As a family when we travel, we typically don't join city tours unless its the only way to see a sight. Maybe we should more often, I am sure there is a lot to learn from them, but I guess we just really like to explore on our own. We are used to DIY for most parts of our lives and we are always trying to keep our budget as low as we can.
However, we recently experienced self guided -family tours in Prague where we live and it was really great!
This is a new product available for families travelling or living in Prague, Paris, Barcelona, and Altmuhl/Gunzburg, Germany, Rome, Northern Brittany, France and Amsterdam. More cities are added all of the time around Europe and eventually beyond. This is the website to order and learn more about all the self-guided tour products they have to offer.
We followed the 2 out of the 3 self guided tours in the Prague Family Kit, which can be ordered here. This is how it works... You order the kit - you can receive it immediately in a pdf if you want to see right away what to expect and want to plan, then you can receive the hard copy by mail or have it delivered for free to wherever you are staying in Prague.
What we really liked about these guides is, the fact that the kids get the chance to lead and see the information and activities as they match to locations on the map. Our kids are 5, 7, and 9 and they all enjoyed it. There is plenty of variety in the sites/stops and interesting quirky things to find that kids like. The parents are given a guide also that provides more information about the sites and Czech history so they can give it when the time is right and let kids just explore when that is what they are inclined to do. We have lived in Prague for several years and there was a lot on these tours that we didn't know about. The travel guides also allow the kids to have something to keep to remember their experience by.
The guides are packed with history and learning experiences geared for kids. Its fun and interesting and it will make your worldschooling experience in these cities enjoyable and memorable. These are just different than typical guidebooks... I found them just enough information to absorb without being too much and well worth the price.
Here are some pics to show what to expect from 2 of the tours in the Prague kit. We did The Castle to Kampa and Magical Old Town.
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| On 22 tram from our house Savannah is planning our route |
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| Walking to first stop Strahov Monastery |
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| Guidebook asks them to find the Czech word for library and write it. |
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| Viewpoint to Prague, what do they see? |
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Loreta Palace - Can they find where to go next?
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| Why are these balls here? Can they guess? |
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| Recommended stop for refreshments. Would have never known about this place... |
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| Entrance to what feels like a secret playground |
