miércoles, 20 de mayo de 2015

Top 10 literary walking tours of the world

Now, explain the top 10 of the world literary tours.

1-Millenium tour 

The Millenium tour is known by Shieg Larsson's novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The novel tell this walks in Stockholm.
The walk passes fictional sites mentioned in the Millennium trilogy
The places of the tour are Blomkvist’s home, his local cafe, Salander’s favourite tattoo parlour, Inspector Bublanski’s synagogue, Millennium magazine’s offices and, finally, Salander’s luxury apartment.

2- Literary Pub Crawl

This combination of tour and live performance highlights the rich cultural heritage of Dublin, the Irish capital.
The tour passes literary sites such as Trinity College,best kwown for the Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses
Tthe focus is firmly on the drinking holes where so much creativity flowed
The great writers such as James Joyce, Brendan Behan, Samuel Beckett and WB Yeats

3- Literary Landmarks

This tour reveals their haunts, including the secret of the Saturday Club
In the 19th century Boston was a hotbed of literature.
The best known poets such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott, Henry James and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

4- James Bond's Mayfair

In this Tour conducted by guide Simon Rodway that was the researched Fleming’s life and its connections to his famous fictional creation.
Simon investigate all their lives and the place he visited such as a naval club, Berkeley Square to St James, tour members pass places with links to 007

5- Greenwich Village Literary Pub Crawl

This tour through New York City’s famous Greenwich Village drops into several pubs that were once the site of writers’ inspiration.
The writers are inspired by the stories of the people who dranks on the bars.
Any of the autors are Thomas Paine, John Reed, Henry James  and Edith Wharton

6- Writers in Paris

In the early 20th century the French capital was a magnet for writers.
There are four main tours, which focuses on the Latin Quarter and the exploits of James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway and George Orwell.
Other walks focus on the ‘Lost Generation’ of Montparnasse, the literary cafes of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and Père Lachaise Cemetery’s memorials to greats such as Molière, Proust and Wilde.

7- Literary Shangai

This tour takes places in Hongkou in the city's north.
Starting with a talk from knowledgeable guides at a local teahouse
Lu Xun was the father of modern Chinese literature.

8- Jane Austen in Bath

Bath is renowded for its graceful architecture.
It was also where the famed author lived, and became the setting for her novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
The Jane Austen Centre leads this walking tour of literary highlights each weekend.

9- Melbourne Literary Tour

This Australian city of Melbourne is at the heart of the nation’s literary scene, having become a Unesco City of Literature in 2008.
Along the way, tour members dip into both the present and the past: visiting the Nicholas Building

10- Wild Walk Along the Enchanted Way

After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989,William Blacker ventured into eastern Europe and ended up living for eight years in rural Romania.
Offers a 10-day tour of northern Romania following in Blacker’s footsteps, including walks through the attractive Izei Valley and Rodna Mountains National Park.

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