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LIVE-streamed and Virtual Travel Events with Expert Guides

See the world through our window! Join us for interviews, walking tours, classes and virtual travel with our local experts from around the world. Some events are free, others must be reserved and paid ahead. Check listings for details and links. Tour costs must be paid directly to guides. All times are PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (ie Seattle/Los Angeles) but confirm time with your guide.

Live-Stream Events: These are events in the wild, where guides roam naturally amongst their habitats, streamed live on Zoom, Facebook Live, or YouTube Live, with active participant interaction.

Virtual Tours: These events are prerecorded video and images combined with live commentary and active participant discussion.

Filtering by: “History”

CHristmas candy from Spain
Nov
15

CHristmas candy from Spain

Nougat, turrone, turrón, Christmas candies..., who cares how to call it as long as they are the favorite thing to eat at this time of the year!!

From one of the best shops in town and with wonderful flavors, you will see the varieties presented and history about this product. Join Jorge Roman on a Xmas sweet tour.

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Journey Well
Nov
14

Journey Well

Join Guide Collective’s Managing Editor Trish Feaster (The Travelphile) for a fun an fascinating conversation with tour guides and hosts of the Eastern Approaches podcast, Andrew Villone and Ben Curtis.

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The Cotswolds & Bath
Nov
14

The Cotswolds & Bath

Tour Guide Charlie Rawson leads a virtual tour through the picturesque Cotswolds and historic Bath and includes iconic sites, quaint and grand architecture, and traditional pubs.

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Armistice day in Scotland
Nov
11

Armistice day in Scotland

At just after 5am on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, a treaty was signed that would bring the hostilities of WWI to an end at 11.00am that same day. A year later the tradition of a two minute silence to reflect and remember at 11.00am on Armistice Day was introduced.

Join Liz Lister in a emotional walk at 11:00am on the 11th day of the 11th month and conmemorate the end of WWI

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Guy Fawkes Night
Nov
5

Guy Fawkes Night

Join Scottish tour guide Liz Lister for the story behind Guy Fawkes and why every year across the UK bonfires are lit and the sky lights up with fireworks.

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All Saints from Spain
Nov
1

All Saints from Spain

Tour guide Jorge Roman will give an insight on how important is All Saints Day in Spain. Also National Holiday this year happens to be on a Sunday. Will be busy as the religion traditions is still rooted in Spain’s culture. 

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Art That Lasts: Mathias Grünewald’s Altar Piece
Oct
28

Art That Lasts: Mathias Grünewald’s Altar Piece

Join art historian and tour guide Daniela Wedel as she explores one of the most complex art pieces of the 16th century, Mathias Grünewald’s Isenheimer Altar Piece located in the Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, This late Gothic German oeuvre has been described as fantastically strange, exceptionally powerful, intriguing and at the same time cruelly repulsive.

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Scottish Highland Dance Culture in the United States
Oct
26

Scottish Highland Dance Culture in the United States

Join Juliet Romano-Olsen, our amazing and talented intern at Guide Collective, for a lecture and demonstration of her longtime passion and sport of Scottish Highland Dance. It will include a brief history of Highland Dancing and Scottish culture in the US as well as her personal journey as a competitive dancer for 15 years.

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Scotland Virtual Tour
Oct
14

Scotland Virtual Tour

Charlie Rawson takes you on a virtual guided tour through picturesque Scotland. Learn about Scottish identity, landscapes, historic rivalries, classic Scottish literature, ancient cultures, and modern passageways.

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Madrid and Columbus Square
Oct
12

Madrid and Columbus Square

Join Spanish Tour guide Jorge Roman for a walking tour near Plaza de Colón (Columbus Square) in Madrid and learn about Hispanic Heritage, the religious point of view of the Catholic Festivity of Our Lady of Pilar, Patroness saint of Spain.

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Scotland Virtual Tour
Oct
10

Scotland Virtual Tour

Charlie Rawson takes you on a virtual guided tour through picturesque Scotland. Learn about Scottish identity, landscapes, historic rivalries, classic Scottish literature, ancient cultures, and modern passageways.

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