Photos: Diliff, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Acabashi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Dietmar Rabich, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo credits
Photos: Diliff, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Acabashi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Dietmar Rabich, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Trafalgar Square's lions and fountains at dusk
Your local guide
Mei Lin Tan
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Highlights
- Lions cast from melted cannons
- A famous column completed in stages
- Fountains lit by a recent renovation
- A square's evening atmosphere
- Monuments with their own separate histories
About this tour
This session shows Trafalgar Square as the evening lights come on, from the bronze lions guarding Nelson's Column to the newly lit fountains. It covers the lions' delayed casting decades after the column and the relatively recent lighting renovation to the fountains. It is a short, atmosphere-led session focused on the square itself.
We start at the lions with their casting story, then move to the fountains for the lighting history. Questions about the square's various monuments come up steadily, and I answer with the kind of art history detail I enjoy most. I close with a note on which evenings the square is liveliest.
It suits evening viewers who enjoy atmosphere and lighting design. It also works well as a short add-on to the gallery session earlier the same day.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of London before heading out.
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Bronze lions 15 min
The camera holds on one of the four bronze lions guarding Nelson's Column, and I explain how they were cast from melted-down cannons decades after the column itself was completed.
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Lit fountains 15 min
Moving to the fountains, I point out how their current lighting design dates only from a 2009 renovation, despite the fountains themselves being much older.
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Your questions 7 min
Time to ask anything about London: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 3 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Full English breakfast and Soho, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in London time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 10 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through London, showing you Bronze lions and Lit fountains live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We connect on a video call as the square's lights come on, timed for the fountains lit against the darkening sky.
Times shown in London time (GMT)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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