Hello Curious Reader!

Welcome to my world.

You've reached the still very experimental website of Martin Olutniks.

I am a London tourist guide, with the Blue Badge qualification, the highest grade of tourist guiding qualification in Britain.

I've been a guide for five years, and I enjoy it enormously. I can help you enjoy your visit, too, because one of the things people often say is that on a guided tour they saw things and went to places that they wouldn't otherwise have discovered.

My native language is English - I'm originally from the Manchester area, although I've lived in London for a long time - and I am also qualified to guide in French.

These are some of the tours I offer:

Coach panoramics:

Themed walks:

London at War, architectural walks, Jack the Ripper, secret Westminster, pub walks.......

Corporate events:

Walks, talks, commentaries on river cruises or the London Eye, treasure hunts.......

Family groups:

Birthdays (it's rather nice to be a birthday present...), anniversaries, reunions.......

Student groups:

Accessible tourism:

Not all visitors have, for example, the same level of mobility. I'm aware of differing needs, and would like to help you enjoy your visit, whether you are happy to climb up and down the spiral staircases of the Tower of London - or not.

Museum and gallery visits:

British Museum, the National Gallery, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert, the Imperial War Museum, the Cabinet War Rooms.......

Castles, palaces and churches:

The Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, Leeds Castle, Dover Castle, Kensington Palace.......

Outside London:

Oxford, Canterbury, Windsor, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Salisbury, Stonehenge.......

If there's anything tourist- or visitor-related you had in mind that I haven't mentioned here, do get in touch with me and we can discuss it.

I'm happy to work with large and small groups, and there are a number of ways in which we can get around - public transport, cars with drivers, or tour buses.

E-mail me