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Why
Guides ?
- Luxembourg's
visitors are increasingly interested in the scenic beauty of the country,
especially the North of Luxembourg, also known as "Oesling".
Until now there were no specially educated guides which could take
interested groups on excursions through Luxembourg's Hinterland. To
close this gap, the Association of Regional Tourist Offices, in cooperation
with the Ministry of Tourism and the National Institute of Further
Education, organised a series of training courses for Tour Guides.
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How
are the guides trained and tested ?
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first courses took place from October '97 to May '98. In 7 lessons
(21 hours), the following subjects were discussed: Welcoming guests
(twice), General Tourism Knowledge, Nature, Geology, Architecture,
History. A total of 6 tours, lasting 49 hours all told, were done,
in the course of which all the main sights of Luxembourg's North were
explained in loco.
- After
successfully answering a written test which included questions about
specific sights as well as a synthesis question, the candidates had
to field oral questions from the jury. They were shown slides of various
sights, which they had to explain in two languages.
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How
many guides are there ?
- Out
of 140 participants, 67 took the written test, and 35 candidates successfully
passed both examinations.
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Where
do the guides work ?
- The
guides work for the Association of Regional Tourist Offices of the
Luxembourg Ardennes (ESIMSO). Aboard busses and coaches, they guide
tours on specific subjects, eg "Castles, Churches and Rural Museums",
and many others. Individual programs can be tailored according to
the clients' specific requirements.
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Who
can benefit from this offer
- Groups
as well as individual tourists may book a guide. Journalists can be
better informed. Special arrangements exist for tour operators. The
local tourism partners (hotels, campings, hostels, tourist offices)
can thus increase their offer.
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What Tours are on offer
- Our
tourist guides propose the following guided visits in the Luxembourg
Ardennes:
Themes: Nature parks and Technical visits
- Monuments - Churches - Museums - Castles - Guided City tours on
foot.
Tours to:
- Binsfeld
- Rural Museum
- Bourscheid
- Castle
- Clervaux
- City, Benedictine Abbey, Church, Castle with Family of Man Museum
- Diekirch
- City, Museum, Churches
- Esch/Sûre
- Village, Castle, Old Cloth Factory, Solar Boat
- Munshausen
- A Robbesscheier
- Stolzembourg
- Copper Museum and Walking tour to the copper mine
- Troisvierges
- Church, Walking tour to the "Cornely's" mill
- Vianden
- City, Museums (Victor Hugo) SEO Underground hydroelectric power
station
- Wiltz
- Castle, museums (2.5 ha garden: Jardins de Wiltz)
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Charges
- Our
tariffs for guides are as follows:
- 1 hour: 35 €
- 2 hours: 55 €
- 3 hours: 65 €
- Full-day (5 hours): 130 €
- additional hours (or parts thereof) are charged at 15
Euro
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Further
Information
- Please
contact our office:
- Guides
Touristiques des Ardennes
- P.O.
Box 41
- L-9401
Vianden
- Tel:
(+352) 84 93 25 27 (Mon-Fri
mornings only)
- Fax:
(+352) 84 93 25 72
email: guides.ardennes@vo.lu
See also: www.ardennes-lux.lu
Notes:
- 1) You
might also like to contact the City Tourist Office for guided tours
(for individuals as much as for groups).
Their offers are on the web at: http://www.lcto.lu/en/intro/2/guidedtours
while their guide department may be contacted at:
- Luxembourg
City Tourist Office
c/o Guided Tours
P.O. Box 181
L-2011 Luxembourg
Tel: (+352) 4796 2709
Fax: (+352) 47 48 18
email: guides@lcto.lu
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- 2)
The "Müllerthal - Little Switzerland" regional tourist
office based in the town of Echternach, is offering guides to visit
both the town itself -including many of its fine buildings/museums-
and also to visit the region be that on a walking tour or onboard
your car/coach.
Download
the "Little Switzerland guided
visits" documentation, or contact the tourist office direct:
- ORT
Mullerthal Region – Luxembourg’s Little Switzerland
Tel.: +352 72 04 57
Fax: +352 72 75 24
info@mullerthal.lu
www.mullerthal.lu
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