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Have a beer and discover Chester's history!
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3 Hours Chester Historical Pub Tour

By Chester Historical Pub Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is €30 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
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Overview

A friendly and relaxed private walking tour around Chester’s City Walls. Learning about its historic and cultural sites, including the castle, cathedral, and racecourse. Stopping for a few beers, or your drink of choice, along the way.

The standard tour takes around three hours and visits three charming pubs, each with a generous choice of beers and other alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks. However, tours can be customised by arrangement.

Your guide is also keen to share details of his favourite Chester restaurants, bars, and cafes. Advice on other attractions, such as river trips and boat hire, can be given on request.

Book today to make the most of your visit or to learn more about Chester, whether you are a tourist or local.

Activity location

  • Chester Racecourse
    • Watergate Square,
    • CH1 2LY, Chester, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Bear & Billet
    • 94 Lower Bridge Street
    • CH1 1RU, Chester, England, United Kingdom

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3 Hours Chester Historical Pub Tour
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 15:00
Price details
€29.96 x 1 Adult€29.96
Total
Price is €29.96
Until Wed, 27 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedDrinks can be purchased at your own cost, prices vary
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedNo drinks are included in the tour price. Drinks can be purchased at your own cost, prices vary.

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Not suitable for under 18 year olds
  • Lots of uneven surfaces and stairs
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Chester Racecourse
  • 15m
Walk with your guide to Chester Racecourse, established in 1539 and England’s oldest still on its original site. Learn about its beginnings as a Roman port and its development as a premier sporting venue.
River Dee
  • 30m
After a drink at our meeting point, walk down to the River Dee through the Bridgegate.  Learn about Chester’s development on and along its river banks. Your guide will tell you stories of the historical events, the people, buildings, and bridges along the Dee. Your guide can also advise you on boat trips and the river’s other attractions.
Chester Castle
  • 15m
Walk with your guide to Chester Castle, dating originally from 1071. Hear tales of some of the fascinating characters associated with it over the years and the gruesome events that have taken place within its confines.
Chester City Walls
  • 1h 15m
Stroll along the Chester City Walls with your guide. Learn about the fortifications, towers, gates, and buildings that you’ll see along its length. Prisons, hospitals, markets, and even execution sites. Stop off in a pub or two along the way, where your guide will share details of his favourite bars, restaurants, and cafes in the city. As well as some of the other attractions Chester has to offer, which could enhance your visit.
Chester Cathedral
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
Leaving the walls, your guide will take you to see what has been Chester’s Cathedral since 1541. Marvel at its magnificent architecture and learn of its history and development over the centuries. n.b. Tour does not take you into the Cathedral.
The Chester Cross
  • 30m
Take a gentle stroll with your guide to Chester High Cross. You’ll learn the theories of how Chester’s unique two-tier city centre streets, called The Rows, with shops, bars, and cafes came to be. Head back down towards the river, past some distinctive and striking historic buildings. Some of them are pubs! Join your guide for another drink and ask him any final questions you may have about how to maximise your time in this marvellous city.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESChester Racecourse
    • Watergate Square,
    • CH1 2LY, Chester, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEBear & Billet
    • 94 Lower Bridge Street
    • CH1 1RU, Chester, England, United Kingdom

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