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Walking Tours approaches every region visited with total eagerness for its people and culture. They take calm walks through villages and countryside, relishing the local cuisine and staying in the region’s finest inns. Travelers’ meet and mingle…in markets, vineyards, piazzas, and private homes. Small groups with local guides allow tour with feel of excitement and wonder!
The rocky Atlantic coast offers excellent coastal walks, many of them passing through small fishing villages. One of the most interesting sections is around the area known as Bathsheba, where unusual-shaped boulders line the beach. The 26-kilometer stretch from the lighthouse at tattered Point to Bathsheba and Pico Tenerife can be walked as a single stretch, though many people break it up into short segments. From Ragged Point to the fishing village of Consett Bay is about 6 kilometers and a two-hour walk one-way. Consett Bay to Martin's Bay, another small fishing village, is 5 kilometers it takes two hours. From Martin's Bay to Bathsheba is also 5 kilometers it takes 90 minutes; and from Bathsheba to the Choyce and Pico Tenerife is 6 kilometers it takes about four hours. Pico Tenerife is a 300-foot (90-meter) hill that overlooks the coast and provides magnificent views and a great way to end your trek.
Walk tours can include historic cemetery walk. In the heart of central Toronto lies Mount Pleasant Cemetery, this is one of oldest city and also a relaxing place. On this tour, visit to grave sites of many luminaries. Residents stroll through the cemetery, and it is home to one of the largest variety of tree species in the city of Toronto. This tour may visit only the oldest and most historic parts of the cemetery. This tour begins at the main gates to the cemetery, on the east side of Yonge Street, located just a few blocks north of St Clair Avenue. It concludes back at the main gates. It takes about two hours and is conducted entirely outdoors. It is circular; it finishes right back where it starts. The closest subway station is “St Clair,” a walk of just a few minutes from the main gates. This tour is available throughout the year.
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