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So you’ve decided a private tour is the way to go on your next trip. Great! Chances are you’re going to have a terrific time seeing the sights, accessing the local culture and making a new friend in a foreign place. Below we’ve compiled some tips on how to ensure your tour is truly memorable – for all the right reasons. photo
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1. Take advantage of being able to communicate with your guide to set expectations before your tour. This is your time and your guide wants you to be intereste

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My Style for Seeing the World

My travel style,in case you are a new reader, is to hire a private guide with a comfortable car who is mine for the duration. I do not just show up and say "whatcha got." I do my own research with every book I can find and do not forget my wife is a university librarian. I also peruse all the social media sites, the usual suspects and a few that are truly suspect.

Then I start contacting guides using again every source I can find. If I send someone an email and get no response within 48 hours,

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my favourite 5 photo's from this stunning attraction


images taken June 2011

Nothing to add really, it is such a fantastic place

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Personal walking tours of Hong Kong, no more, no less. I do private tours based on what you want to see and do in the time you have available.

If you fancy booking a private sightseeing tour of Hong Kong or if you just want to say hello then email me at jamie@j3tourshk.com or you can call me on (+852) 65325013

Jamie Lloyd

J3 Tours Hong Kong
www.j3tourshk.com
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La asociación Cultura y Turismo Urbano reúne a un conjunto de profesionales altamente cualificados y empresas pioneras en cada ciudad que, con formación y experiencia, ofrecen visitas guiadas por el patrimonio cultural urbano de las ciudades que conocemos y amamos. ICONO serveis culturals, situada en Barcelona, es miembro de esta asociación.


La asociación Cultura y Turismo Urbano (CTU) te ofrece:
* Visitas culturales, paseos teatralizados, rutas literarias y paseos de cine en 17 ciudades españolas

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by Inka Piegsa-Quischotte


Dank chill, drizzle, and streetlamps shrouded in fog are bad weather? A bad time for touring? Depends! In fact, they were just perfect for a nocturnal outing I had in Barcelona last winter that was hair raising – in a good way. And what better day than Halloween to tell you about it?

Like most ancient cities, Catalonia’s capital is chock-full full of history, legends – and ghosts. And if that kind of thing gets your ecoplasm going, th

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