Intensive Tour Guide Certification Program
This year the program runs from March 9th-May 15th 2015 and offers direct access to the professional market. The aim of the program is to combine the necessary theoretical tools with communication techniques and the professional practice of the tour guide. Lectures are offered by professors from the departments of History & Archaeology, Architecture, Preschool Education and Medicine […]
This year the program runs from March 9th-May 15th 2015 and offers direct access to the professional market.
The aim of the program is to combine the necessary theoretical tools with communication techniques and the professional practice of the tour guide. Lectures are offered by professors from the departments of History & Archaeology, Architecture, Preschool Education and Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, from the Education department of the University of Western Macedonia,as well as public officers from the Ministries of Tourism, Culture, and Education and Religious Affairs. Professional practice is guided by museum curators and Tourguide experts.
Our students train at archaeological sites, at Byzantine,Ottoman and modern monuments and museums in Thessaloniki. Educational visits include excursions to the world-famous archaeological sites at Vergina, Pella, Dion, as well as to traditional settlements (ancient and prehistoric) in Macedonia and Thessaly. They visit the medieval fortification walls of the Upper Town in Thessaloniki, trace the itineraries of Philip and Alexander the Great, of Apostle Paul and the martyr Saint Demetrius. They learn to devise their own guided tours and alternative approaches to emblematic monuments and sites of world importance, involving the community and co-designing projects with university departments.