Private Liverpool Highlights & Hidden Gems Tour with a Local
Overview
Liverpool is a city shaped by music, maritime history, and a strong sense of identity. From its iconic waterfront to its creative neighborhoods, the city blends heritage and modern culture in a way that feels both energetic and deeply rooted in its past.
On this private experience, you will explore Liverpool with a local host who brings the city to life through personal stories, cultural insight, and local knowledge. This is not a fixed itinerary. Your experience is shaped around your interests, whether that means focusing on music history, architecture, football culture, or everyday local life.
Before your experience, you will complete an online personalization form so your host can design a route tailored to your interests and schedule. As you explore, you will move naturally between well-known landmarks and lesser-known corners, experiencing Liverpool in a way that feels flexible, immersive, and personal.
What's Included
- Online Personalization Form sent after booking to tailor your experience
- Flexible durations and start times - Pick your preferred duration when you book
- Get picked up (on foot) at your accommodation if it's central
- Private and personalized walking experience with insider tips from a passionate local
- Direct communication with your host for itinerary planning and local recommendations
- Food, drinks and tickets to any attractions
- Transportation (primarily a walking experience, public transport may be used at an additional cost)
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel drop off
Meeting and Pickup
This is a private walking tour. Your host will meet you at your chosen hotel, or you can select the central meeting point instead, which we recommend for the best overall experience. If your hotel isn’t listed, please choose the central landmark option. No private vehicle is included.
Lime Street
Liverpool L1 1JE, UK
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
What To Expect
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Liverpool (pass by)
River Mersey (pass by)
St Johns Beacon (pass by)
Liverpool Cathedral (pass by)
The Cavern Club (pass by)
Tate Liverpool (pass by)
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This is a private City Unscripted experience: real people, real connections
- After booking, you'll receive a short online Personalization Form to share your interests, preferences, and must-sees. Your City Unscripted guide will personally reach out to craft a fully customized itinerary that suits your style—whether you love history, food, hidden gems, or cultural experiences.
- This private tour is a walking experience. A private vehicle is not included.
- Public transportation or local taxis may be used to transfer between sites. Exact transportation costs can be discussed with your host after your reservation is finalized.
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (GMT).
- Online Personalization Form sent after booking to tailor your experience.
- Flexible durations and start times - Pick your preferred duration when you book.
- Get picked up (on foot) at your accommodation if it's central.
- Private and personalized walking experience with insider tips from a passionate local.
- Direct communication with your host for itinerary planning and local recommendations.
- Food, drinks and tickets to any attractions.
- Transportation (primarily a walking experience, public transport may be used at an additional cost).
- Gratuities (optional).
- Hotel drop off.
The minimum age to participate is 7. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Private Liverpool Highlights & Hidden Gems Tour with a Local is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Private Liverpool Highlights & Hidden Gems Tour with a Local will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Online Personalization Form sent after booking to tailor your experience
- Flexible durations and start times - Pick your preferred duration when you book
- Get picked up (on foot) at your accommodation if it's central
- Private and personalized walking experience with insider tips from a passionate local
- Direct communication with your host for itinerary planning and local recommendations
- Food, drinks and tickets to any attractions
- Transportation (primarily a walking experience, public transport may be used at an additional cost)
- Gratuities (optional)
- Hotel drop off
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This is a private City Unscripted experience: real people, real connections
- After booking, you'll receive a short online Personalization Form to share your interests, preferences, and must-sees. Your City Unscripted guide will personally reach out to craft a fully customized itinerary that suits your style—whether you love history, food, hidden gems, or cultural experiences.
- This private tour is a walking experience. A private vehicle is not included.
- Public transportation or local taxis may be used to transfer between sites. Exact transportation costs can be discussed with your host after your reservation is finalized.
