A Small Car Advertising City Sightseeing Tours in Oxford, UK
For me, when it comes to taking a bus tour or walking the choice is very clear. I love walking and I will any day pick up walking (reasonable distance and I consider 20km in one long day quite reasonable particularly on flat terrains) over taking a bus tour.
I have done both in Oxford. The City sightseeing red bus tour is good to get an orientation of the city. The charge is 11.50 pounds and on both my visits it was arranged by my official hosts. It is fun to sit on the top of the bus and take in the city passing by. It even makes for a few good photography angles too. On top of it you can hop off the bus at any point and board the bus later from the same spot. The tickets are valid for 24 hours after all! But when it rains (as it often does) the lower portion of the bus becomes suddenly quite attractive!
The Actual Red Bus, City Sightseeing Bus Tours in Oxford, UK,
But I guess I like walking so much because I am in total control. Oxford is anyway a small city and I can stop any where I wish and click endless pictures! Also all those heavy meals that I tend to eat, walking is the best way to burn them off!
But there is a bigger reason as well. I guess my brain functions only when I am walking and I tend to think earth shattering things only after I have walked at least 10 kilometers and find a flat stone (if unavailable then even a pavement will do) to sit. Sounds strange? But that is how it is with me. Put me on a bus and I will fall asleep, sometimes on the shoulders of the next person too, much to my embarrassment later when I wake up.
That’s a cute li’l one! I wonder if it’s a Renault. I think I saw a similar model in the movie ‘Garfield: A tail of two kitties’.Walking or a sight-seeing tour on the red double decker? Tough choice, I must say!:DBTW, I agree that 20 km in a day is a fair distance to expect to cover on foot.:)
very true..I enjoyed walking when we went to europe and thats the only way to really see a city..well, not much of heavy meals though, but I could afford to lose a bit of weight..we did the hop on and hop off bus in Rome as we did not have much time ..my dream is to go to the UK..hopefully soon
Sidhu, unfortunately I did not notice what make the car was. I do like to watch unfamiliar cars when in UK! And 20 km is fun if the weather is nice.Lakshmi Rome must have been fabulous! And even I can afford to loos a bit of weight!
Even in Bangalore similar service was lauched few years back. (siteseeing in open top bus with 24 hours validity ticket).Not sure about the current status of this service.
Oh! I was not aware at all that something like this existed in Bangalore.