A tourist route is a route that allows you to visit places of relevance for tourism.
A tourist route is the path or route that stands out for its attractions for the development of tourism . These routes may stand out for their natural characteristics or for allowing access to important cultural or historical heritage .
It should be noted that a route can be a road or path, a route or an itinerary . Tourist , on the other hand, is something related to tourism (the activity that consists of taking a trip and spending the night in a different place than usual, generally for leisure or pleasure).
It is usually called a tourist route, in this way, that route that stands out for being surrounded by places that are considered, for some reason, valuable. Thus, travelers are expected to travel the tourist route to see sites of natural, religious, cultural, etc. importance.
Tourist routes in Spain
In Spain , one of the tourist destinations par excellence in the world, there are numerous routes of this type that are available, especially the following:
- Camino del Cid , which allows those who take it to see several of the most important places in the life of the famous character that gives it its name, the Cid Campeador of the 13th century : Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , about whom there is a legend that he even achieved win a battle while dead. The route runs through corners of Castilla y León , Castilla la Mancha , Aragón and the Valencian Community .
- Madrid de los Austrias Route , which gives the opportunity to discover the most important corners of the capital in terms of whether they were built by the Austrian dynasty or because they played a fundamental role in their reigns. Among these enclaves are the Plaza Mayor , the Plaza de la Villa , the Mercado de San Miguel , the Casa Cisneros or the Royal Palace .
The Camino de los Siete Lagos is one of the most popular tourist routes in Argentina.
The influence of movies and series
It should also be noted that, in recent years, tourist routes have been created based on the success of films or television series.
An example of this is the tourist route of "The Da Vinci Code" . From the publication of that novel by Dan Brown and the subsequent boom of its film adaptation, a tour of Paris was created that allows you to see the vital enclaves where the story takes place: the Louvre Museum , the Tuileries Gardens , the Champs-Elysées , the Church of Santo Sulpicio …
Other characteristics of tourist routes
It is common for the tourist route to include special signs and posters , which go beyond traditional traffic signs. Specific signage allows you to highlight the attractions found in the area , facilitating tourist activity.
It is also common for the tourist route to be promoted in a particular way as an access route to the different attractions. In Patagonia , for example, there is a path known as the Camino de los Siete Lagos which, as its name suggests, allows you to visit different lakes . By promoting this tourist route, therefore, all the lakes are being promoted, without it being necessary to publicize each one independently.
There are tourist routes, on the other hand, that are made up of several paths . It is possible to talk about a wine tourist route , to name one example, to name the different roads that allow you to visit wineries and vineyards.