Tour of Marylebone and the Wallace Collection

Marylebone Tour - The Wallace Collection - second floor - London

Tour of Marylebone

Visiting the Wallace Collection

Located within the City of Westminster, Marylebone is one of London's most impressive areas. Beautiful houses, cozy shops, gorgeous streets, elegant bars and restaurants, Marylebone is an outstanding surprise for every visitor.

DURATION: 3 hours

HIGHLIGHTS

Explore Marylebone’s famous streets: Baker Street, Marylebone High Street, Wimpole Street, Harley Street and Portland Place

Enjoy a professional tour of the Wallace Collection Museum. It comprises an extensive collection of fine and decorative arts from the 15th to the 19th centuries with important holdings of French 18th-century paintings, furniture, arms and armour, porcelain and Old Master paintings arranged into 30 galleries.

Learn interesting facts about Marylebone’s history and its famous residents

Visit cozy shops, bookshops, boutiques and a lovely patisserie, where you will enjoy fabulous sweet delights

Pass by noble houses, fascinating churches, Sherlock Holmes fictional residence on Baker Street, Madame Tussauds and the luxurious hotel, the Langham, which opened in 1865 and was designed by John Giles as London’s first purpose-built ‘grand hotel’.

Read more about Marylebone

Marylebone is roughly bounded by Oxford Street to the south, Marylebone Road to the north, Edgware Road to the west and Great Portland Street to the east. Marylebone gets its name from a church dedicated to St Mary, represented now by St Marylebone Parish Church (1817); the original church was built on the bank of a small stream or “bourne”, called the Tybourne or Tyburn.

In the 18th century the area was known for the raffish entertainments in Marylebone Gardens, the scene of bear-baiting and prize fights by members of both sexes, and for the duelling grounds in Marylebone Fields. Marylebone has some “Beatles” heritage, with a John Lennon flat at 34 Montagu Square, and the original Apple Corps headquarters at 95 Wigmore Street.

MEETING POINT

A choice between your hotel (if centrally located) and a recommended meeting point. The ideal meeting point for this private tour is from Bond Street Station (find it on the map). Our recommendation for the starting time of the tour is between 9 AM and 1 PM

The Wallace Collection - Marylebone Tour - London

The Wallace Collection Museum

The Langham

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The private tour can be booked via email, by phone or just by filling our inquiry form (recommended). You will receive our reply in a maximum of 24 hours, once you send us your inquiry.
If you have special requirements, please let us know them in advance!
If you would like to visit some other museums or attractions, we can include them in your private tour, as an extra. We require this information, in order to plan the time schedule of the tour.
We accept secure online payments via Stripe, once we confirm you availability for the tour