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.
Amsterdam
Four self-guided walks with maps. All Amsterdam walks →
The Jordaan
The Nine Streets, Rembrandt's Westerkerk, the Anne Frank House, a 1650 widows' courtyard and the Brouwersgracht.
Old Centre and Red Light District
From Centraal Station through De Wallen, past Amsterdam's oldest church and a hidden attic church, to the Dam and the Begijnhof.
The Jewish Quarter
Rembrandt's house, two 17th-century synagogues, the February Strike statue and the Holocaust memorials of the Weesperstraat and Plantage.
The Canal Ring to Museumplein
From the Munttoren and the Golden Bend to the Magere Brug, then a walk through the Rijksmuseum itself.
Berlin
Three self-guided walks with maps. All Berlin walks →
Along the Wall
Follow the Berlin Wall's line from the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate to Checkpoint Charlie, past the last pieces still standing.
Unter den Linden and Museum Island
Prussian Berlin from the Gendarmenmarkt and the 1933 book-burning site to the cathedral, the rebuilt palace and the Nikolaiviertel.
Kreuzberg
Squats, Kotti and street art, from a canal market to the East Side Gallery.
Dublin
Four self-guided walks with maps. All Dublin walks →
Georgian and medieval
Oscar Wilde's square, the Book of Kells, the old Parliament, Temple Bar and both medieval cathedrals.
Literary Dublin
From Joyce's bust on St Stephen's Green past Bloom's pub, the Abbey and the Gate to the James Joyce Centre.
O'Connell Street and the 1916 Rising
The GPO, Moore Street and the 1916 Rising, from O'Connell Bridge to the Famine memorial.
The Liberties to Kilmainham
Marsh's Library to the Guinness Storehouse and Kilmainham Gaol, through the old Liberties.
Edinburgh
Four self-guided walks with maps. All Edinburgh walks →
The Royal Mile
From Greyfriars Bobby and Victoria Street up to the Castle and down the Royal Mile to Holyrood.
The New Town
James Craig's Georgian grid from Register House to Charlotte Square, then the castle view and the Scott Monument.
Dean Village and Stockbridge
Telford's Dean Bridge, the old milling village, the Water of Leith to Stockbridge and cobbled Circus Lane.
Calton Hill to Arthur's Seat
The Calton Hill monuments, a ruined chapel and an extinct volcano: a real hill walk up Arthur's Seat.
Lisbon
Four self-guided walks with maps. All Lisbon walks →
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.
Belém
From the President's palace past the Jerónimos Monastery and the Padrão to Belém Tower. Flat.
Baixa and Chiado
Pombal's grid rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake, up to the roofless Carmo church and Pessoa's café.
Bairro Alto and Príncipe Real
From the river up the Bica hill on foot, through a 16th-century street grid and two viewpoints to a reservoir hidden under a garden lake. Steep, with stairs.
London
Four self-guided walks with maps. All London walks →
The City of London
From Wren's cathedral past a Roman fort wall, amphitheatre and temple to where the Great Fire began.
Westminster
From Trafalgar Square down Whitehall to Big Ben and the Abbey, then through St James's Park to Buckingham Palace.
Soho and Covent Garden
Carnaby Street, the John Snow pump, Chinatown, Seven Dials and the actors' church.
Greenwich
From the Cutty Sark through Wren's naval college and past the Queen's House, then up the park to the view from General Wolfe's statue.
Madrid
One self-guided walk with maps.
New York
Three self-guided walks with maps. All New York walks →
Lower Manhattan
Where New York began: from the Battery past Wall Street, Hamilton's grave and the 9/11 Memorial to the Brooklyn Bridge.
Central Park
South to north: the Pond, the Mall, Bethesda Fountain, Strawberry Fields, Bow Bridge and Belvedere Castle to the Reservoir.
Midtown
Grand Central's starry ceiling to the red steps of Times Square, by the Chrysler Building, the library lions and Rockefeller Center.
Paris
Four self-guided walks with maps. All Paris walks →
Le Marais
From the medieval city wall and the Place des Vosges to the Jewish quarter on rue des Rosiers.
Montmartre
From the Moulin Rouge up past Picasso's studio, the last windmills and the vineyard to Sacré-Cœur.
The Latin Quarter
Roman baths, the Sorbonne and the Panthéon, from Place Saint-Michel to the Luxembourg Garden.
Île de la Cité to the Louvre
Notre-Dame, the Conciergerie and Sainte-Chapelle, across the Pont Neuf to the Louvre courtyards and the Palais-Royal.
Porto
Four self-guided walks with maps. All Porto walks →
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.
Vila Nova de Gaia
Cross the Douro to the port wine lodges and rabelo boats, climb to the round church of Serra do Pilar and walk back over the bridge's top deck.
The Baixa
Porto's downtown on foot: the Avenida dos Aliados, the Bolhão market, two blue-tiled churches and Café Majestic.
Along the river to Foz
From the Miragaia customs house past the Crystal Palace gardens and the Arrábida Bridge to the lighthouse at the sea.
Rome
Four self-guided walks with maps. All Rome walks →
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.
Ancient Rome
Round the Colosseum, past Trajan's Column, up Michelangelo's Capitoline to a free view over the Forum.
The Jewish Ghetto and Trastevere
The Jewish Ghetto, over a Roman bridge of 62 BC to Trastevere and Raphael's Galatea.
Castel Sant'Angelo to St Peter's
Bernini's angels, an avenue begun under Mussolini, the Passetto, the Swiss Guard and the Vatican walls.
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
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