Dust off your walking shoes and get ready to rack up that step count, folks – because London has just been named one of the most walkable cities in the world. The on-foot aficionados over at GuruWalk (who offer some pretty step-tacular free walking tour guides) decided to rank 100 cities across the globeto decipher which of them are the very best to have a wander around.
Using data from their website, Guruwalk looked at the number of pageviews each city had gotten, and then cross-referenced those findings with booking trends. This gave them the information that they needed in order to rank the 100 most walkable cities in the world. And – as you may have guessed – London didn’t do too badly at all.
London was, in fact, crowned the most walkable destination in the UKbeing the only city in the country to make the top ten. Perched rather comfortably at number seven, London climbed two spots from where it was sat on last year’s list, and was praised for its many great areas to have a lovely leisurely stroll around.
With the abundance of glorious green spaces, plethora of pedestrianised areas, and the many markets to mosey around in London; it comes as no surprise to us that our capital city has (almost) topped the charts. And look, just because we Londoners find it difficult to walk at less than 40mph everywhere we go; it doesn’t mean we’re not enjoying the journey, you know?
The top ten best destinations to discover on foot, according to GuruWalk:
- Rome, Italy
- Budapest, Hungary
- Madrid, Spain
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Barcelona, Spain
- Lisbon, Portugal
- London, United Kingdom
- Florence, Italy
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Berlin, Germany
You can peruse GuruWalk’s full list of the world’s most walkable cities here.
