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Post Tagged with: "walking tour"

  • Eating al fresco in the Jewish Ghetto
     

    Tasting Italy on a food tour of Rome

    1st May 2018 / Destinations, Europe, Italy / 6 comments

    It’s a bright and unusually warm Saturday morning in April when I meet up with my tour group on Piazza Farnese in the centre of Rome. For the next three and a half hours, our […]

     
     
  • New Bridge seen from the trail an hour before sunset
     

    How to visit Ronda in one day

    21st January 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 2 comments

    You can easily visit Ronda as a day trip from Málaga, and this is what a lot of people do. I wish I could tell you to stay overnight because the city becomes magical after […]

     
     
  • Context Travel guide in historic Philadelphia
     

    Walking Historic Philadelphia with Context Travel

    17th June 2016 / Destinations, North America, United States / 2 comments

    I seriously feared I might get stabbed by a flying branch! When that crazy gust of wind swirled around us, I got grit all over my face, felt something hit my leg, then noticed several […]

     
     
  • Park along the Old Port
     

    One day in Montreal, a self-guided walking tour

    13th October 2015 / Canada, Destinations, North America / 18 comments

    Despite the fact that I was born in Montreal, grew up in the region, lived there during university, and still visit at least twice a year, I recently realized that, shockingly, BigTravelNut does not contain […]

     
     
  • The Health Butcher, Toronto
     

    Another Toronto Urban Adventure – pigs included!

    12th May 2015 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 3 comments

    Vegetarians and Muslims need not apply. What?! Has Toronto suddenly become intolerant? Well, no. It’s just that most of the time on my latest excursion with Toronto Urban Adventures was spent eating pork, pork, and […]

     
     
  • Association Houses on Waverly
     

    A walking tour of San Francisco’s Chinatown

    9th September 2014 / Destinations, North America, On the road, United States / 2 comments

    San Francisco has the largest Chinatown outside of Asia, and the oldest in North America. On Saturday morning I joined a City Guides walking tour through San Francisco’s Chinatown. City Guides is a non-profit, primarily […]

     
     
  • Renting a friend in Toronto
     

    Lokafy this! Rent a friend in Toronto

    19th August 2014 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

    On a cool and blustery afternoon that felt more like October than August, I met Nicolas, my Lokafy guide, in the middle of Toronto’s financial district. Despite the choice of meeting point, Nicolas looked nothing […]

     
     
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