Self-guided walking tours · free · with maps
Walk a city on your own, with the story of every stop.
Each walk below is a real route, measured on OpenStreetMap, with a map you can print, directions between stops, and a source linked for every fact. Use the page as it is, or open Strolio and it builds a walk like this from wherever you are, for the time you have, in any city.
City walks
One walk per city, through the part visitors most want to see on foot. Times include a few minutes at each stop.
Amsterdam: the Jordaan
The Nine Streets, Rembrandt's Westerkerk, the Anne Frank House, a 1650 widows' courtyard and the Brouwersgracht.
Berlin: along the Wall
Follow the Berlin Wall's line from the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate to Checkpoint Charlie, past the last pieces still standing.
Dublin: Georgian and medieval
Oscar Wilde's square, the Book of Kells, the old Parliament, Temple Bar and both medieval cathedrals.
Edinburgh: the Royal Mile
From Greyfriars Bobby and Victoria Street up to the Castle and down the Royal Mile to Holyrood.
Lisbon: Alfama
From the river up past Lisbon's fortress cathedral and two viewpoints to São Vicente and the church that took 284 years to finish. Steep.
London: the City of London
From Wren's cathedral past a Roman fort wall, amphitheatre and temple to where the Great Fire began.
Madrid: the Barrio de las Letras
Cervantes, Lope de Vega and the press that printed the first Don Quixote.
New York: Lower Manhattan
Where New York began: from the Battery past Wall Street, Hamilton's grave and the 9/11 Memorial to the Brooklyn Bridge.
Paris: Le Marais
From the medieval city wall and the Place des Vosges to the Jewish quarter on rue des Rosiers.
Porto: downhill to the river
From Livraria Lello and the Clérigos tower past the medieval synagogue site and São Bento's tiles to the Ribeira and the Luís I bridge.
Rome: the historic centre
From the square where Giordano Bruno was burned, past the Pantheon and Bernini's elephant, to the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps.
Barcelona
Five walks for visitors. If you live in Barcelona, see the hometown walks instead.
Gothic Quarter and El Born
From Roman columns to the medieval city, in Ciutat Vella.
El Born
From the 1714 graveyard past merchant palaces to the Ciutadella.
Gaudí and Modernisme
Passeig de Gràcia to the Sagrada Família and Sant Pau, in the Eixample.
Gràcia
A village of squares that the city grew around.
Montjuïc
From the Magic Fountain up to the Olympic ring. Uphill most of the way.
How these walks are checked
Every fact on these pages comes from a source we opened and link to, such as heritage registers, city archives, museum sites and Wikipedia. Each page was then checked again, sentence by sentence, by someone who did not write it. See how we check stories →