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Dunedin is a special little city and guided walks provide the best introduction to its streetscapes, people and history.

Athol Parks, your City Walks guide.

We offer three walks which showcase Dunedin's Victorian and Edwardian architecture and colourful social history. We also precis what's happening in Dunedin today. See our Walks page for details.

Virtual walk

Thanks to innovative Dunedin company Destination Content www.destinationcontent.com for this 49-second VisitorGen video feature vzaar.com/videos/950879 on our Old Town Walk.

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The 2012/13 walk season has closed; bring on October 2013! Contact us in the meantime if you have a query or you would like to make a group booking - we may be able to help.

We were very happy with this City Walks feature which appeared in the Otago Daily Times, April 20th, 2013.  www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/253724/walking-talk 

Hear City Walks frontman Athol Parks talk about City Walks and Dunedin's autumn 2013 Heritage Festival, with Radio Dunedin's Owen Rooney (April 22nd, 2013) soundcloud.com/city-walks-dunedin/raddun-i-v-atholparks-220413

Heritage Festival (April 25th-28th 2013)
Many Dunedin-ites joined us on two special walks through the Warehouse Precinct on Anzac Day. Thanks to Lawrie Forbes, Stephen Macknight, Glen Hazelton, David Stedman (and family!), Richard West and Kaitrin McMullan. See this link www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/254420/eminent-publisher-bonus-ingredient-heritage-tour
 
Media archive
Writer Julietta Jamieson joined us on a walk recently and penned this article for The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/travel/out-of-the-shadows-20130404-2h8nz.html 

Check out this photo essay which appeared in habitusliving.com in October 2012 (words & pics by Melissa Rimac) http://www.habitusliving.com/live/unfaded-glamour 

City Walks topped the 'To Do' list in North & South magazine's July 2011 Dunedin travel feature.

In January 2011 we gave an extensive interview on New Zealand's National Radio http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ngts/ngts-20110108-2111-Dunedin_walking_tours-048.mp3

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"Your personable style makes you great company... Thanks for your assistance in making our short holiday so memorable." (Nick & Margaret Trewhella, Essendon, Victoria 2011/12)

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