Day Tours & Local Guides

Discuss hired guides, excursions, and day tours you've experienced

There are hundreds of European day tours available by bus and on foot. Many of these are small independent operators offering a great value. But quality varies, all are an important commitment of time, and you want to choose wisely. Which ones are the best value and why?

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The best guides for the Terezin ghetto and Jewish Prague?	Goldmann	14	06/12/23 11:01 PM
DDay Tour from Bayeux	Sarah	2	06/11/23 09:19 PM
Day Tour of Montenegro from Dubrovnik	Cliff	2	06/07/23 09:21 PM
Itinerary help: Day trip from Nice to Villefranche-sur-Mer & Cap Ferrat vs Monaco vs Eze?	hdtrotta	2	06/04/23 08:54 PM
Bru'na Boinne wth Newgrange Tours with Mary Gibbons	Molly	1	06/02/23 02:22 AM
Sorrento boat tours	warre336	1	05/31/23 11:07 PM
Best Of Rome Tour Rome	clofton	5	05/29/23 12:30 PM
Day/Weekend Trip to Venice?	liye.whalen	3	05/26/23 08:05 PM
Normandy D-Day sights 23 May 23	threebabyz	0	05/24/23 10:45 PM
Just returned from Switzerland and italy	jeankarp698	0	05/22/23 11:51 AM
Movie theaters in Rome or Paris?	beckrehbiel	8	05/09/23 03:49 PM
Overlord Tour D-Day sites 6 May 2023	stewartnavarre	0	05/08/23 09:09 AM
Loire Valley Day Trip May 03,2023	mc1hpr	3	05/08/23 03:42 AM
Day in Versailles	roswynnecuthbert	0	05/03/23 05:09 AM
Amazing tour of Pompeii	kenan	4	04/25/23 07:39 PM
Rome private tour guides	neilbroome	4	04/22/23 12:29 AM
Day tours to Normandy from Paris	lois	6	04/21/23 06:35 PM
Discovering the Leaning Tower and the 'field of miracles' of Pisa	vani2308	1	04/17/23 03:11 PM
We had a great private guide for Munich and Dachau!	Valerie	10	04/13/23 10:03 PM
Private guide discovering the hidden treasures of Pisa in a day with Tuscany at Heart	ymldedo	0	04/13/23 08:49 PM
Malta sleeping.	brscag	1	04/09/23 06:33 PM
We had a great private guide for Stuttgart area!	Valerie	6	04/09/23 02:21 PM
private tour guide in Rome Italy	dave91	6	04/04/23 06:42 PM
Truffle hunt	jewelryjunquie	5	04/03/23 07:01 PM
Alhambra Tour Guide	mollydarrow	19	02/27/23 06:29 PM
Day tour from Sorrento to Pompeii and Herculaneum	bhaas8287	10	02/11/23 04:27 AM
Day trip to Como and Bellagio (or Lugano) from Milan	kevfran	4	02/05/23 11:52 PM
Tours by Locals Promo Code	kzoopenny	0	02/04/23 02:21 AM
Bologna	ellyjan.cohen	6	01/26/23 10:05 PM
Day tours with By The Locals with Ivo Lobo (Portugal)	hippyb7	0	01/17/23 11:16 PM
Incredible Family Tour (Scotland)	NPgirl	1	01/11/23 08:42 PM
Rome tour guide	rob	4	01/04/23 12:45 AM
Normandy D Day Beaches Full Day Tour	lsouth	5	12/29/22 10:19 PM
Milan travel in April	kevfran	8	12/28/22 12:30 AM
Fabulous Tour Guide in Vienna	dinimorge	9	12/27/22 01:36 PM
Paris Food Tour recommendation.	Mark G.	4	12/22/22 01:04 AM
A Great Tour Guide in Palermo: Francesca Lombardo	doncampodonico	2	12/02/22 05:45 PM
Paris over Christmas	cindyvitere	3	11/13/22 08:56 PM
Galileo and Pisa walking tour with Martina Manfredi/Tuscany At Heart	cardy4tkd	0	11/13/22 06:28 PM
Sicily, Palermo area tour guide	sara.stamey	0	11/10/22 04:29 PM
Guided Day Trips from Sorrento	jhoke562	4	11/06/22 04:10 AM
Cotswolds day trip	Suzanne	0	10/18/22 12:02 AM
Walking tour of Old Prague, Jewish Quarter	mszdds	6	10/15/22 03:41 PM
Best day tours in Prague and Berlin	mbt1126	9	10/12/22 07:03 PM
Is Amsterdamsel still in business	bertha1128	3	10/11/22 08:14 PM
Fantastic Guide in Turkey - Elvan Ozbay	goldfarb	0	10/10/22 07:41 PM
Day trip to Capri Island	bergmanwj13	4	10/04/22 02:17 AM
Day trips from Amsterdam	Jeffery	10	09/26/22 06:21 AM
Day tours available for cruise passengers from Rick Steves Tours?	DebbieS	11	09/25/22 08:37 PM
Red Badge Tours in Denmark	fspierce	1	09/23/22 11:22 AM