Guided Tours

Walking tours with a live guide, city by city

Free walking tours, guided walks and private tours - led in English, city by city.

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Cities

Every city on this site, most searched for first. The list further down filters by name.

The Tower of London on the Thames in the blue evening light

London

London grew out of villages that ran together, so the right walk depends on whether you want the river landmarks or a district in depth.

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The Eiffel Tower seen from the Seine, with houseboats moored along the bank

Paris

Paris rewards walkers who pick a quarter: the islands and the Marais, then Montmartre, Belleville or the covered passages.

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A guide with hat and badge explaining a sight to a group of visitors in Rome

Rome

Rome stacks eras on the same street, so the question is which layer you walk: the ancient core, the baroque squares or Trastevere.

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Busy Midtown Manhattan crossing with yellow taxis and high-rises

New York

The grid makes New York easy to cross and hard to read, which is why walks downtown and off the grid repay a guide here.

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View from the Miradouro da Graca over the roofs of Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is walked uphill and back down again, so the quarter you choose matters more than the distance between the sights.

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Columned facade of the Museo del Prado in Madrid with the Velazquez monument

Madrid

Habsburg squares, Lavapiés backstreets and late tapas: work out which Madrid walk fits a first visit and which one fits your next.

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Unter den Linden in Berlin with the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great

Berlin

Berlin divides by subject rather than by centre, so choose the walk that matches the part of its history you came to understand.

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Spring on an Amsterdam canal with houseboats and a bridge

Amsterdam

The canal rings only make sense at walking pace: choose between the Jordaan, the Plantage, the hidden hofjes and the gabled water.

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Colourful house fronts of the Ribeira in Porto seen from the Douro

Porto

Porto is walked in levels, so pick the route that matches your legs, your day and the part of the city you actually came for.

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Panorama of Reykjavik with colourful roofs and the church tower

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is walked between the harbour and the church tower, so the choice is less about the route than about who sets the start time.

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Free walking tour or booked walk?

A walking tour with a live guide is one of the quickest ways to make sense of a city you do not know yet: two or three hours, a route that puts the sights in order, and someone who answers the questions a map cannot. This site compares those tours city by city - the free walking tours you reserve for nothing and tip at the end, the guided group walks with a fixed price, and the private tours booked for your own group.

Every tour shown here is led in English by a human guide. Prices and availability come from the booking partner when the page is built; booking happens there, not here.

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Before you book

What does "free walking tour" mean?+

You reserve a place for nothing and pay the guide at the end - as much as the walk was worth to you. The guides live on that tip, so it is free to book rather than free.

Is the guide really speaking English?+

Every tour listed here is led live by a guide in English. The card says so, and the tour page lets you confirm the language for your date before you book.

Where do I book?+

At the partner shown on the card - GetYourGuide, Tiqets or Freetour. Payment, changes and cancellations are handled there, not on this site.

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