Private tour in Oviedo Marian B
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If I told you I always wanted to be a guide, it would not be true. As a coal miner's daughter in a coal mine town in a period when Asturias wasn't a touristic place, guiding wasn't an option. I always wanted to work with people (as a teacher, hostess, actress, and psychologist), and at the end of my last high school year in 1989, I came across tourism by chance. By that time our Universities had Tourism degrees for students to work elsewhere. However, step by step we invented tourism in Asturias. Now I love my area even more because I'm part of its history. Actually, two articles of the law that regulates guiding in Asturias were suggested by me and I'm very proud of them. If I told you English is my 2nd language, it'd also not be true because we could only study French in primary school. So when I was 16 I decided to attend private lessons. Nobody studied languages "just for fun" in those days, not in my hometown, so the teacher was surprised by my reasons to study English: "to understand songs and to travel". By the time I started my tourism studies, those lessons were very useful but just the beginning. And yes, I traveled a bit and I'm even able to sing in English accompanied by my acoustic guitar in an amateur way, and usually guide English-speaking guests. Later I also learned Italian and German and recently I've started with Portuguese. If I told you I've been working as a guide all the time since I finished my studies in 1992, I'd lie again. The fact is that especially at the beginning, when tourism wasn't so important here, I also worked in a hotel, a museum, 4 tourism offices, and giving private language lessons. It's good to see tourists from the other side of the desk so I can better understand how things work. It helps me when guiding, which is what I really want to do for the rest of my professional life. Thanks for reading and considering my services! See you soon in the Principality of Asturias! Asturias Guide License Cathedral of Oviedo Guide License Botanical Gardens of Gijón Guide License Ways of Sefarad Guide License Language School: Superior Degrees in English, French, Italian and German I always include a tasty break proposing something tyical from the place but you'll be free to have another thing you prefer. The idea is sitting a bit and relax in a typical place. I am not a driver. I can accompany you in your vehicle or I can arrange for a separate car and driver.
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Do you want to know how and where the Saint James Way started? Are you interested in recognizing the different art styles you can find in Oviedo? Are you curious about the beginning of the Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula? Wondering why King Alfonso II was called "The Chaste" and his family relationship with Charlemagne? Do you dare go up to the gothic spire of The Saviour's Cathedral (184 steps, 43, 5m. equivalent to a 15th floor building? Answer "yes" to these questions and I'll answer yours on this city tour visiting the historical area of Oviedo. From Monday to Saturday, visit the Gothic Cathedral with its Holy Chamber (UNESCO World Heritage due to Outstanding Universal Value). On Sundays, when the Cathedral is closed for tourism or if you don't feel like going up to the tower, we could visit the Archaeological Museum instead. We'll finish the tour in a nice pastry shop to have a carbayón with coffee or tea.
·Our tour will start with you being picked up from your accomodation. ·Afterwards, our first stop will be visiting the Cathedral of Oviedo (fast-track) and covering its interior, with its Camara Santa (holy chamber) and gothic tower. ·What follows will be a tour of Oviedo's historic quarter with its many palaces, churches and statues. On this tour, we will cover the following palaces: -Palacio de los Condes de Toreno -Palacio de Camposagrado -Palacio de Velarde -Palacio de Valdecarzana-Heredia Among the statues we'll see are: -The Milklady -The Fish Sellers -The Pottery Sellers The churches we will visit are: -Iglesia de Santa María de la Corte -Iglesia de San Isidoro el Real -Iglesia de San Tirso el Real ·After covering all this, we'll visit Oviedo's traditional market that commercializes regional products. ·We'll finalize our tour at a pastry shop enjoying a coffee and tasting a traditional delicacy. *If you have a specific itinerary in mind send me a message and I'll customize the tour for you
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Oviedo, Municipality of Oviedo, Spain
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