What are benefits of taking a guided walking tour?
Ten (10) reasons to book and experience a guided walking tour:
Of all the ways to explore a new city during your travels, nothing beats a walking tour. Visiting landmarks with a rich history, listening to authentic tales, and discovering hidden gems only the locals know allow you to cover a lot of ground and expand your knowledge of a particular city within just a few hours.
It’s the best way to see the city
From buses to bicycles, rickshaws to Segways there seems to be an increasing number of tours available these days. And while each mode of transport has its own advantages, a walking tour is simply the best. Why? You don’t have to compete with anyone for a window seat, you can walk through an underground bunker without having to lock your bike, and you can venture through narrow alleys where rickshaws can’t. And unlike Segways, you get some thorough exercise whilst seeing the sights, especially after indulging in the incredibly delicious local delicacies during your travels. Overall, a walking tour means you’re able to access and see a lot more than you can with any other type of tour.
It’s a great way to meet people
Booking a walking tour is a great opportunity to meet fellow travelers.
You don’t have to plan anything
Apart from making sure your camera has a loaded battery and your sunscreen is packed, all you have to do is turn up to the meeting point with a big smile and some energy for the walk ahead. Your local guides take care of the rest. The whole route is planned out in an efficient way, so you don’t miss the main sights and still have time to learn about the city secrets only the locals know.
You get advice from the locals
More often than not, tour guides are natives of the city or have lived there long enough to be considered so. They’ve done all the hard work for you from visiting museums to attending exhibitions to select only the best stories and recommendations. They make history come alive with entertaining stories filled with historical facts and a joke every once in a while.
Value for money
Most cities have reasonably priced quality walking tours, some can be free of charge or (pay what it’s worth/TIPS). Raleigh and Durham certainly do as TRT has been leading walking, bus, corporate (team building, etc.) tours for 12 years.
Walking Is a Great Way To Keep Fit
Benefits of walking include increased cardiovascular fitness, stronger bones, improved balance, reduced body fat, increased muscle strength, lowered risk of disease and even reduced stress and anxiety.
ECO-FRIENDLY
Walking is friendly to the environment – no carbon emissions. Now, isn’t that a better idea?
THEY’RE SOUL-FILLING AND SPIRIT-INSPIRING
As travelers slowly and leisurely take in nature’s beauty, they are filled with a spiritual sense of awe. Learning the people, places and events of your walking tour with an informative and entertaining guide certainly can be soul filling and inspiring.
WALKING IS VERY AFFORDABLE
Because you’re using your own two feet instead of hiring a car or catching a coach or train, walking holidays are far less expensive than many other forms of travel.
IT’S A CALMING, MEDITATIVE FORM OF TRAVEL
‘Solvitur ambulando’ is a Latin term literally meaning ‘it is solved by walking”.
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TRT’s Walking Tour Options include:
Durham:
City of Medicine Walking Tour, Dark & Mysterious Ghost Walk, Sightseeing Bar Walk, Pub Crawl & Haunted Adventure Tour
Raleigh:
City of Oaks Walking Tour, Haunted Footsteps Ghost Tour, Sightseeing Bar Walk, Pub Crawl & Haunted Adventure Tour
