Explore Bristol's Quirkiest Corners Tour

Martin shared a great overview of the history of Bristol Old City which was exactly what we wanted. He did a great job of paining a picture of what can no lounger be seen e,g, the normal castle, the old course of the river Frome, the old parish boundaries. He had great knowledge and answered all our many and varying questions. He was very generous with his books and it was fantastic to be able to read about Bristol after the tour. We would definitely recommend the tour!

Very enjoyable

Very pleasant and knowledgeable leader, thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!

Martin Booth's tour was brilliant. He's very easy to talk to and takes the time to discuss and explain things with you. Very relaxed tour and we learnt a lot. Looking forward to reading his books

We thoroughly enjoyed our 2 hours of learning about the city we live in

Martin was amazingly informative, showing us lots of hidden corners of Bristol and inspiring me to learn more! Fantastic experience.

Fun, informative and cold! Martin was an excellent host.

Thank you Martin for a really interesting morning

We learnt so much about Bristol that we would never have found ourselves. Great guide.

Martin certainly know his way around Bristol and was able to point out plenty of places that even the locals didn't know. Loved it.

Very interesting tour. Martin was a wonderful host. I enjoyed the small size of the group, our coffeepause and inspiration he gave for a visit of the city of Bristol

We had a brilliant Sunday morning in Martin's company, he's good humoured, easy to talk to, and very knowledgeable of Bristol's history (and it's present). Given he's a local editor and journalist, he's a greater listener too, and really takes the time to get to know something about the people on his tour. Martin offers a warm welcome to Bristol's visitors, and for those who think they know the city well, I'm willing to bet you'll learn something new!

Really fun and informative tour around the heart of old Bristol. I thought I knew alot about Bristol but I learned quite of new information and visited a couple of locations I didn't know existed. Martin is a great guide and very engaging. An excellent activity.

My husband and I had a great morning. Even though we’ve lived here for almost 30 years, we learnt a lot of interesting things about Bristol in the past and Martin showed us parts of Bristol we’d not seen before. He was a very friendly guide, happy to answer questions.

An enjoyable and informative two hours spent with Martin.

Martin is a genial host who really knows his stuff (and where to buy good coffee!). I was delighted to be given a copy of his book to take home and will aim to tackle all 111 things or places listed.

The "experience" was a birthday pressie from my daughter, and a lovely present it turned out to be.

Martin was a brilliant host, full of really interesting information. He even treated us to a hot drink during the tour.

It was a great experience and very good value. The stop by the cafe and a free book is a wonderful touch too. I could listen to Martin all day, he is definitely knowledgeable about his stuff. Some of the information was truly amazing and and gave us a better understanding of Bristol's city centre. Would have loved to know a bit more about some of the lovely old buildings and details of their early uses like that of the St L's that was totally new information to us.

Good job Martin!

Enjoyed seeing new developments since earlier history tours and Martins original perspective. His passion for exploring is infectious.

This was a fantastic tour, learnt so much. The host was brilliant and very knowledgeable. Would recommend this to everyone.

What a brilliant way to spend a Sunday morning. Martin's walk was a delight and really lived up to its promise to show us Bristol's quirkiest corners - it was perfectly paced and not too far to walk. Martin's commentary was fascinating - lots of interesting and amazing facts throughout.

Really enjoyable tour. I learned a lot about the history of the city and discovered parts I had never seen before. Martin is very knowledgeable and very entertaining.

Really interesting walk around the old centre of Bristol. Martin is an excellent guide and we were so glad we went on this walk.

Martin was an excellent host and very knowledgeable. It was just my husband and I so we were able to pick his brains and we both learnt lots about a place we thought we knew! Very interesting and definitely recommended!!

Martin really knows a lot about Bristol so his tour of the quirkiest corners of the old city was very interesting and informative. The group appreciated the free coffee halfway round, especially as it was raining quite hard by then. I would highly recommend this tour!

Martin's tour was brilliant- even on the coldest, wettest day we could have picked! It made my partner and I who live in Bristol see our city in a different light, and our parents who don't know it so well loved it too. I also want to say a big thank you to you, Martin, for making my partner's dad feel so welcome by translating what you could in to Spanish- that was really thoughtful and quite impressive! Thank you so much, Louise and Anibal :)

As a bristol boy , to go around the old
City with Martin as our host and remember what I knew and learn what I did not, it was a Sunday well spent, would recommend ✅

A fascinating tour of Bristol's Old City with a knowledgeable guide, who was happy to answer our numerous questions! The pitstop for hot drinks and the signed copy of Martin's book were greatly appreciated. The fact that it ran with just my son and I didn't go unnoticed. We loved that we effectively had our own personal tour!

The tour was very interesting and despite knowing Bristol well, we both learnt a lot of interesting facts and visited places we had never been to before. Martin responded to all of our questions and was very knowledgeable. He also had an easy going manner and treated us all to a great coffee half-way through the tour, which was nice.

Martin is a brilliant guide, it was an excellent tour with lots of interesting bits of knowledge about the history of Bristol and the quirky corners in the city centre. We had a lot of fun! And the book that comes with the tour ist great too! Would highly recommend! Thanks Martin!

Martin is an excellent comminicator of his in depth knowledge of Bristol history

It was a pleasure to walk around the old city with Martin, who knows Bristol so well and is such an interesting and engaging host.

A great tour around the hidden areas of Bristol. Martin was an engaging and knowledgeable host. The book that comes with the tour is brilliant to enable you to keep searching out new places in the city once the tour has finished.

Martin was like a good wine - just got better and better - wonderful man who knows his city. THANK YOU SO WORTH IT - Thank you Martin fabulous

Martin was knowledgeable, friendly and moved at a pace appropriate for the group which had varying degrees of mobility.

We had a great couple of hours with Martin including a coffee break and lots of chat about the city - and the world in general.

Martin is a great guide. He really knows his stuff and is also very happy to signpost you to other people and places to find out more. The tour was fun and informative. Thanks for a lovely insight into our fab city !

Really outstanding City tour

Great tour from Martin!

Martin was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the history of Bristol. The tour is a great way to discover the hidden and overlooked parts of the Old City. The free drink and signed copy of his book (included in the experience) was a nice touch. We had such great conversations throughout the tour. Hope you get a chance to discover more about the quirky parts of Bristol's Old City.

I totally recommend this tour with Martin to learn about the history of Bristol when it was a walled city with many churches and an adjoining castle. Martin identified many clues existing today which point towards life in these older times.

A fascinating exploration of Bristol city centre & its history with a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. Really stimulating. Bought as a birthday treat for my husband and he very much enjoyed it.

The tour was fascinating and Martin is great fun, a fountain of knowledge for all the questions we had. Would highly recommend for tourists and Bristolians alike!

Bought for my parents and they loved it. Martin was very friendly and knowledgeable as I knew he would be.

Really enjoyed getting Martin’s in depth knowledge of Bristol, its history and lesser known corners. We are from Bristol but there was plenty that was new to us, and it was a fun experience that I’d certainly recommend.

Martin was super easy to talk to, and that’s a good thing because on that day it was just the two of us. I really enjoyed our walk around the old city and making parallels between old Bristol and old London. The Full Court Press coffee was amazing. Martin had some fab recommendations for the rest of my trip… which were gratefully received!

Martin is very enthusiastic and very knowledgeable - really interesting walk round quirky parts of Bristol. Great he organised a coffee stop and gave us his book 111Places in Bristol You Shouldn’t Miss. Thanks very much 😊

Very informative and a great morning.

A lovely way to spend a Saturday morning. Ideally go with friend or friends.

Martin was the perfect guide round Bristol's Old City. Two hours just rushed by and I learned much more about an area I thought I knew quite well. He has a relaxed and friendly style and his affection for our wonderful city comes across at every stage. By the end of the tour it felt as if we were a group of old friends taking a stroll together. Highly recommended.

Great tour, Martin was extremely knowledgeable and fun.

Very enjoyable, informative, tour of the old town. Highly recommended.

We really enjoyed our walk with Martin. We have lived in Bristol for some time, but he showed us places we had not noticed before and the tour went by in a flash.
Thanks Martin!

I went along to this with my Dad who's a historian, and we both absolutely loved it. Martin was an amazing host, super knowledgable and a lovely person to spend a couple of hours with. We were both telling people for the rest of the weekend how good it was - would definitely recommend!

Great tour, Martin is super knowledgeable and friendly, highly recommend it to anybody, especially people who are new and would like to get to know the city better.

A most interesting morning learning some fascinating stuff about Bristol. There's always something new to learn and Martin revealed lots of the old city's treasures. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I'd recommend it without reservation.

Great to discover Bristol

A very informative and enjoyable tour round the historic core of Bristol exploring some of the hidden features and parts within the old city that we might otherwise miss in our busy lives! Would recommend!

Even if you've lived in Bristol for a long time there will be many things you've never noticed before on this tour of the Old City. Definitely recommended for anyone who wants to find out more about the history of Bristol (which should be everyone!). Martin was really engaging and an excellent tour guide.

Great personal tour around Bristol!

Very informative, interesting and entertaining. We were taken to parts of Bristol which we have never explored, and we learnt a good deal about the city. The visit to a good coffee-shop and the receipt of two lively guide books written by Martin as part of the ticket were a generous plus. A very worthwhile and memorable experience.

Martin is a very knowledgeable guide who showed us many points of interest which we would have overlooked.We felt we gained a real insight into Bristol's history.The books were a treat.

It was fun, relaxed, and very informative. This was all thanks to the brilliant host, Martin Booth. I've lived in Bristol 9 years and I learnt a lot.

Really interesting and enjoyable

A really lovely morning, Martin was so friendly and knowledgable!

A pleasure.

Fantastic to spend time with Martin who is a charming and able host and a font of knowledge. The tour is focused on Bristol Old Town’s multiple layers of built infrastructure about which Martin knows tonnes. If it missed one thing it would be some more human stories that might bring the buildings and infrastructure alive a bit more.

A really interesting tour, Martin is a great host and I saw parts of the city I had never seen before. A must for any history lover. Highly recommend!

We had a wonderful time on Martin's tour around central Bristol and learned so much. Martin answered all our questions and was very friendly. My Mum whose birthday it was loved it so much she says she is going to bring back my Dad to do it again.

Martin showed us places and things we didn’t know about that were really interesting and did so with great charm and humour

Even though I had explored the Old City with its many ancient churches and surviving medieval streets before, Martin is a knowledgeable, friendly guide who was able to point out features which were hidden in plain sight. Highly recommend this to Bristol residents and visitors alike.

This was a wonderful way to spend a few hours on a Sunday! I have wanted to go for some time but work on Sundays. It was just as good as I expected - actually it was much better. Loved it!

I know a lot about Bristol's history but this walk really made it come alive!

A very interesting tour with Martin Booth.

Really interesting walk around the old centre of Bristol and a book to help discover more treasures in the city

We really enjoyed our tour, even though we have lived in Bristol for well over a decade, and my wife is from Bristol, Martin pointed out so many things that I was unaware of. Really interesting and highly recommended.

A must for anyone who wants to really get to know Bristol's hidden alleyways and secret histories. Amazing guide whose live of the city and deep knowledge are unparalleled. Highly recommended.

Very interesting

It was a very interesting, informative and engaging walk. Would highly recommend it to anyone remotely interested in Bristol or the heritage of places.

Really enjoyed the walk around Bristol. Although I've lived here for many years I learnt a lot of new things and walked down some streets I'd never realised were there. Thank you Martin!

Interesting and well informed. Very enjoyable two plus hours.

What a fascinating, friendly, relaxed and informative tour of the old city of Bristol. Loved it and learned some quirky facts about, and discovered some new little spots and routes around, good ol' Brizzle!

Fascinating tour, thanks!

Martin was really welcoming, friendly, knowledgeable and tailored the tour to our group. Great coffee en route with a few extra bonus Bristol spectacles too! Highly recommend

Engaging, knowledgeable host.

martin was very engaging super knowledgeable , the walk route was well thought out and the delivery was spot on:-)

Thoroughly enjoyed the tour / experience and found Martin to be very engaging and knowledgeable. Would recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about Bristol's history.

Great fun, I learned a lot about the historic centre of Bristol
Martin was an excellent guide and I am very pleased to have a copy of his book for future reference.

Martin provides fantastic insights to Bristol with amazing stories covering the history of Bristol.

Martin is a very engaging and knowledgeable guide. Also, he bought us coffee.

Despite living within a few hundred yards of this walking tour I learned loads..! Great group and great fun..!

Martin was a wonderful guide on this fascinating walk through the Old City of Bristol, showing us evidence of a once thriving medieval city and its castle (sadly destroyed by a combination of the Luftwaffe and Cromwell). Fortunately some things remain, which Martin showed us by taking us off the beaten track to some unexpected gems. Certainly a tour to recommend and remember.

I Booked Martin’s tour of Bristol for my partners birthday and we loved every minute. Martin was an amazing guide, shedding light on spaces in Bristol not commonly known, but rich with character and history. Martin’s knowledge of the city is brilliant, and he is able to help you imagine some of the ‘lost’ timelines of Bristol! Will be recommending his tour to our friends!

Informative and entertaining tour showing a side of the City not well recognised or understood. Great fun!

Found this so very interesting from start to finish . I learnt so much about the history of Bristol’s city centre history. I’ve already recommended to friends, even if they have lived in Bristol for years.

Brilliant fun, and a fascinating introduction to the more easily overlooked historical and architectural quirks of Bristol’s old city

It was so completely VERY VERY NOT boring!! Was engrossed throughout, Martini’s passion for the local history of Bristols old town shone through, we were shown so many hidden gems and he shared so many fascinating snippets of information ….. a cup of coffee halfway was a lovely touch and greatly appreciated! I have been looking UP wherever I have walked ever since, so much to see!

Fun and informative tour uncovering parts of Bristol I didn’t know (having lived here for 20 years!). Martin was really knowledgeable and engaging - a great host!

Really enjoyable and interesting walk. Martin was both knowledgeable and good company

Really interesting, I found out so much on this tour

Fascinating tour with excellent, engaging host. Highly recommended.

Martin knew plenty of interesting things about Bristol and shared his knowledge in a relaxed and friendly manner. A great way to learn about the city and its people.

Excellent walk with full chat about who, what, why, when and where...as we might expect from a journalist!

I booked Martin's tour for my mum and partner on the morning of my mum's birthday and it was an absolute hit! Both learnt lots and really enjoyed delving into the lesser known facts and history of Bristol. Big smiles all around. Thank you for a fantastic tour!

Really fun and interesting

I’ve lived here for 24 years and I saw interesting sites, buildings, alleys etc. that I didn’t know existed. We stayed within old Bristol and Martin entertained us with anecdotes about sites we’ve passed many times and never noticed. Who knew Castle Park was so big? Spotted some excellent independent cafes, turn off the main streets, avoid the chains and there are some gems around. Thoroughly recommended for visitors and residents. Signed book and one of the best coffees incl - don’t miss out!

Great walk around Old and newer Bristol City. Martin did rise to the challenge and showed us plenty of little intricacies of Bristol which although we have walked through the streets many many times and followed a good number of walks he found plenty of interest. Even found a bonus Queen Ann drain pipe.

A fun and informative tour around interesting places in Bristol, discovering hidden corners that I had failed to notice in all the years I've lived here.