London: Private Spy Tour

Highlights

• Discover the history of Britain's intelligence services
• Visit the headquarters of both MI5 and MI6
• Find out what it takes to work for Britain's security services.
• Unearth how the real world of spies has inspired some of the greatest authors
• Hear fascinating stories about the work of spies during the Second World War

Description

Spend the day exploring London, learning about the intelligence organizations of Britain, and the operations and assassinations that these organizations have undertaken. Discover what it’s like to work for Britain’s security services in the 21st century.

Listen to the history of two of the most infamous intelligence organizations in the world, MI5 and MI6, and stand outside their headquarters in London. Make stops at other locations, such as shops rumoured to have been used as cover for British agents to meet their handlers. Visit the site of a KGB assassination at a hotel where a Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko, was poisoned. See the building where one of the most gruesome and macabre operations of the Second World War was planned.