If you want something a bit different to do while you're in London, I really recommend checking out some Chocolate or Ice Cream tours from this company. I think they are the first ones to offer this type of London tour.
No, they will not take you to chocolate factories. What they do is even better. They take you to local artisan chocolate and ice-cream shops in London (mainly in Mayfair/ Chelsea/ Soho/ Covent Garden areas), all of the shops offer high-quality handmade chocolate and ice-cream and it's so tasty that you will think "Where has this been all my life and what kind of chocolate did I eat before now?". The gelaterias are also some of the best in London, I will definitely go back to some of them to try their milkshake. With Ice cream of that quality and so flavourful, I'm sure that the milkshakes will taste delicious. I still remember the taste of the white peach and melon gelato.
Besides the tasty side of the tour, you will also get to hear lots of history nuggets and interesting trivia about the streets you are walking on, about the history of chocolate, how it's made, where it comes from and so on. I guarantee that you will learn things that you never knew before about chocolate or about London.
The guides are so very knowledgeable and really welcoming too. I'm quite shy, but I still enjoyed talking about my favorite topic - chocolate. Another thing I liked is that the groups are not big, no more than 8 or 10 people at a time, so it's not crowded (like you might feel on a Thames tour, for example, when the boat is full of people). These tours are worth anyone's time and money and they make for great, original gifts too (well... the other person must be a chocolate lover, though ) .
I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with them and I would love to go on another tour soon. read more