Afoot In Britain - Friends
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Friends
of mine run excellent local tours all around the world and I highly
recommend their services to you. Like me, all the guides mentioned
here also guide on Rick Steves’ Europe Through the Back Door tours,
which is a clear sign that they are among the best in the business.
Worldwide
Reid
Coen has
been a tour guide, travel consultant, and speaker for Rick Steves’
Europe for the last 18 years. He runs Imprint Tours where they
"Travel with Intent"- taking a reflective approach,
connecting with the cultures they visit, and balancing the enjoyment
of discovery with responsible travel. His ever expanding tour
portfolio includes Thailand,
Vietnam, Southern Africa, New Zealand, India, and Bali.
Europe-wide
Art
historian and photographer Daniela
Wedel,
a German native living in France, puts together customized
tours for groups between 4 and 14 people. If you have a group of
friends or family and a destination in central
Europe
that you’d like to visit, contact her. She also eagerly
shows her passion for the history, food, wine, and people of Avignon,
Aix-en-Provence, Arles, the Côte du Rhône and Luberon area in
southern
France.
Czech
Republic
Jana
Hronkova lives
in the beautiful historical city of Prague
and has worked as a licensed guide for more than 13 years. With Jana
you will discover all the different architectural styles of Prague,
walk across the Charles bridge, visit St. Vitus Cathedral, learn
about the fascinating Jewish history of Prague, talk more about
recent history and life under Communism or visit some other beautiful
parts of the Czech
Republic.
Katerina
(Katka) Svobodova runs
a small company, PragueWalker, a group of local experts and
professional guides (her good friends) who are eager to share
their knowledge and experience during private tailor-made walking
tours of Prague. They
also lead day trips around the Czech
Republic and organize fully
customized multi-day tours in Central-Eastern
Europe.
England
Mark & Toni
Seymour
guide personal small group tours of South
West Britain.
These are fully customized tours which include your own driver and
guide as well as pickup and drop off at all major UK airports and
railway stations.
France
Arnaud
Servignat
is a
licensed French guide since 1990. He provides mostly museum &
walking tours in Paris
and surroundings
and can also provide tours in a minivan around the country side.
Airport transfers are available upon arrival or departure in any
Paris airports.
Originally
from the Netherlands, Elisabeth
van Hest
is a licenced guide-lecturer in France since 1975. She led many tours
through Normandy, Brittany, Loirevalley, Burgundy and other French
regions in English, German , Dutch and French language. She
designs personal tours in Paris
and it's surroundings
to suit each client, using mainly public transportation.
Born
in England, Julian
Brown
made his home in Paris almost 30 years ago. An art historian and
licensed guide, he specializes in tailor-made museum visits and
walking tours of Paris
and also leads cultural tours throughout
France.
He has a PhD in Southeast Asian art history and lectures on his
research for museums, universities, Royal Societies and at
international conferences.
Mark & Toni
Seymour
offer personal small group tours of Normandy
and Brittany
in France. These are fully customized tours which include your own
driver and guide as well as pickup and drop off at select railway
stations and airports.
Contact Rolinka
Bloeming for
tours in the Languedoc,
the largest wine region in the south
of France with
visits to Carcassonne, Cathar castles, Narbonne, Pont du Gard, Canal
de Midi etc. Rolinka also offers biking, hiking and yoga
vacations. Her food & wine tours include market visits, cooking
classes and wine tastings. Also there is a possibility to stay at her
fully autonomous wine property.
Germany
Discover
buzzing Berlin with Holger
Zimmer - radio
journalist and expert tour guide. Based in Berlin for 25 years,
Holger loves exploring his lively hometown with you. Berlin equals
history – Kaiser, War and Berlin Wall - yet is young at heart.
Berlin today boasts museums, galleries and clubs – it’s thriving
! He offers tailored tours, especially art, music and nightlife
explorations for groups and private clients. Other German
or European areas on request.
Hungary
George
Farkas
is from Budapest, Hungary with 14 years of guiding experience.
He loves what his city has got to offer; the history, architecture,
culture, food &wine, spas and the exciting layers of
entertainment. He is there to share all that with you when you are
ready to explore Budapest
and Hungary
.
Istvan
Koteczki
is
a registered, licensed guide in Hungary.
In his city, Szeged,
he mainly does classical walking tours. Beside that he offers bike
tours, Segway tours, kayak, or canoe tours and boat cruises. Upon
request he can also organize gastronomic events; cooking classes, or
honey-tasting for example.
Peter
Polczman
guides local tours of Budapest.
Both Pest and Buda take half a day respectively, the full day tour of
Budapest includes major sights on both sides. Special tours (museums,
architecture & such) are available and so are excursions
to the countryside
or transfers outside the country.
Ireland
Barry Moloney
and Don
Herlihy
run the acclaimed Don & Barry’s Kinsale Historic Stroll, a
daily walking tour of their hometown
Kinsale,
a scenic medieval town on the south coast of Ireland. Their tour
focuses on the dramatic naval and military history. Private tailored
tours including food tours, educational school/university tours and
storytelling workshops are also available.
Ireland
(including Northern Ireland)
Stephen
McPhilemy,
a history graduate of Queens University Belfast, has been an award
winning registered guide since 1995. Stephen operates the 'Essential
Walking Tour of Historic Derry' in his hometown of Derry
(aka Londonderry).
He runs guided tours of the famed Giants
Causeway and Belfast city
tours. He also offers guided tours of his second home - Dingle
and the beautiful Dingle Peninsula.
Italy
Nina
Bernardo
is a dual American - Italian citizen living currently in Rome and
conducting private Rome
Daily City Tours.
She loves to show Rome from her own expat perspective. Her walking
tours can include lots of food & wine tastings, ancient plus
modern history blended with classical & modern
art.
Tommaso
Pantè,
an experienced and licensed Tour Guide & Tour Escort/Manager,
specializes in tours of Sicily and
mainland Italy. If
planning for a trip or cruise ship stop, contact Tommaso
about customized excursions. He
also offers 4 holiday
apartments: Casetta
Rosetta in Milazzo; Villa
Greca (3)
in Salina
on
the Aeolian
Islands.
Tricia
Brady lives
in Italy and gives private Driver/Guided tours
of Italy.
She has been a guide for 33 years, mainly in the regions north of
Rome including her own region of Le Marche. She also rents a luxury
villa and an apartment in a 14th
century monastery in Le Marche.
t.brady1953@gmail.com
Portugal
Cristina
Bessa is
a licensed tour guide with an experience of more than 25 years. She
is based In Coimbra. Coimbra's
University became the 16th UNESCO World Heritage site In Portugal.
Cristina provides not only walking tours in Coimbra, but she's an
expert on the Barroc
Library tours.
Cristina
Duarte
is a licensed Portuguese guide with an experience of more than 20
years. She is based in the Lisbon
region and provides walking tours in complement with regular city
public transportation (private transportation also available). City
Museums, Old/Down town Lisbon, Belem district and Sintra
are some of her most popular tours.
Scotland
Colin
Mairs is
a fully licensed Scottish 'Blue Badge' Tourist Guide, who guides in
English, French and Portuguese. Colin can provide you with private
walking tours of Glasgow
and Edinburgh, and extended tours all over Scotland.
Colin is also a driver guide and holds a PCV (bus) licence, meaning
Colin can be your driver guide for a group of up to 16 people.
Liz
Lister
is a Blue-Badge Guide accredited by the Scottish Tourist Guides
Association. She provides walking tours around central
Scotland including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling and St Andrews
and is happy to help clients plan a bespoke tour, tailored to their
personal interests. Working with chauffeur-drive companies she also
offers extended
tours across Scotland
in a range of transport to suit all requirements.
Slovenia
Tina
Hiti and Saso Golub
are fully licensed guides in Slovenia, who guide individuals and
small groups around
the country.
Their tours are fully customized to individual needs and include your
own driver/guide. The tours focus on Slovene history, nature,
traditions, culture and gastronomy. They can organize hiking
adventures and many other outdoor activities. Another popular theme
that they help travellers with is
researching their roots.
Spain
Agustin
Ciriza
is a Tour guide in his hometown San
Sebastian
leading tours in the Basque
Country of France and Spain focusing
on Basque history, culture, traditions, food and outdoor activities.
Also he offers gastronomy experiences such as Txakoli and Rioja wine
tours, Basque Cuisine cooking lessons or “pintxos” (tapas)
tasting tours.
Francisco
Gesrural
is
part of a team of guides that tour Pamplona
and the region of Navarre. They specialize in the week of the running
of the bulls
"SAN FERMIN" where they can help getting guides, balconies
to watch the running, tickets for the bull fight... Almost anything!
Javier Menor
runs
The
Guiding Company whose target
market is everyone - from a family who wants a customized tour of
Madrid
or Barcelona
to a large company that needs the services of a team of guides on a
long term basis. They have extensive experience in cultural tours for
schools and universities. He can also provide guiding services
anywhere
in Spain.
www.theguidingcompany.com
Nygil
Murrell
runs Madrid
Tours & Tastings
which offers guided walking tours of Madrid’s historic centre, as
well as gastronomic tapas tours and wine tastings that help you make
the most of your visit to Madrid. He also writes a fascinating
blog
on Spain and
its exciting capital, covering historical locations, bars and
restaurants, and traditional shops.
Turkey
Aysegül
Ünlü
runs tours all
over Turkey
and she is based in Istanbul.
She offers walking tours, bus tours and hiking trips.
Mine
Karahan organizes
tours, transfers, blue cruises, hotel arrangements and special group
tours all over
Turkey. She also
organizes tailor made tours for up to 4 people as a driver guide. She
runs walking tours in Istanbul
which cover
Byzantine Heritage, Ottoman Heritage, Muslim Heritage, Christian
Heritage, Roman Heritage and Jewish Heritage.
Her
husband, Mert
Taner
is also a professional licensed tour guide and he is based in
Kuşadası
. He conducts Biblical
tours in Istanbul ,Ephesus and all round Turkey
for private groups and Cruise Passengers in Kusadasi , Bodrum and
Istanbul ...
Yaren Turkoglu
is a professional tour guide based in Istanbul,
Turkey. She
is an art historian and an archaeologist. She guides special
interest tours as well as daily walking tours in Istanbul and
provides tours for
the rest of the country.
United
States of America
Chicago
Detours,
founded by travel writer and tour guide Amanda
Scotese,
brings
people to explore the architecture, history and culture of public
art, building interiors, historic bars, Chicago
neighbourhoods,
and jazz and blues history. Chicago Detours offers a variety of
private group tours, and walking tours are offered daily to the
public.
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