Free tour type · 03
The essentials, without just skimming the surface.
The best first route through a city: must-see sights, context, fun facts and the stories that help you find your bearings from day one.
- Mixed content
- Lively tone
- Ideal for starting out
For your first dayA way to know where you are and why it’s worth exploring further.
What it is
The gateway to any city.
It blends history, local character, architecture, anecdotes and practical orientation. It doesn’t try to cover everything: it picks out what you need to understand the city and decide what to discover next.
What you’ll find
A thoughtful selection, not a checklist.
The must-sees
Squares, monuments and streets that make up the city’s essential image.
Just enough context
The history you need to understand what you’re looking at, without turning the route into a lecture.
Local character
Customs, food and little clues for reading everyday life.
Memorable stories
Anecdotes and characters that make every stop stick in your mind.
Available routes
Start here.
From the Eiffel Tower to Concorde along the Seine
The most famous postcard view in Paris and the monuments of the great World's Fairs, on a riverside walk.
Madrid for the first time
History, art and local life on a route through the places that define the capital.
Essential Barcelona: from La Rambla to the Sagrada Família
La Rambla, La Boqueria and Gaudí's great works in a single walk, from the sea to the Eixample.
From Nelson to the royal balcony: picture-postcard London
Trafalgar, Big Ben, the coronation abbey and Buckingham Palace in a single walk through Westminster.
Essential Lisbon: from the Baixa to Chiado and back to the river
Pombaline squares, an iron lift, a roofless convent, the city's finest balcony and Pessoa's café.
From the Spanish Steps to St Peter's
The fountains, squares and monuments you can't miss, linked in a single walk all the way to the Vatican.
Midtown Must-Sees: From the Flatiron to Rockefeller Center
Manhattan's icons in a single walk, with the stories the postcards leave out.
Essential Amsterdam: from Anne Frank to The Night Watch
The places nobody should miss, from Anne Frank's hiding place to Rembrandt's museum.
Essential Berlin: from Brandenburg Gate to Alexanderplatz
Berlin's grand boulevard from end to end: the gate, the royal squares, Museum Island and the heart of the East.
From Hachikō to the sacred forest: Shibuya, Harajuku and Meiji Jingū
The world's most famous crossing, the streets of youth fashion and a forest planted by hand for an emperor.
From Castle to River: The Prague You Can't Miss
A downhill walk from the world's largest castle complex to Charles Bridge, via the cathedral, Kafka's lane and Malá Strana.
From the Blue Mosque to Galata Tower
Imperial mosques, great bazaars and the bridge over the Golden Horn: the Istanbul every traveller wants to see, in a single walk.
What a route looks like
One route, stop by stop.
Every free tour has a sequence of stops, a full article for each place, an audio guide and a GPS map.
From the Eiffel Tower to Concorde along the Seine
- 01Trocadéro and the Palais de Chaillot
- 02Eiffel Tower
- 03Pont de l'Alma: the Zouave and the Flame
- 04Pont Alexandre III
- 05Grand Palais and Petit Palais
- 06Place de la Concorde
Trocadéro and the Palais de Chaillot
The terrace with the most famous view of the Eiffel Tower is named after a battle fought in Cádiz, Spain.
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