London Sex History : Royal Mistresses and Casanova

“Paris is a City of Love but London is a City of Lust” 

Catharine Arnold

 

Don’t come on this tour unless you are in love with sex. When it comes to sex, London has always had a bit of reputation. It has always been a sex capital, driven by desire. Your Guide will take you to the place where one of the most prominent European composers asked a prostitute to cut off … the most important part of his body. Then walk to the place where in the 19th Century you could have bought condoms and discover how salt and herbs protected from Syphilis. Continue along the Strand before you arrive to the oldest restaurant in London where great womanizer Edward VII dined his mistresses. Walk to the place where Casanova stayed on his visit to London and discover which mistress was the most important to him. Your Guide will show you where the most notorious Countess lived and who made a man die on duels for her love and passion. Hear about John Montagu’s greatest love affair before you arrive to the School of Sodom, where men were severely flogged. Discover about the most important Royal mistress, Nell Gwyn before you arrive to the place of former 18th Century Masquerades. See the 1920s nightclub ‘Empire’ and the place of cocaine distribution. You will journey along Male Brothels and Soho Strip-Clubs before you finish your tour at the biggest licensed sex-shop in London, ‘Harmony’ where you will hear how the modern sex-trade was established.