Walking Tours in Europe’s Great Cities – Venice and Prague
There is no better way to get to know a city than to step into the footsteps of the locals and to walk the city’s streets. Walking tours are offer a more personal alternative to tour buses and guide books, allowing you to get into the heart of a city, meeting its locals and exploring its sites up close and personal with a knowledgeable guide. Venice however, being a city built on water, is an exception to the walking rule. Its streets are canals and Venice gondola rides should be an integral part of any tourist’s itinerary.
Venice is hailed as the world’s most romantic city and rightly so; its canals have an alluring charm and its renaissance architecture an enchanting and timeless quality. Venice walking tours begin in the iconic St Marks Square. The famous square is rich in history and is home to some of Venice’s most opulent buildings and architectural icons. St Marks Basilica and Doges Palace are two fine examples of Venetian ingenuity and their presence in the square is unrivalled in magnificence. From St Marks Square guides lead you through the Labyrinthine back streets which are lined by beautiful canals, churches and piazzas. The Venice walking tour will reveal an abundance of compelling history and stories of some of the world’s most illustrious figures including Marco Polo and Casanova. Venice is however a city of water and many of its streets canals. Venice gondola rides are a must-do when visiting the city and take you right into the heart of the city along the breathtaking grand-canal with views of the romantically iconic, Rialto bridge.
A walking tour is one of the many things to do in Prague and a range of Prague day tours are available in the Czech capital. The Prague ghost tour is extremely popular as well as Prague Bus Tours around the city. Walking tours begin in Wenceslas square and include Prague’s most famous sites including the National Museum, Estates Theatre, the gothic St Vitus cathedral and the Old Town square. The Prague legends and ghosts walking tour is a spooky alternative to other walking tours revealing the secrets of the city’s streets in fascinating detail and chilling history.
Walking tours are a popular way to explore a city and the insightful knowledge of the guides will give you a deeper understanding of a city, its landmarks and people than you could ever learn by going it alone.
