Riga is the capital city of Latvia and is located on the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the River Daugava. The 800 year old city was European Capital of Culture in 2014.
The city is known for its wooden buildings, art nouveau architecture and medieval Old Town.
Riga is a great city for walking as the Old Town has plenty of pedestrian only streets and has many shops and restaurants. The busy Livu Square, is surrounded by bars and nightclubs.
Make sure you look up as you wander the streets. Many buildings are adorned with fascinating objects.
Paris is a wonderful city, one of the world’s great cities and is ideal to be discovered on foot. As you wander between each location on this walk be sure to drift into the side streets where you will discover fascinating sights at every turn.
This walk takes in such iconic sights of Paris most notably The Eiffel Tower, The Arc de Triomphe, Pont Alexandre III, and Musee d’Orsay.
Walk Distance 10km / 6.2miles on a flat path.
Paris is a wonderful city, one of the world’s great cities and is ideal to be discovered on foot. As you wander between each location on this walk be sure to drift into the side streets where you will discover fascinating sights at every turn.
This walk takes in some of the iconic sights of Paris most notably the Louvre, and also Notre Dame as she rebuilds from the devastating fire of 2019.
The riverbanks have been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1991. The bridges that cross the Seine are wonderful stopping points for photos.
Walk Distance 8.1km / 5.0 miles mostly flat.
Paris (Eiffel Tower) is another walk covering the Eiffel Tower area as well as the Arc de Triomphe, several museums and the Seine Riverbank.
Krakow is the second-largest city in Poland and its origins date back to a 7th-century settlement on Wawel Hill. It was the official capital of Poland from 1038 to 1596.
The well-preserved medieval old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is completely ringed by Planty Park. The Rynek Glówny (market square) is a focus of the city, and is the site of Cloth Hall, a Renaissance-era trading outpost, and St. Mary’s Basilica, a 14th-century Gothic church.
During WWII Krakow was an important Nazi administration centre, so escaped destruction and most historic buildings remained intact. But, its Jewish population was confined to ghettos before being sent to nearby Auschwitz-Birkenau and other concentration camps.
Walk Distance 2.8km / 1.8 miles mostly flat with an easy climb up to Wawel Castle.
Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia is located on the Baltic Sea 90km south of Helsinki. It is regarded as one of Europe’s most attractive cities with its walled old town, cobblestoned streets, many towers and beautiful squares.
Human settlements date back over 5000 years, but the city is first mentioned in records dated 1219AD. Over the centuries Tallinn has been part of Denmark, Sweden, Russia and Germany. The Republic of Estonia was established in 1918 and Tallinn appointed the capital.
The city wall was formerly 2.4-km long and had 46 towers. Today there are 20 towers remaining along 1.9-km of walls.
Walk Distance 3.5km / 2.2 miles with some climbs up to several sites. Wear sturdy shoes as the cobblestone paths are uneven and it is easy to turn an ankle.
Located 10km inland from the Mediterranean coast, Montpellier is the capital of the Hérault department in southern France. The city was founded when 2 hamlets were combined and a castle and walls built around them. The city was first mentioned in documents in 985AD.
The wealth of Montpellier came from the wine industry. But in the 1890s a fungal disease spread amongst the vineyards and the grapes were no longer able to be grown.
There is a youthful vibrancy in the city with three universities located here. Founded in 1160, the University of Montpellier is one of the oldest in the world.
Principal sights of this walk include the imposing fort-like cathedral, the botanic garden, impressive museums, and stunning plazas.
Budapest the capital city of Hungary is one of Europe’s great cities and has magnificent buildings on both sides of the Danube. The city got its name from the 1873 unification of three cities, Buda and Óbuda on the west bank of the Danube river, and Pest on the east bank.
This Budapest Self-Guided City Walk walk will guide you to the key sites of the Pest side of the city including the magnificent Parliament, the haunting Shoe Memorial, several fabulous plazas and quirky ruin pubs.
