Sweden · OLD TOWN WALKING TOURS
Gamla Stan is small enough to cross in fifteen minutes and dense enough to hide half of itself from anyone walking it alone. The 15 below differ on pace, group size and how much of the ghost-story trade they lean into. Prices and start points are listed for all of them.
Review of Stockholm’s Old Town walking tour, covering sights, guides, value, route, practical tips, and who should book this 2.5-hour experience.
“Our Guide Gaia was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. She did an awesome job! Learned things we wouldn't have learned doing this tour ourselves.”
Explore Gamla Stan after dark with true tales of murder, plague, executions, and ghosts on Stockholm’s lively 90-minute walking tour.
“Very nice way of discovering the old town. The guide was very into the character, we could feel the stories and live the moment. Very nice experience.”
Explore Stockholm’s Gamla Stan, Riddarholmen, and Royal Palace on a lively two-hour walking tour with a local English-speaking guide.
“Lovely guide very informative and patient Excellent knowledge Great guided tour”
Explore Gamla Stan on a two-hour Stockholm walking tour with historic churches, narrow lanes, palace views, and lively local guides.
“This was such a lovely walking tour of Gamla Stan! We got a fun history lesson and grounding of the area. Our guide Marta (sp?) was so engaging and made us laugh so many times! And she had excellent recommendations following the tour. Can’t recommend enough!”
Explore Stockholm’s medieval Gamla Stan with guide Kiki on a relaxed two-hour walk through cobbled lanes, royal sites, legends, and local tips.
“Kiki was an amazing tour guide. She really gave a great historical tour of the old city and was engaging. She really shared the love of her city and made the start of my vacation great. Would recommend highly for any visitor. She also added personally recommendations of other things to do and eat while I am here.”
Explore Stockholm’s medieval Gamla Stan on a two-hour walking tour with local stories, colorful buildings, and practical city orientation.
“We had a great experience with the young guide. Though I had some difficulties in walking he graciously adjusted the tour to cover the most attractive and the important items. There are a good number of things to see. He also explained the history behind each monuments and structures. I would recommend this tour though I was not sure that it was a walking tour.”
Explore Stockholm’s Gamla Stan on a two-hour guided walk with medieval stories, royal sights, historic images, fika, and local tips.
“Our guide was super friendly and we learned a lot from him. Thans!”
Explore Gamla Stan’s stories, royal palace, Blood Bath, legends, and optional Swedish fika on this small-group Stockholm walking tour.
“It was fantastic. Our guide Noble was even better. Super engaging, great with our kids, and really energetic and knowledgeable. 10/10 would do it again”
Explore Stockholm’s Gamla Stan on a two-hour story-filled walk covering medieval lanes, royal landmarks, Riddarholmen, and Mynttorget.
“Fantastic tour! Guide was brilliant, easy to talk to and we learnt a lot. Would highly recommend.”
Review of Gothenburg’s Haga walking tour, with wooden houses, local stories, Skansen Kronan views, guide tips, price, and practical advice.
“Very interesting part of the city! Our guide Sarah took us all throughout Haga and shared the history, told stories of the neighborhood. I recommend this tour to visitors who are visiting Gotenburg for the first time!”
Review of Stockholm’s small-group Old Town and Vasa Museum tour, with a ferry ride, royal sights, history, practical tips, and honest value advice.
“Was very impressed with our tour and our guide was awesome lady! Small group was able to see and do more than I expected. Could never have seen or understood all these points of interest without this tour. This was worth booking and much better than any "bus" tour set up by the cruise ship.”
Review of Stockholm’s 5-hour tour through City Hall, Gamla Stan and the Vasa Museum, with ferry ride, fika break and expert guides.
“The guide was super sweet, nice, energetic, extremely charismatic and had very interesting stories to tell. I would not mind at all if the tour was even longer as it was not boring even for a minute. It was super good that the group was small too. the guide was a true expert of the Vasa museum, we feel very lucky to have gone there with him.”
Explore Stockholm’s Gamla Stan on a 2.5-hour English walking tour covering medieval streets, royal sights, Swedish history, and local life.
“I enjoyed the chronological history of this tour. I particularly liked how our guide queried her Swedish friends on questions that foreigners would be likely to have. that gave an interesting cultural perspective to the tour.”
Explore Stockholm’s Old Town with Curiosa, solving puzzles and hearing stories around the Royal Palace, Grand Square, and historic streets.
“cela est tres rapide cela a dure un peu plus 1 h, les enigmes sont asser complexe et quand on décide de passer l'enigme car on ne trouve pas la solution. Le reponse a l'enigme ne nous est pas donné. Cela serai plus sympa de le connaitre afin de pouvoir mieux comprenrde.”
Explore Stockholm’s Gamla Stan on a two-hour small-group walk covering medieval lanes, royal sights, local tips, and Swedish history.
“Kiki is so knowledgeable, friendly and fun! This was a perfect tour to start our trip in Stockholm. She gave us so much insight and also lots of handy tips on what museums and activities to do and what to miss, and restaurant tips as well.”
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