Hello the stunning, the inspiring, the unique city of Berlin! Famous for history, cultural and architectural masters, Berlin is a city which calls one to travel on foot. However, utilizing Google Maps, you can get the best out of your Berlin walking tour. In this blog post, we’ll show how to use Google Maps to proactively create and follow an individual Berlin tour.
1. Planning Your Route
The best way to avoid getting lost in the street of Berlin is to ensure you draw a map by the use of Google Maps. Fortunately, this process is simple and straightforward:
Type and search “google maps” in your device either mobile, tablet or any computer.
In the empty field next to it, type the name of the place where you want to start or the name of the destination you want to reach.
Scroll in and out of the map in order to get more options of the area.
To set a pin in any particular place you aim at visiting, simply click on the map.
Do the same for the previous step to put all the places you want to visit into it.
Just as in the car, when you are walking the route you sketch on Google Maps will be intelligently connected by Google Maps based on the distances between each of the points.
2. Customizing Your Walking Tour
Once your route is planned, you can customize your walking tour even further:
Reorder your destinations: To change the order of your stops, on the left part of the maps, you can click and drag the destinations to the order that you prefer.
Add stops: You were able to find another interesting place you would like to include. It as simple as typing the name in the Google Maps and then put another pin to add it to your route.
Remove stops: Tired with a given destination? On the left side of the screen click on the destination you are trying to bypass, then choose ‘Remove stop’ and Google Maps will redeploy your route.
3. Navigating Your Walking Tour
Now let’s go out on the streets of Berlin with your personalized route in hand! Here are some tips on how to make the most of your walking tour:
Use Street View: If you wish to get an idea of what a certain place looks like before getting there and you are using Google Maps, employ Street View. The orange Pegman icon can be dropped on the map and you will be allowed to move around the neighborhood.
Monitor your location: Ensure that when you walking, look at the map, where you discover the blue dot is. It indicates the last position, which has to be reached and with which one has to orient oneself.
Listen to Google Maps: When you’d decide to use Google Maps with voice navigation, this particular feature will guide you, giving turn by turn navigation so that driver cannot afford to miss any turn or any landmark on the particular route.
4. Discovering Hidden Gems
The best part while walking around in the city of Berlin is that tourist and visitors are likely to come across various unknown landmarks and places. When exploring different areas with Google Maps do not forget to focus on discovering interesting locals, beautiful graffiti and cozy little coffee shops in Berlin’s neighborhoods. Go astray and get yourself overwhelmed by the city streets as they proposed in their advertisement. They say, you never know what you are going to get and this makes life such a wonderful journey.
5. Enjoying Berlin with Google Maps Offline
There is no need to worry about purchasing separate download plans from all around the world, and hefty tariffs which are always associated with using telephone connections abroad. When planning for your Berlin trip, you can download both the Google Maps application and the map of Berlin to use when offline. This way, you will have all the planned route, avised landmarks and points of interest within your reach even in case of no Internet connection.
In Conclusion
It is possible to make significant savings planning a self-guided walking tour of Berlin to be a very rewarding experience. Thanks to Google Maps, it is possible to see as many interesting places as possible traveling in this energetic city and not missing spots worth to visit. Of course I still need to choose the right trace and routes, organize a sightseeing tour ad get prepared for an amazing trip!
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