In the footsteps of Freddie Mercury (Extended 2h30 version)

Freddie Tour

Great experience, well worth the fee!!

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Mercury Magic!

We swapped from the extended tour to the shorter version as the weather forecast was bad on the original day. Swapping was easy via the official tour guide website. The tour was fantastic. The host was very knowledgeable and there is also an official audio guide that adds to what he says and to the overall experience, making it a combination of a traditional walking tour and a self navigating audio tour. There are great details of Freddie's time in Montreux and some really moving stuff in the commentary. Highly recommended,

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A Magical tour in Montreux!

An excellent experience for anyone, telling the story of Queen’s relationship with Montreux as well as key information and anecdotes to give context and bring lots of threads together. The audio-visual guide narrated by Peter Freestone was superb - really well timed to match the tour, with lots of excellent photos, many not seen elsewhere and the sound quality was faultless. Peter’s personal anecdotes and connection with Freddie and Queen made this a special experience, especially for a die-hard fan of many decades like me!! It was great to hear clips of songs at relevant moments and have entire songs accompanying us on the (mainly flat!) walks between sites. Our in-person guide, Lucien, was friendly and professional. He is clearly very experienced and walked at exactly the right pace! He found shady spots to stop and give us extra insights (it was very hot today) and he clearly has very good connections and relationships as he was able to lead us into key hotels and buildings to show us locations not visible from outside. I learnt loads and the 2.5 hours sped by. Thank you Lucien & Peter for creating this tour. (Also thank you to my husband for booking this trip to Montreux as a surprise birthday present so I could enjoy all the Queen content and the Freddie statue!)

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FANTASTIC tour, a great Queen/Freddie experience

As long time Queen fans from the 70s we were apprehensive if this tour would be good or not. It was FANTASTIC. Two and a half hours of amazing pics and stories about Freddie and Queen that we had never heard/seen before while seeing the actual places brought to life. At the start you are given an audio/visual phone type device and headphones by guide Lucien. The audio/video commentary used throughout the tour is by Peter Phoebe Freestone Freddie's personal assistant and is superb. The guide Lucien and his family have put the tour together with Phoebe and it shows in the superb content. Lucien walks you to the actual places and adds extra comments to Phoebe's audio commentary and answers questions (he is very knowledgeable). Many exclusive pics are shown of the hotels, venues etc and pic of Freddie and Queen at the venues from the 70s and 80s as they were at that time. So many moving and spine tingling experiences like the wall outside the Mountain studio back door with fan comments (and adding our own with Lucien's pens) and walking along the lake while Winters Tale is playing with Freddie's words about the actual place you are at. So poignant and tear jerking. The stories and places were so real and exclusive to the tour. Lucien gets entry to all the places the action actually happened at from the Hotels to the venue where Queen played in 84 and 86. Note the tour goes into the studio exhibition in the casino but doesn't stop for long so make sure you go back on your own to take time there. One of the most tear jerking parts is looking across the lake to the apartment Freddie owned and left only 14 days before his death then the walk back with Winters tale playing. We have done so many Queen things from the many Freddie and Queen concerts, taking part in the I want to break free and Friends will be Friends videos, to the Queen conventions in England with Jackie and Holland but this tour ranks as one of the best Queen experiences we have ever done. There is also a one hour tour for those who want a quicker version. But for those of us who are mega fans it MUST be the two and a half hour tour. If you are long term big Queen fan you MUST take this tour. You will not be disappointed. Lucien and family and Phoebe, thanks to you for this tour.

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Unforgettable.

Exceptional both in the explanations and in all the information received, as well as in the exceptional places we were able to enter, and in the panorama during the 2.5-hour walk. And the wonderful surprise at the end where we were able to meet Peter Freestone.

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Very nice and dedicated guide, and a great experience.

Very well prepared and informative, with a palpable connection to Freddie Mercury. It was an emotional experience for us.

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