What our clients tell us

"The two days we spent with you were amongst the best during our stay in Europe"
Dr Steven Barrer (and family), Abington, Philadelphia

"We were delighted by our tour and covered a lot of ground. Our guide was very knowledgeable and pleasing. We felt the tour was excellent value for money and will surely use your services again on our next trip"
David and Rachel Sarna, New Jersey

"We had a terrific time. The driving skills were much appreciated"
Steve Carner, Hiram Walker, Port Smith, Arkansaw

"I often require VIP treatment for my export customers visiting our offices and distilleries in England and Scotland when I am away overseas. When I ask Tourways to organise the programme I know that it is done"
Rod Sweeney, William Grant International (Glenfiddich Single Malt Whisky)

"Tourways took care of all the arrangements for Wimbledon. I had the best day out and saw the stars play. I can thoroughly recommend Tourways."
Vijay Gunthur, Syracuse University, New York

We provide tours with flexible timetables and programmes for events, anniversaries, sightseeing, shopping, exhibitions; introductions to London and Britain. Contact us for suggestions on things to do if you are expecting visits from relations, friends and business partners

Founder
Guides qualifications
Special interests
Languages
Business Services
Cars for hire
Private Vehicle Operators and Insurance
Membership of professional associations

Founder
TOURWAYS was founded in 1995 by Rafael Pittman who travelled extensively as an executive for multinational companies in Europe, the USA and Latin America. He has also been involved with representing Britain as a liaison officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and holds a Master Degrees in International Economics and Politics.

Rafael is a Blue Badge, City of London and Driver-Guide and takes an active interest in training guides, planning routes and ensuring you receive Tourway' s VIP treatment.

We hope you enjoy travelling "de luxe" with us and that we live up to "Tourways for the best days"!

Guides qualifications
Tourways guides and driver-guides have received extensive training and are qualified by the London and or regional tourist boards as "Driver-Guides" or "Blue Badge" guides. Guides also attend specialist-guiding courses for specific attractions or "cities".

You will find that guides are travellers themselves with long periods spent abroad and can therefore empathise with the needs of visitors. Most are university graduates too, many are linguists and some bi-lingual so there's lots to talk about!

They have a broad knowledge of Britain as part of their training and will know about the countryside, current affairs and the arts and "what's on in London".

Driver-guides have a detailed knowledge of Britain and know the narrow lanes and back streets that will make your tours memorable. There are plenty of stops and photo opportunities on all our routes. Ask the guide for restaurants!

Special interests
Here are just some of their subjects :
Fashion, theatre and drama, architecture, country houses and gardens, stately homes, pageantry, City of London churches, financial institutions (Stock Exchange, Lloyds of London), medical London, Jewish London, literary London, Fleet Street (journalism), Charles Dickens' London, museums and art galleries, antique fairs, antique shops and markets, motorcycles, classic cars, aviation, World War II. Horse racing (Ascot and Epsom visits), football, rugby (Twickenham), tennis (Wimbledon), rowing and regattas (Henley)

Languages
Tourways offers driver-guides with their own cars (six seaters) who can be booked for
Dutch/ Flemish, French, German, Italian,Spanish speaking tours
Other languages available: (or any on request): Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian

Business itineraries, executive shopping, interpreting at meetings, escorting at social events

Cars for hire
are owned by guides who are self-employed and include saloon cars (up to four seats) or more often more flexible six- seater cars or "mini vans" or MPVs" and are insured for professional driving

Private Vehicle Operators and Insurance
Tourways is licensed by the Public Carriage Office as a Private Vehicle Operator, licence number 1714. It is a legal requirement for companies and individual driver-guides to work for a regulated operator and to have the appropriate public liability and private insurance. It is recommended you arrange your travel and medical insurance before leaving on vacation.

Membership of Professional Associations
Tourways Seeing Britain is an Associate Member of the American Society of Travel Agents
Blue Badge guides are members of the Guild of Registered Tourist guides. Tourways works in partnership with the British Tourist Authority, the London Tourist Board and the South and South East England Tourist Board. Tourways supports the Institute of Tourist Guiding and the Guild of Registered Tourist Guides.

Rafael Pittman