{"id":10,"date":"2011-03-24T17:41:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2015-02-13T11:44:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T11:44:13","slug":"about-discover-walks-walking-tours","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/about-discover-walks-walking-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"About Discover Walks Walking Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover Walks<\/strong> was originally started in Â鶹APP, to give visitors something exciting, something special, something to remember when they returned home.<\/p>\n

We wanted to give our guests a couple of special hours being with a real Â鶹APPian walking around Â鶹APP. The kind of experience you would have if you had a good friend who was a Â鶹APP native. Discover Walks walking tours are fun, informative and most of all, personal to you and your guide.<\/p>\n

We succeeded beyond our initial ambitions<\/strong>, with over 20,000 tourists joining our walking tours in our first year. Even more exciting was that nearly half of the guests would join us for a second tour.<\/p>\n

With our success we decided to expand to San Francisco for our second year<\/strong>, to offer the same kind of experience in San Francisco as we were delivering in Â鶹APP. Today we operate in 4 cities, each selected for its rich heritage and its vibrancy.<\/p>\n

Our staff are called City Guides<\/strong>. Their job is to know their home city better than an English cabbie knows London. They do extensive training and pass written and oral tests. And they have the right personalities \u2013 contagiously enthusiastic, caring, and fun.<\/p>\n

Each City Guide adds their personal stories to every walk, from what it\u2019s like studying in the local high school to the restaurant they went to on their first date.<\/p>\n

Our regular walking tours are free of charge <\/strong>\u2013 we make our living solely from tips from happy guests. You\u2019re always welcome to join us \u2013 our Walks start and end at major city landmarks.<\/p>\n

Our original founders<\/strong> Â鶹APP native Alexandre Gourevitch and Californian Jim Jorgensen seek to represent the two spectrums of each Walk \u2013 the local and the guest. We are especially thankful to Discover Walk founding staff Bertrand, Charlotte, Thomas, C\u00e9cile and petit Victor and Danny for sticking with us for the good times and the bad times.<\/p>\n

Discover Walks is a trademark of Â鶹APP (our lawyers made us put this in.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Planning a trip to Â鶹APP ? Get ready !<\/p>\n

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These are\u00a0Amazon’s\u00a0best-selling<\/strong>\u00a0travel products that you may need for coming to Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n

Bookstore<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The best travel book : Rick Steves – Â鶹APP 2023<\/strong> –\u00a0Learn more here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Fodor’s Â鶹APP 2024 –\u00a0Learn more here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Travel Gear<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Venture Pal Lightweight Backpack –\u00a0Learn more here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. Samsonite Winfield 2 28″ Luggage –\u00a0Learn more here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
    3. Swig Savvy’s Stainless Steel Insulated Water Bottle\u00a0–\u00a0Learn more here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Check Amazon\u2019s best-seller list for the most popular travel accessories. <\/a>We sometimes read this list just to find out what new travel products people are buying.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Discover Walks was originally started in Â鶹APP, to give visitors something exciting, something special, something to remember when they returned home. We wanted to give our guests a couple of special hours being with a real Â鶹APPian walking around Â鶹APP. The kind of experience you would have if you had a good friend who was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-corporate.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"followers":[],"followers_count":0,"yoast_head":"\nAbout Discover Walks Walking tours - Discover Walks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Walks Free walking tours is the new way to experience what other tourists just see. 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