Invisible Cities is a social enterprise that trains people who have experienced homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city.

We offer alternative tours to locals and tourists.

Lonely planet best in travel 2021 community award.

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Our Tours

Our experienced tour guides, all of whom have been affected by homelessness, simply live and breathe their cities.

Invisible Cities is a social enterprise. We don’t believe in labels or stereotypes. We want to show that everyone has great potential, a fact reflected in our tour guides.

We train people affected by homelessness to become walking tour guides of their own city and offer these alternative tours to tourists and locals.

Our training focuses on confidence building, public speaking and customer service. We partner with professional tour guides to build bespoke tours and practice our routes.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh 360 Virtual Tour

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Visit the sites where protests have animated the city of Cardiff and paved the way for change.
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Edinburgh

Real Women of Edinburgh

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Leave your guidebooks at home and dive into the local cultures that make each destination so special. Discover stories of women throughout History: witches, murderers, mothers and doctors.
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Cardiff

City of Imagination with Larysa

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City of imagination is the ultimate love story between people and place.
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UNILAD Original Documentary

Goodness: Homeless Tour Guides

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    Our Awards & Recognitions

    Lonely planet best in travel 2021 community award.
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    Barclay's entrepreneur awards 2019.
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