I happen to love Victorian London and Oscar Wilde so naturally I loved this tour. What a perfect way to spend a beautiful Saturday morning in London! However even if you are not familiar with Wilde or his times (late Victorian Britain), the tour is worthwhile as you wander some fascinating and beautiful streets in St.James and Mayfair. That is the beauty of London Walks - you get to see side streets and by-ways of a London that you would never have found on your own. My favorite site of this walk was a frieze on a building which had Wilde's face (as well as Laurence Olivier's), that building was once the theater where Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" premiered in 1895. It made me long for a time machine to bring me back to Victorian gaslit London!

This was our first London walk, and it was a delight from start to finish. Alan is Oscar incarnate, complete with green carnation and theatrical aplomb. He didn't so much guide us as share his encyclopaedic knowledge of Wilde's life and work, complete with amusing anecdotes and witty asides. However, don't expect to walk very far. We never ventured more than five minutes from Green Park Tube stop!