Walking Tour activities in France
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Marseille Provence Greeters
Free walking tours by locals; advance website registration required.
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Guided Walks
Experienced outfits offering guided walks into – or even across – the bay include Découverte de la Baie du Mont-Saint-Micheland Chemins de la Baie, both based across the bay from Mont St-Michel in Genêts. Local tourist offices have details.
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Paris Greeter
See Paris through local eyes with these two- to three-hour city tours. Volunteers lead groups (max six people) to their favourite spots in the city. Minimum two week’s advance notice needed.
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Centre du Patrimoine
The Centre du Patrimoine runs 11 thematic two-hour walking tours. English-language tours must be booked two days in advance. The tourist office has a full listing.
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Walking Tours
The tourist office organises a variety of English-language tours through Vieux Lyon and Croix Rousse, and several others in French.
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Ça Se Visite
Meet local artists and craftspeople on resident-led ‘urban discovery tours’ of the northeast.
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Paris Walks
Long established and highly rated by our readers, Paris Walks offers thematic tours (fashion, chocolate, the French Revolution).
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Guided Tour
From the tourist office.
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Van Gogh Walking Tour
Mapped out in a tourist-office brochure (€1 or download it free online), this evocative walking circuit of the city takes in scenes painted by Van Gogh.
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Tourist office Walking Tours
The tourist office organises walking tours, such as the Van Gogh walking tour (in English, Saturday 11am).
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Free Tour
A group tour of the city’s main highlights, it takes 3½-hours with two departures a day. It also runs daily two-hour tours of Montmartre for €12.
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Town Tours
The tourist office organises guided tours of the old town; they are in French but some guides speak a little English. If you would prefer to go it alone, pick up the free Annecy Town Walks leaflet.
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Tourist Office Tours
The tourist office has DIY walking itineraries and runs a packed schedule of guided walking (€8) or bus tours (from €28) in English, such as Retracing Cézanne's Steps. Bus tours include Luberon and Alpilles.
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Exploring the City Centre
The best place to begin a discovery stroll through the Flemish heart of the city centre is the Vieille Bourse, a Flemish Renaissance extravaganza ornately decorated with caryatids and cornucopia. Built in 1653, it consists of 24 separate houses set around a richly ornamented interior courtyard that hosts a used-book market; old postcards, comic books and CDs are also on sale. In the warm months locals often gather here to play échecs (chess).
Just west of the Vieille Bourse is place du Général de Gaulle, where you can admire the 1932 art deco home of La Voix du Nord (the leading regional newspaper), crowned by a gilded sculpture of the Three Graces. The goddess-topped …
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Nice Guided Walking Tours
The best way to discover Nice's rich heritage is to take a guided walking tour. The Centre du Patrimoine runs a two-hour Vieux Nice Baroque tour (Tuesday afternoon), as well as themed tours, including art deco, neoclassical and belle époque Nice. The tourist office runs a 2½-hour Vieux Nice tour in English (adult/child €12/6) at 9.30am on Saturday.
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