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Bristol Pirate Guided Tour: Blood, Blackbeard & Buccaneers
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Overview
- Explore Bristol's old-city and docks with a real-life pirate
- Discover Bristol's links with Blackbeard and other brutal buccaneers
- Drop in at three historic Bristol taverns, and soak up stories of swashbucklers
Activity location
- Bristol
- Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
- 19 Guinea St, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6SX, UK | Meet inside the Golden Guinea Tavern (19 Guinea St, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6SX), where the first chapter of the tour will take place - usually in the downstairs function room. Your pirate host will greet you at the bar to tick your name off of the list. Arrive 5-10 minutes early if you want to buy a drink to take into the function room.
- Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Check availability
Sorry this activity isn't available on Wed, 17 Jun
What's included, what's not
- Theatrical walking tour of Bristol's old-city and docks
- Costumed tour guide
- Two-hour tour
- Three pub visits (drinks not included in price)
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks (pub stops)
- Service charge
Know before you book
- Not allowed: Luggage or large bags
- Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users
What you can expect
Strictly limited run: Tuesdays at 6pm - April 28th; May 12th & 26th; June 9th & 23rd; July 28; August 25.
“Highly recommend this glorious thing, 2 hours, 3 pubs, tall tales, what’s not to like?” — Kathryn Davies, Director of Tourism, Visit West
“excellent research… charismatic delivery… comedy… with a little vicarious thrill of terror” — Bristol 24/7
Walk in Blackbeard’s footsteps around Bristol docks and learn the true history of the city's infamous Pirates and Privateers. Discover Bristol's links with 'Treasure Island' and 'Robinson Crusoe'. Try a tankard at a couple of dockside hostelries, and learn a sea-shanty along the way.
Meet at the Golden Guinea Tavern in Redcliffe - on the street reputed to be Blackbeard's birthplace. From there your fully-qualified pirate guide will lead you back in time, through Bristol's old cobbled streets and docks, telling tales of Blackbeard and other Bristolian Buccaneers. Ted the Fact-Checking Parrot will be there too, to help you separate the fact from the fiction.
Visit the spot where Blackbeard's nemesis once lived - Woodes Rogers; Governor of the Bahamas, and the man who once rescued the real-life Robinson Crusoe! Discover his familial links with Stede Bonnet; gentleman pirate, Blackbeard's partner-in-crime (and perhaps more besides), and star of HBO's 'Our Flag Means Death'.
Drop in at the 18th Century Hole in the Wall - said to have inspired Long John Silver's Spyglass Inn in 'Treasure Island'. And did you know who invented the very first pirate treasure map? We'll show you where he lived.
All this, and the worst pirate jokes you’ll ever hear!
End at the Llandoger Trow - built in 1664 this pub is older than Blackbeard himself - a watering hole fit for any pirate. On the 4th Tuesday of each month, you'll then be able to join the free Sea Shanty Singing Nights held there.
Produced by SHOW OF STRENGTH THEATRE COMPANY - find us online to find more about our work and enquire about private bookings throughout the year.
-Photos by Zuleika Henry, Colin Moody, Matthew Price, Mohammed Tariq.
Location
Activity location
- Bristol
- Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
- 19 Guinea St, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6SX, UK | Meet inside the Golden Guinea Tavern (19 Guinea St, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6SX), where the first chapter of the tour will take place - usually in the downstairs function room. Your pirate host will greet you at the bar to tick your name off of the list. Arrive 5-10 minutes early if you want to buy a drink to take into the function room.
- Bristol, England, United Kingdom