Rafael Pittman

Regional Qualification(s):

London, South East England

Language(s):

English, French, Spanish

Phone Number(s):

07747004274

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Introduction:

Rafael is a qualified London guide and South East England Blue Badge a former Liaison Officer and Interpreter at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCDO leading inward visits to Britain from Europe and Latin America

Business school lecturer
Professeur de Grande Ecole
(INSEEC - Omni Eduction ) teaching MBA MSc Paris & London

London Tourist Board qualified for
Royal palaces , St Paul’s Cathedral , Westminster Abbey Tower of London & day excursions in Mercedes V class or by train

Raf is a member and guides at Stationers Hall the home of media print and journalism and tourism blogger

https:// http://www.tourways.co.uk/

Personal Interests:

Financial Markets & City of London
Bond Street & Mayfair
Tours from London
Art
Southern England vineyards
Driver guide London Tourist Board
Luxury Brands West End Retail
Harrods & Knightsbridge
Royal London
City of London churches
Motor Car museums & Brooklands
Royal Air Force museum
Imperial War Museum
Country Houses and Gardens
Canterbury
Windsor Castle
Hampton Court Palace
Leeds Castle
Chartwell
Brighton
Historic pubs
Historic Riverside pubs and restaurants
Spanish sherry bars
Sissinghurst

Special Interests:

Food & Drink

Discover unusual venues and recommended restaurants speciality food stores riverside terraces and historic pubs a World War II sherry bar frequented by allied troops
Your guide is a connoisseur of wines and malt whiskies supported by distillery training at the Gordon’s gin and Johnnie Walker group.
English vineyard and wine tasting tours in day tours from London

Fashion

Lecturer at French Business schools Omni Education group Entrepreneurship and Brand Management I offer tours of London’s West End to include Bond Street Sloane Street and Harrods. Paris marques are explored on my day Eurostar tours
London based fashion art and design walking tours and museum visits

Gardens

Garden tours and country homes of royalty, aristocracy, politicians, musicians , writers, scientists and the famous ( includes TV series) and places of residence
Day and half day tours from London
Meet the Bloomsbury group learn about Charleston and writer Virginia Woolf and painter Duncan Grant

London Areas in Depth

St Paul’s Cathedral . Paternoster Square Printing & Publishing
Shakespeare's Globe theatre,
Tate Modern Art Gallery
Tower of London. St Katherine dock
London Bridge . Borough Market Roman London & Square Mile
City of London Guildhall & guilds
City churches Great Fire of London
Clerkenwell Religion & Revolt
Islington Taverns London Dry Gin
Old Southwark Chelsea Knightsbridge Paddington ( Medicine)
St James
Mayfair Soho
Leighton House & Portobello

Museums

British Museum Science Natural History and the Victoria and Albert the V & A museum
Discover Darwin's London residence Dickens house in nearby Kent and the Wallace Collection.
If medicine is your bag join me on my discovery of plague pest hospitals and vaccines

Stately Homes & Country Houses

Stately homes and residences in and around London day or half day to explore beautiful interiors and the background to the owners and their collections.

Walking Tours

London West End for politics, royalty government and the elite and East End for mercantilism, docks and crime. If Jack the Ripper is not your cup of tea I offer Thames riverside pubs, Bankside and Borough Market, or London theatre land and Soho stories

Business & Finance

Business school lecturer in London and Paris until 2012 MBA programmes
Entrepreneurship
Doing business in Britain

Regional Tours

South East England
Day tours to Bath ( Roman - spa town ) & Prehistoric Stonehenge see the Stone Circle & Neolithic village Extended tours to Scotland Lowlands & Highlands Loch Ness Whisky
tours
English Vineyards & French champagne investors Taittinger & Pommery
Oxford & Cambridge universities
Stratford upon Avon
Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway’s cottage Holy Trinity church tomb

Interpreting & Translating

Spanish and French
Castellaño or Español Americas
Consecutive and simultaneous rates to be agreed for meetings
Written translation not offered

Antiques

London street market visits for English silver. Hatton Garden antique jewellery & watches also auctions for glass paintings books prints
Day trips to Paris by Eurostar for Paris auctions and highlights

Churches & Cathedrals

Excursions to Canterbury Cathedral Bath Abbey and half day visits to St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and City of London churches

Medicine

Tour of historical medical institutions such as St Bartholomew’s founded in the reign of King Henry Eight lectures on London’s plague and discoveries such as penicillin

Politics & Government

Rafael holds a research MA degree in Politics and Government with working knowledge of Parliament and political parties, leaders and policies
Visits to the House of Lords and Parliament ; Palace of Westminster

Other

London street market tours - auctions
Portobello Road
Camden
Spitalfields
Borough Market
Bermondsey Antiques 6-11 am
Auction houses Sotheby’s Bonhams

Transport

London transport museum
Beaulieu historic motor cars
Brooklands motor museum and racing circuit

Endorsements:

2012 Venues

Additional Qualifications:

MA, Blue Badge LTB Driver Guide

Driver Guide:

Yes

Vehicles:

Type Make / Model Passengers Air Conditioning Disabled Access
Taxi Any Any 7 Yes Yes