2023-11-19 08:36:26
Tea time tour by double decker
A London landmark on wheels are the red double-deckers. In 2005, the old Routemasters, which had shaped the cityscape since the late 1950s, had to clear the street for barrier-free low-floor buses. On the one hand a blessing for passengers with wheelchairs, strollers or luggage and visually similar to its predecessors, but on the other hand a horror for nostalgics and fans of running board platforms and vintage car charm.
Luckily for you, the Routemasters have not completely disappeared from the scene: some of the historic double-deckers have now been converted so that a stylish afternoon tea can also be served there during a city tour. Brigit’s Bakery offers such tours in a special ambience. It starts at Victoria Coach Station and Trafalgar Square. To ensure that tea doesn’t spill over on the go, it is served in a porcelain mug with a lid.
While the bus rattles through London’s heavy traffic and the sights from Big Ben to Notting Hill to Downing Street pass by outside, the passengers inside enjoy “L’Afternoon Tea” with a French twist, such as pumpkin and almond tart, at tables for two and four Meringue topping or mini mushroom quiche. After all, the eponymous Brigit Bloch comes from Paris – her charming family patisserie in Covent Garden also offers afternoon tea picnic boxes.
The buses leave seven times a day, a tour lasts around 90 minutes and costs 45 pounds (52 euros), with a 10 pound children’s discount. Information and booking at b-bakery.com/london/bus-tours/afternoon-tea-bus-london
A tea cruise on the Thames
London’s streets are crowded, sometimes very crowded. Especially in the center, cars and people are crowded together. Sightseeing can sometimes be a little relaxing. The alternative: a city tour with an excursion boat on the Thames, as many of the highlights are conveniently within sight of the bank.
Sailing is even nicer when cheddar sandwiches, scones with strawberry jam and, of course, tea are served on board the steamer, which is equipped with panoramic windows. City Cruises offers such a tour once a day. The meeting point for the “London Afternoon Tea Cruise” is the Tower Millennium Pier on Lower Thames Street.
From there, guests sail under London’s most famous bridges and past sights such as the museum-used “HMS Belfast”, Renzo Piano’s glass skyscraper “The Shard”, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, the Tate Modern and the London Eye ferris wheel. At Westminster Bridge the goal has been reached: Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.
Anyone who takes their tea on a ship lets the sights of the city pass by
Quelle: CityCruises London
Passengers may also see a few mudlarks on the way – that’s what amateur treasure hunters are called in London who search the banks of Britain’s second longest river at low tide. Low tide? But yes! Finally, the Thames flows into the North Sea and is subject to its tides; The water level varies by up to seven meters. At low tide, more or less valuable treasures from around 2,000 years of history appear in the mud, which the mudlarks are after – from Roman coins to pins from the Tudor period to discarded wedding rings.
The one and a half hour tea cruises cost from 40 pounds (46 euros), departing daily at 3:30 p.m., booked with City Cruises cityexperiences.com.
Enjoyment under the glass dome in the British Museum
The British Museum in London’s Bloomsbury district, one of the largest and most important cultural history museums in the world, offers a fascinating tour through two million years of human history. The Rosetta Stone, which helped decipher hieroglyphs, Egyptian mummies and fragments and sculptures from the Acropolis are among the most famous exhibits in the house, which opened in 1759.
The tour – in Great Britain, entry to the state museums is free – can be easily combined with afternoon tea. After all, it is also cultural history. Whether Anna Maria Russell, lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria, was really the originator of this everyday British ritual is controversial among historians, but it does not detract from the tradition. What is certain is that in the 1840s the British nobility became fashionable to bridge the time between lunch and dinner with tea, small sandwiches, scones and sweet treats.
The British Museum Afternoon Tea is served daily between 11.30am and 5pm
Source: British Museum
A huge glass dome spans the football field-sized inner courtyard of the four-wing magnificent museum. In addition to galleries and shops, visitors will also find the Great Court Restaurant, which serves a wonderfully traditional afternoon tea, the highlights of which include sandwiches with glazed Wiltshire smoked ham and lemon curd tart with rosemary meringue. Particularly clever: the freshly baked scones are soaked in Earl Gray tea beforehand.
The British Museum Afternoon Tea is served daily between 11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and costs £35 (40 euros) per person, with prosecco £39 (45 euros). Reservations are recommended, information and booking at britishmuseum.org/visit/food-and-drink/great-court-restaurant.
Solve crimes like Sherlock Holmes over tea
Crime fans take note: the name of the shop on the ground floor of the somewhat outdated West 12 Shopping Center in Shepherd’s Bush is no coincidence: “Doyle’s Optician”. Likewise the founding date: 1859. This case is quickly solved: it is the birth year of Arthur Conan Doyle, doctor and spiritual father of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
And the shop right next to a well-known discounter is less an eyewear store and more a disguised entrance to a speakeasy that is entirely dedicated to the fictional London detective and his partner: welcome to “The Mind Palace”!
The name of the secret bar refers to the memory technique used by Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch in the hit BBC television series in contemporary London. Simply explained: You can remember things by linking them to places or rooms in an imaginary palace. In order to learn something, you organize this knowledge into a room and, ideally, assign it to a specific object – and the Mind Palace is ready.
At “Sherlock’s Afternoon Tea & Mystery,” visitors can solve a crime mystery
Which: GoldenTours London
The real memory palace is furnished with comfortable green leather sofas in front of black and white ornamental wallpaper as well as some artifacts from famous criminal cases. Guests can decipher escape rooms and sip cocktails afterwards. You can choose from “221B” or “Mycroft’s Mai Tai”.
Or they – as a team – devote themselves to a crime mystery at “Sherlock’s Afternoon Tea & Mystery”. It remains to be seen whether the visitors will solve the tasks as smoothly as the “high-functioning sociopath” that the modern series Holmes likes to describe himself as, but it is a puzzle over tea or coffee and a cake stand full of savory dishes, butter scones and so on Sweet pastries are much better (there are also vegan options). After all, Holmes and Watson are also tea drinkers – the doctor in particular can be seen from time to time in the TV series with a cup in his hand.
“Sherlock’s Afternoon Tea & Mystery” costs 39 pounds (40 euros), places must be reserved in advance at thegameisnow.com/live-experiences/afternoon-tea/.
Tea with the Mad Hatter
Is it not your birthday today? That’s a good thing. Then you can go to the Mad Hatter’s tea party like Alice in Wonderland. Don’t worry, no one has to fall down a rabbit hole, and the “Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea” in the courtyard of the “Sanderson Hotel”, a five-star hotel in London’s West End, is just as bizarre and paradoxical as in Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s book , not too.
Afternoon tea in the inner courtyard of the Sanderson Hotel promises a journey into childhood
Source: Sanderson Hotel London
However, there is a good dose of magic on this journey into childhood: the menu is hidden between the pages of an old book, the dishes are printed with Alice motifs by the illustrator John Tenniel, who illustrated the first editions of the book, which was first published in 1865.
The macarons are shaped like the time-pressed White Rabbit’s pocket watch, the cake is designed with a checkerboard pattern, and the cake stand with sandwiches and pastries inspired by the book characters is topped with a cloud of cotton candy – a feast for children big and small .
There are “Drink Me” bottles that guests can empty without growing or shrinking, and the tea options include Alice (black tea with currants), Hatter (green tea), Queen of Hearts (black tea with rose flowers), White Rabbit (white tea). ) or Cheshire Cat (oolong tea) to choose from.
If this selection is not enough for you, you can book a “rare tea pairing” for an additional charge of nine pounds, in which rare tea blends are matched to the individual courses.
“Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea” in the “Sanderson Hotel”, daily between 12 p.m. and 7 p.m., from 55 pounds (63 euros) per adult, there is an extra version for children for 35 pounds, booking at book.ennismore.com/hotels/originals/sanderson/dining/mad-hatters-afternoon-tea.
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