Enjoy London on a Budget: Go Walk About

Visiting London can be a costly experience, particularly if you're sightseeing with friends and family. Accommodation and getting round the UK capital on public transport - to say nothing of eating and drinking - can hit you where it hurts most, in the pocket.

Independent travellers need not despair, there is a way to see the best of London. Visitors to the capital can see the sights and hear about the personalities behind London's most famous - and some lesser known buildings - with a Walk Talk Tour audio walking tour of London.

All of the Walk Talk Tour London tour guides - with the exception of the longer City & South Bank Circular mp3 guided tour - can be completed in two hours. All of the Walk Talk Tours of London are available in English, French, German and Spanish. Each of the Walk Talk Tour audio walking tours of London costs just £5.95. Customers purchasing two tours simultaneously will receive a twenty per cent discount. Buy three tours simultaneously and get thirty per cent off.

Many of the capital's top attractions and experiences can be enjoyed for free or next to nothing. Keen to enjoy the pomp and ceremony associated with the Royal Family in London? Then the Palace Trail, London city walking tour, is for you. The Palace Trail mp3 guided tour follows the route of the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, in reverse. The Palace Trail iPod travel guide begins outside Westminster Abbey. Discover what a Royal peculiar is, and where the term robbing Peter to pay Paul is said to originate from.

See another palace, the New Palace of Westminster, home to the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Discover how those in the know can tell if the House of Commons is in session and hear about Parliament Square's lone surviving anti-war protester. To hear an audio sample from the Palace Trail, London city guide, please click here.

Walk up Whitehall. See Downing Street home to arguably the most famous front door in the world, Number 10. Then continue up Whitehall until you reach Horseguards. To make the most of your trip, check out our Where & When pages, which provide information about the admission charges of attraction on each tour's route, opening times and times at which official ceremonies are due to take place. Hear when and why a Royal bodyguard was first introduced.

Listeners to the Palace Trail London travel guide will learn about some of the interesting characters to have left their mark on Trafalgar Square down the years. See where London's smallest police station was once located. Hear about the history of the equestrian statue depicting King Charles I which stands at Charing Cross. The statue is depicted in the photograph, above left.

The Palace Trail podcast guided tour then continues through Admiralty Arch onto the Mall. The Mall is the traditionally the place where the London Marathon finishes and where the flags of foreign dignitaries fly on official visits to London. Walk along the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Way into St James's Park. St James's Park is the oldest of the six royal parks in London. Walk on to Buckingham Palace, the administrative centre of the British Monarchy.

With a Walk Talk Tour London travel guide you're in charge. No need to feel conspicuous with a guidebook in your hands or feel like you are getting forced round the sights at breakneck speed - by an enthusiastic, but barely audible guide.

All of the Walk Talk Tours of London are narrated by Jonathan Keeble. Each of the Walk Talk Tour London visitor guides comes complete with a downloadable map, so you won't miss a thing!

So what are you waiting for? Why not go walk about in London with Walk Talk Tours - and do your bit for your carbon footprint, your waistline and your wallet.