These local tours are designed to help travelers and tourists explore a new city on a budget. They offer immense knowledge about a city’s history, culture, and local gossip, so you can adjust your contextual lens as you explore it further. These local freelance guides get to inject their own personality into the tours, leaving behind an authentic, passionate, and rewarding impression of a place and people.
While these are free tours, you are expected to ‘tip’ the local guide a fair amount (typically between $5-$25) for their time and effort, based on the value perceived by you and what your budget allows.
Here’s a list of some of the more creative tours (in English) across popular European cities. I’ve also included some fixed-price paid tours that are worth the penny!
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Beyond these, you can look for more free walking tours on websites like Guruwalk & FreeTour and browse through localities and topics that you might find interesting!
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