“STAR: Story Tours Alternative Routes” project is pleased to present the new Educational Walking Tour Toolkit: “How to Organise an Educational Walking Tour?”
This practical resource was developed within the Erasmus+ KA220 Cooperation Partnership project STAR, co-funded by the European Union with the support of the Italian Youth Agency.
The toolkit supports young people, youth workers, educators and organisations interested in using Educational Walking Tours as a tool for non-formal learning, inclusion, storytelling and community engagement.
Educational Walking Tours are more than guided walks. They are participatory learning experiences that connect places, people and stories. Through walking, research, dialogue and creative narration, they transform streets, neighbourhoods and local spaces into open-air learning environments.
Inside the toolkit, readers will find a step-by-step pathway to design and facilitate an Educational Walking Tour: from group building and tourism reflection to storytelling, community mapping, working with sensitive groups, digital tools, tour planning and evaluation. The publication also includes practical exercises, facilitation tips, theoretical inputs and a final checklist with key questions to guide the development of an Educational Walking Tour.
By combining non-formal education, local exploration and community-based storytelling, the toolkit helps young people become researchers, narrators and active contributors to their communities.
The full STAR Educational Walking Tour Toolkit is available in PDF and can be downloaded below.
Download the PDF: STAR Educational Walking Tour Toolkit