Governor Sanford's travel blog

There are plenty of low-cost carriers that fly to Berlin and numerous Berlin apartments that offer bargain prices. If you like to travel cheap and or you need to be on a tight budget, booking a free walking tour in Berlin is a very wise thing to do. The first thing to consider when planning the tour inside Berlin is to make an online booking so that you can skip the queues and the long waiting at the meeting point and besides that to enjoy a good discount if you are part of a group or if you plan to do several tours. In case you do not have time to make a booking in advance, you can just show up where the meeting is, but you have to make sure that you are at least ten or fifteen minutes earlier. The free walking tours in Berlin are made as scheduled, no matter the weather and no matter if it is raining or shining.

The free walking tour in Berlin is made by great guides, who are experienced, knowledgeable, entertaining and most important – they love the city they live in. These are self-employed guides who speak excellent English and are great storytellers, who know the history of the city and many recent stories and jokes. Thus the atmosphere of the free walking tours in Berlin is pleasant and joyful. The free walking tour in Berlin works on a tips only basis and even so the highest quality is guaranteed. The tips given are according to the budget of the travelers that come from apartment in Vienna and the value of the service received. The tours offered each day are more than one hundred.

The free walking tour in Berlin starts at the Brandenburg Gate, which is the symbol of the city just like the Eiffel tower near the Paris apartments. Then they reach the Wall and follow that line through the former Nazi District and the Checkpoint Charlie. Then there is a short coffee break and a stroll to the large square Gendarmenmarkt and the Museum Island. The tour then goes to the lovely area of Lustgarten and the Old Royal Gardens, which is very close to some of the best museums in Berlin. This free walking tour in Berlin lasts for three hours and a half, which is more than enough.

There could be a West Berlin free tour that starts at the Zoo Garten and an East Berlin free tour that starts at the Brandenburg Gate. The free walking tour in Berlin covers Pariser Platz, The Brandenburg Gatem the Reichstag, the Hitler’s Bunker, the Memorial of the Murdered Jews, Luftwaffe, the 17 June Memorial, the Berlin Wall, the former SS Headquarters, the Checkpoint Charlie, the Bebelplatz, Gendarmenmarkt. Also to be seen are the Book Burning Memorial, the Old Royal Boulevard, the TV Tower and the Neue Wache, as well as the Museum Island.

The city of London is among the top tourist destinations in the world and it features plenty of historical sites, places of attraction and entertainment, marvelous parks and a great option of dining places and pubs. Placed on the two banks of Thames River, this is the largest city in the United Kingdom and is considered a capital of fashion and art, culture and finance. Having all this in mind, it will be hard to cover all the sites of London just for three days, but still you can see the major ones. The first thing to do before starting on a sightseeing tour, is to find nice London apartments, where to feel comfortable and secure and to have all the extras that you might need.

To get you an idea about the city of London, I will put a stress on the fact that London is usually separated into several districts, which differ in type and in size just like the apartments in Prague. In the central area of London are situated all the posh hotels and the finest restaurants. Most of the churches are placed in the Clerenwell area, while the academic zone is in the Bloomsbury area. The financial heart of London is in the City while the fashion stores are in the Mayfair area. Now, the places that are absolute must-see places include the Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster, the Trafalgar Square with the Nelson’s Column and the National Gallery, the Buckingham Palace with the Change of Guard, as well as the beautiful Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. Among the other sites that deserve to be seen are the Cathedral St. Paul, the British Museum and the museums Tate Britain and Tate Modern, as well as St. James’ Park where is the statue of Peter Pan, and the famous London Eye wherefrom you can enjoy the city of London from a bird view. The visit would not be complete without a walk in the Hyde Park or in the Kensington Gardens.

Avery good option for those that have only three days in London would be to go on one of the organized tours around the city which are arranged on a certain theme, for example a theatre tour or a music tour, or the London walks, etc. or simply to go on the open double decker buses, which work on the hop on and hop off basis. This last option is great for the individual travelers who come from Budapest apartments, who can arrange their time according to their needs. They can spend just as much time on a certain landmark and them use the same bus company to see the other landmarks that you want, or you can just miss out those that are of no interest to you. If you still have time, then visit the small town of Greenwich, which is placed an hour from the city of London, to pay a visit at the Royal Observatory and the Greenwich Meridian.