We all met at The Red Lion where our guide, Kathy Quinn, began our city walking tour which helped us get our bearings. Kathy is a lovely older woman who truly loves Salisbury and imparted that feeling to us. We were kind of in the mood to fall in love anyway, and Salisbury was the perfect target. She showed us the Guildhall, the Market Square, the Maltings (an old mill converted to restaurants and shops ... great bookstore), St. Thomas Church with its fabulous Doomsday Painting, the Haunch of Venison pub with its mummified hand, the Cathedral Close with Handel's Room, Mompesson House, and the Salisbury & Wiltshire Museum. With a better idea of Salisbury, we said goodbye to Kathy and then confidently struck out on our own in various directions.I highly recommend a Blue Badge Guide tour in Salisbury and any other city you find yourself. Blue Badge guides have to study for several years to qualify for the badge and are always extremely well informed.
The Salisbury City Walk lasts approximately one and a half hours and starts at the Tourist Information Centre in Fish Row at 11.00 on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 November to end of March. During the rest of the year, tours occur more frequently. Price is 2-3 pounds.