sightseeing guide
Attraction explainer person
A sightseeing guide is a person who leads tourists through places of interest, providing information about landmarks, history, and local culture: Our sightseeing guide pointed out where the famous battle took place.
The term can also refer to a book or pamphlet serving the same purpose: I picked up a sightseeing guide at the hotel.
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
- walking tourGuided exploration on foot
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- old townCity's preserved original section
museum · excursion · itinerary · day trip · walking · cathedral · ruins · historical · audio · bus · local · viewpoint · architecture · scenic · photo op · escort · narrator · attraction
- travel guidestravel brochures, Lonely Planet, guidebook, Rick Steves, Let's Go
guidance vs. self-navigation
sightseeing guideself-guided tour
Exploration without a leader
wandering aimlessly · getting lost · free roaming · map · GPS
sight, seeing, guide, sights, sighted, sightless, sightly, unsightly, oversight