British Routes, your window seat to the world.

Scooters, bicycles, buses, all are available to see the cities we visit, but nothing beats a walking tour.

Walking tours enable you to experience the hidden alleyways, explore ruins, climb mountains, all without having to fight for a seat on the last bus, or find a convent tree to tie up your scooter.

Walking enables you to do things at your pace, throw in a live guide and a dull cobbled street suddenly becomes full of history, myths and legends, and a whole new world opens up for you. It isn't just ruins, your guide can take you to enjoy the local delicacies, or if you wish, sample fine ales in some of Britains oldest and most unique pubs, some of which are housed in buildings ranging from medieval butchers shops, to Civil war hospitals. You might also get to see the odd ghost along the way!

(left: Hidden gems off the beaten track. like the Elm Bank Hotel, one of Englands finest Art Nouveau interiors.)

Walking tours with a guide enable you do very little planning, just book your holidays and tour and know that everything is taken care of, all you need to do is relax and enjoy exploring at your own pace. Your experience guide will regale you with the cities stories and be able to recommend places to eat, dog and children friendly venues, places to explore on your own, their knowledge is endless and all yours to take advantage of!

So if you have read this far you might be thinking the blog writer is promoting British Routes Holidays, so what makes them stand out?

For me it is the personal touch, the fact you can meet your guide anywhere, even have them pick you up and guide you from your hotel or B&B. The guides are guaranteed to turn up, sounds obvious but time and time again people are disappointed because the guide is a no show. The in-depth knowledge of the cities our guides have will help you feel like you have really explored every nook and cranny, every ginnell and snickleway.

Your tour is what you want it to be and not a pre determined route, our tag line is 'Go where you want go' because we like to tailor our tours to suit our guests not the other way around, and we throw in a treat at the end...but that's a surprise.

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