Everyone knows that the best way to take the pulse of a city is to walk its streets. Private-tour company Urban Gentry ( www.urbangentry.com ) offers exclusive, bespoke walking tours that aim to show you the London you won't find in any guidebook. Focused on the city's design, fashion, art, architecture and food scenes, the tours venture into pockets of London where the company's guides all picked for their insider knowledge live, work and play.
Founder Kevin Caruth started Urban Gentry last summer, and since then his clientele has included everyone from style-conscious tourists eager to...