on... - I had a great time on this walking tour. We ended up being a small group and that meant we were able to hear all the history and stories that were intertwined with the areas we visited. Henry was a fantastic host, warm and charismatic, made a great effort to talk to each of us individually during the afternoon. I recommend doing this tour, especially on a weekday afternoon, as it wasn't too busy and Henry made it very enjoyable!
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T7871ehdrews
Dec 15, 2025
An Engaging, Insightful, and Unforgettable London Walking Tour with Henry - This tour was amazing! We walked with Henry, and he was an outstanding guide from the very start of our walking tour from Covent Garden to Trafalgar Square. His energy was contagious, and he immediately drew everyone in. He was incredibly insightful and made the experience highly interactive, welcoming questions of all kinds—and answering even our most ridiculous ones with humor and thoughtfulness. Henry’s grasp of historical context, combined with fascinating details and stories along the way, brought London’s history to life in a memorable way. You could tell he genuinely loves what he does, and that passion made the tour both informative and fun. Ending the tour with a warm cup of mulled wine was the perfect finishing touch. I couldn’t recommend Henry more highly for anyone wanting an engaging, well-paced, and genuinely enjoyable walking tour of London.
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Eileen_d
Dec 13, 2025
Fun and festive Christmas tour - The perfect balance of history, folklore and current day happenings. Tom was very upbeat, fun and personal. A really great tour! I highly recommend the festive tour, and if you can be so lucky, Tom as your tour guide!!
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Gary_f
Dec 6, 2025
Christmas light walking tour - Carlos was terrific. We have been to London serval times but he showed us area we have never seen. His knowledge of history was amazing. Enjoyed ever minute of our tour n would rec highly!!!! Karen & Gary
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Karenfk1287qd
Dec 5, 2025
Excellent Christmas walking tour!! - We had Carlos as our guide who was terrific. Extremely knowledgeable, energetic, n fun!!! Learned interesting history and hidden area along the way!! Highly recommend this tour!! Karen & Gary
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Tiffanywt8939sx
Nov 29, 2025
All hail King Henry! - What a fantastic tour! My husband and I had so much fun with Henry learning about Covent Garden. He’s a top-notch guide and kept us laughing and engaged throughout the evening. Once he learned we were theatre people, he even incorporated some local performance-related knowledge; the man clearly knows his stuff, and really leads a delightful tour. The mulled wine was a wonderful little bonus. Beautiful sights, magical night, not to be missed!
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Faye
Nov 21, 2025
Henry was amazing! I wanted to see the Christmas markets and lights and that was exactly what I got! - Perfect your. The Christmas Markets, the lights, a bit of history and Henry our guide …perfect! It was all I had hoped for and then some. Highly recommend!
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