Private Canterbury Tour: Specialised City Exploration with Green Badge Guide
4.8
14 Ratings
Kent
Experience a private guided tour of Canterbury with your family or friends. Explore medieval lanes, pilgrim inns, and the majestic Cathedral's Precincts with an expert Green Badge Guide.
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Canterbury - Delight in an exclusive excursion led by a knowledgeable Green Badge City Guide, who will take you through the winding, cobblestone streets of downtown Canterbury, showcasing a diverse array of historical structures, ranging from ancient inns for pilgrims and age-old timber houses, to contemporary theaters.

Additionally, you will venture into the Cathedral Precincts to admire the Cathedral’s grand exterior, wander through its cloisters, and explore the former monastery grounds, with a chance to visit the renowned and age-old King’s School.

Throughout your journey, you will be regaled with tales of notable individuals linked to the city, including literary icons like Chaucer and Marlowe, members of the Royal Family, and the famed Saint Thomas Becket.

Embarking on this tour offers a splendid gateway to the rich history of the enchanting city of Canterbury.

Please be aware that upon reservation, we will need to reach out to you via email to share your Guide’s contact information. Keep an eye out for communications through the TripAdvisor messaging platform.

What's Included
  • Guided walking tour of central city streets
  • Exterior visit to Cathedral Precincts
What's Not Included
  • Entrance to any attractions
  • Entrance to Cathedral not included
Additional Information

Immerse yourself in our exclusive personalized tour of Canterbury alongside your loved ones or a batch of buddies. Prepare to be engrossed in a vibrant 90-minute on-foot exploration, led by a seasoned Guide who shall captivate you with narrations and sordid history. From ancient alleys and hospices for pilgrims to the gargantuan Cathedral’s Enclosure, our excursions would whisk you across centuries, charming you with tales and tracing the progressive transformation of the city over the ages.

Our officially sanctioned city tour stands as the unique ambulatory tour that incorporates access to the Cathedral Enclosure. You will be supervised by your personal Green Badge accredited City Guide, every one of them endorsed by the Institute of Tourist Guiding.

Should you be intrigued by specific aspects such as architecture, gardens or the Middle Ages, or perhaps you’re in the company of youngsters, just drop a message post-booking and our Guides will customize your tour according to your proclivities.

Guided tours offered in English, French and German.

Location
Butter Market
Guides wear a bright red sash.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Johnpp6950bl
Mar 25, 2024
Excellent Walking Tour - Medieval Period Canterbury_ Doreen Roseman Official Guide_ excellent walking tour through the streets of Canterbury and Cathedral Grounds. An illuminating and informative tour delivered to a group of 13 Medievallists. The history, people, places, buildings of interest. Highly recommended for local residents and visitors to gain an insight into Medieval Times in Canterbury. A well paced 90 minutes with several pauses and plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
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Lorik_s
Mar 20, 2024
Great tour! Canterbury - Our guide was incredible ! She knew a lot and explained history well. I could tell she was a former teacher. Loved this tour! Highly recommend! Lori and karen Arizona
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Hannahbw3861pf
Feb 3, 2024
Amazing tour, highly reccomend - My family and I absolutely loved our experience with Canterbury Guided Tours. We loved the tour itself, our tour guide, and how gracious and accommodating the business was both before and after. We were visiting Canterbury outside of the normal hours of the 11:00 and 2:00 tours, so Canterbury Guided Tours helped us arrange a private tour at a time that would work for me and my family and it was a great experience. Our guide, Sian was so lovely, kind, funny, knowledgable, and interesting. We learned so much, had an amazing time, and created wonderful memories in Canterbury thanks to Canterbury Guided Tours.
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Traceylasz
Dec 8, 2023
Knowledgable Guide of Canterbury? - Kate was an excellent guide. She know the history of Canterbury extremely well and she did a great job packing in as much info as we could get int he one hour we had. She also is genuinely kind and we enjoyed her company greatly in spite of the cold, dreary weather.
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864evelyneh
Jul 27, 2023
Amazing - Mark was incredible! He was amazing for my English Literature uni class. He was able to quote Marlowe and Chaucer (in Middle English), and he was just so fun.
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Marym
Jul 16, 2023
Great walking tour - Our guide, Charl (not the right spelling) was charming and well-informed. We enjoyed our time with her very much.
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Suzanne0561
Jun 9, 2023
Canterbury Tales - Jane was an amazing guide - warm, friendly and extremely knowledgable. We found out so much about Canterbury which is a fabulous city to visit.
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330beverlyb
Jun 10, 2022
Great walking tour - We were in town on a cruise and had no clue what we were going to do when we got to town. We stumbled upon Sam holding the sign and asked about the tour. It ended up being one of our favorite days in our 16 day trip. Sam knows his stuff!!! He is funny, smart and told some great stories of the town. I would highly recommend taking the 90 minute walking tour with them!
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Paul_b
Jan 7, 2024
Interesting and Presented Well - On a cold chilly afternoon our guide maintained the overall interest of the group through stories relating to our party’s interests. Would certainly do this again - too much to take in in one go! Thank you
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Paul_b
Jan 7, 2024
Informative and Cativating - Despite the chill breeze and cold temperatures our party learnt a lot from our guide who was engaging knowledgeable and totally flexible in answering all questions no matter how mundane. A great experience that I would certainly repeat - thank you
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