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Elizabeth

Carew

7 years of experience
London
United Kingdom (UK)

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About

I was born in the North of England but spent most of my childhood living abroad in several different countries. I always say this gave me my love of travelling, which has been a lifelong passion.

After university I lived in Japan and Singapore, brought up 3 children and developed my interest in art and history.

When I discovered guiding it felt like I had come home, I consider I have the best job in the world and love just about every minute of it.

I live in central London, in a former warehouse district, next to the RiverThames. It has massively regenerated over the last 20 years and it is very buzzy area to be.

 

Tours Offered & Destination Knowledge

Cultural/Specialty ToursGeneral Walking ToursLocal GuideMuseum DocentPrivate Tours

I work mainly with private clients or small groups of visitors, usually creating bespoke tours for them. My aim is to always ensure they have the best possible experience.

I cover London, including art galleries & museums. I offer London Highlight tours or tailor make tours following specific requests (eg tracing Huguenot ancestors) I also am licenced to guide in Canterbury, Leeds Castle, Bath, Stonehenge, Oxford, Warwick Castle, Windsor, Salisbury, the Cotswolds, Greenwich amongst other places.

I am a Tate Modern & Tate Britain Guide, and part of the team of official Illuminated River Project Guides.

Fun Fact!
I love creating and eating different flavours of ice cream
Hobbies & Interests
I love walking, reading, the theatre and spending time with my friends.

Testimonials

"On my first ever visit to London, I had a private 8 hour city tour with Liz. I contacted her ahead and asked her to customize as she desired to show me "what an American should see on one day in London". She did a superb job: she is incredibly knowledgeable about British history, the locations we visited, and even took me to a couple of "special" spots: such as an operating room theater/museum - as I am a physician. Cannot rate her highly enough! I will be contacting her for my next visit to London." (HG - Minnesota, USA)

"Liz was fantastic! She was so pleasant to be with and knowledgeable about all the many things we saw and did. It was my husband and I and our 5 children and she did great with all of them and really catered to them and our family. I would highly recommend her!!" (DF - USA)

"I think this company is very very lucky to have Elizabeth as a guide. She is intuitive to what her clients need, insightful to what they want to see and to know, and ingenious in giving them wonderful and fulfilling tours showing - as in my case - London, a city she loves. Thank you Elizabeth!" (DS - USA)

"Liz was amazing! She started with Winston Churchill, and didn't stop until we closed at the Tower of London. Her communication before our trip was very good. She let me know what I needed to purchase ahead of time to make sure our tour went smoothly. I learned so much on our 1/2 day tour. I'm a little sad I didn't book a whole day with her. It was all worth it!" (JJ - Napa Valley, USA)

"Elizabeth was superb. Her kindness, depth of knowledge, and unfailing cheerfulness were outstanding. She was patient with any question, and gave us the inspiration and ideas for a more extensive future visit to London. Our focus today was on Spitalfields, as there are ancestral connections to the neighborhood. Elizabeth's phenomenal knowledge concerning dates of buildings gave us clues as to which ones would likely have been visited by our ancestors" (DW - USA)

"We had a lovely day with Elizabeth in London. We were able to see all the sights we had agreed on prior to meeting and she was very knowledgeable about all of the historical sites and London history. She was a very engaging personality . We enjoyed very much spending the day with her. She was very helpful in giving us great directions to meet up as this was our first trip to London. She was great at getting back to us prior with any questions and details. I would recommend Elizabeth for London!"
(KD - USA)

Details

Gateway Airport(s)

LHR, LGW

Licenses

London, UK

Training

London Blue Badge Tour Guide

Language(s)

English

Additional Education

"We're Good To Go" certification by Visit England means I am fully COVID-19 compliant - this is official confirmation that I comply with best practice to look after my guests in a safe manner
Public liability insurance
Blue Badge London Tour Guide - this is the highest qualification tour guides can achieve. Only Blue Badge guides are permitted to guide inside Westminster Abbey, St Pauls, Tower of London and Windsor Castle.
City of London Guide and Lecturer
City of Westminster Guide
Windsor Castle accredited Guide (the only guides allowed to guide within the castle precincts)
Windsor and Eton accredited Guide
Tate Modern Gallery Guide
Tate Britain Gallery Guide
Guildhall Art Gallery Guide
Member of the Institute of Tourist Guiding
Member of the Association of Professional Tour Guides
Member of London Historians

BA Honours degree - Geography

General Availability

I have just started to get a few bookings for this summer but I am currently available for most of 2021/2022

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