Private Tour Winchester: Walk with Historian Dr Lillian Cespedes Gonzalez

Join historian Dr Lillian Cespedes Gonzalez on a private tour of Winchester, exploring its rich history and iconic locations. Learn about legends, notable figures, and dive into the Anglo-Saxon past with an expert guide!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Arc - Winchester Library now exhibiting a statue to Licoricia of Winchester one of the most important women in the history of this city. We will stop briefly and talk about her story.
  • Winchester Cathedral - One of the most spectacular Gothic cathedrals in England, we will talk about its humble origins in the Anglo Saxon period, to its…
What's Included
  • Gratuities
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

Join historian Dr. Lillian Cespedes Gonzalez, who completed her history studies from undergraduate to PhD in Winchester, for an insightful tour of the city. You’ll receive in-depth historical explanations and experience the local charm that makes Winchester a unique and memorable place.
Discover the legends surrounding some of Winchester’s most iconic…

Location
Winchester Train Station
We will be waiting just outside the main entrance of the Station, on the side of Station Rd.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Vincent_l
Sep 25, 2024
Fantastic tour! - Michele’s a fantastic tour guid. Very pleasant to be with and extremely knowledgeable! Also gave us pointers on what to see beyond the tour. My mom walks slow and she was more than happy to go at our pace Great tour!
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Davidcf721ci
Sep 14, 2024
A SMART CHOICE..BOOK THIS TOUR. - Had we NOT booked with Lily we would have missed so much of Winchester entirely. She is very bright, is enthused to share her love and respect for the city, and shared places that we never would have found on our own. We would heartedly suggest booking with her. It made all the difference for us.
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James_h
Sep 8, 2024
Excellent history - Great information, stories, and very personable tour guide Lillian. Tour lasted about 1.5 hours. If it rains you want to wear water proof shoes to avoid puddle soaking.
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Ian
Aug 22, 2024
The best guide and a fountain of knowledge - Lilian was phenomenal from start to finish. A fountain of knowledge. The best guide I have ever had. She gave us so many interesting and detailed explanations of every place. Her in depth knowledge and passion for history stand out straight away. She was attentive and caring and answered every question we asked her. Energetic, charismatic, charming and passionate best describe her guided tours. A real pleasure to have experienced her tour. Highly recommended!!
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Fearless631887
Aug 5, 2024
Great experience - Our guide Lilly was amazing and passionate ❤️ She has a PHD so she really knew her stuff! I highly recommend this tour ask for Lilly if possible
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E820ucmaevem
Jul 19, 2024
A Fascinating Look at Winchester - This was a wonderful private tour! Dr. Lilly Cespedes gave us a fascinating look at Winchester's early history. The weather was horrible, but it did not deter her or us. This tour is well worth going on. I would love to do another tour with her.
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Ian_g
Jul 8, 2024
Great tour and insight - Lillian was a great guide: she knew the topic inside and out; was passionate about it and was more than happy to accommodate any requests or questions we had. Its just the sort of person you want to guide you through Winchester.
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Sharmini_m
May 30, 2024
Good intro to Winchester’s history - The guide was quite knowledgeable and interesting about the history and characters of Winchester. She spoke movingly about the Jewish wealthy woman Laoricia.
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679deboraha
May 24, 2024
Fabulous tour!! Highly recommend!! - This was the most wonderful tour! To have the opportunity to tour with just your group…in our case just two people….was priceless. She was so full of knowledge that it was fascinating! I can’t recommend her highly enough. Winchester has such a long wonderful history. Enjoy it on this tour and you will learn while having a great visit.
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760ninaj
May 17, 2024
Avoid if you can - Unfortunately, we’ve had a really bad experience with this company. I booked a tour in March for when my family was visiting in mid-May. Given how long ago we booked, I messaged the company four days ago to find out whether or not everything was still going ahead. After initially swift responses by the company in March, there was complete radio silence for the last four days. Even with three individual follow ups, I heard nothing back. I called on Friday twice only for it to go to voicemail. I’m currently 36 weeks pregnant with a poorly back so I needed to be certain of plans before doing a two-hour car journey leaving in the early morning the following day. After a few failed attempts to reach them and speaking to Viator, I got a text message that the company hasn’t had any internet and that I’ll receive a confirmation in the evening. At 10pm, I had to follow up to find out if the tour was still going ahead for the next morning. I then received pretty aggressive and unreasonable text messages from the company saying I’ll receive a confirmation “in due course”. At 11pm, they cancelled my tour for the next morning because I dared to ask for some clearer communication and instructions for where and how to meet the tour guide the following morning when I could have been asleep hours ago. Petty, unreasonable and entitled. Given how many other tour operators there are in the country who are great at communicating, have reasonable staff and access to internet (in 2024) - I’d suggest you look elsewhere for booking your tours.
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up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).