The Swinging 60s Experience

The Swinging 60s Experience

Travel back to the sites and sounds of Swinging London via its beating heart - the Kings Road, Chelsea. Discover cultural and fashion locations like *Mary Quant’s ‘Bazaar’, Tara Browne and John Crittle’s ‘Dandie Fashion’ and ‘Granny Takes A Trip’ - London’s first psychedelic boutique. You’ll see where 60s music legends lived and visit the legendary Troubadour, a music heritage shrine, unchanged from when Paul Simon, Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix played there. There’s also a stop outside the iconic Royal Albert Hall for a must-have photo opportunity all to a backdrop of live commentary and 60s music supplied by pirates of the airwaves, Radio Caroline.
• Live commentary by knowledgable tour guides
• 60s music and original 'jingles' supplied by the 60s pirates, RADIO CAROLINE

Itinerary
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Pass By: Sloane Square, London England

See Neil Aspinal's flat where Paul McCartney wrote Sgt Peppers and The Hotel that The Beatles used as their first London base

Pass By: Chelsea Old Town Hall, King's Rd, Chelsea, London SW3 5EE, UK

See the King's Road locations of celebrated 60s fashion boutiques and where music legends played, lived and ​still live today.

Stop At: The Troubadour, 263-267 Old Brompton Rd, Earl's Court, London SW5 9JA, UK

Visit one of London's most important music venues - a shrine, little changed from when Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and many other music legends played and chilled-out here in the 1960s

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: The Gore London - Starhotels Collezione, 190 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 5EX, UK

See the venue where The Rolling Stones held their Beggars Banquet launch party, a popular hideout​ and watering hole for many 60s music legends

Stop At: Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP England

One of only 4 venues where The Beatles and Rolling Stones played on the same bill, The Royal Albert Hall is the most iconic music venue in the world and an ideal backdrop for a group picture or selfie

Duration: 10 minutes