longer tourist caches

[+terratin]

Hi all,

 

I'm looking for examples of longer multies or similar caches along tourist sights, or even within one sight. I'm interested in learning how popular these caches are. On vacation I can imagine that some people prefer to pick up a few simple caches instead of spending an hour or two doing an extensive multi, or reading a larger amount of text accompanying it.

 

Thanks,

Mrs. Terratin

[+BBWolf+3Pigs]

Here are two in Newport, Rhode Island, a popular tourist spot.

 

Walking Tour of Newport - Brings you to a variety of interesting and historical location, with the final being at a very interesting location.

 

Defenses of the Bay - Fort Adams - Brings you around the historic fort with facts and intersting information and views. This was a great cache to do.

 

Both of these are at ~30% for Fav Points. They don't get tons of visits, but everyone seems to like them.

 

If you are making a long multi, make sure there's a reason for the length, and not just to make people walk. Bring them to history, views, etc.

[cezanne]

Here is an example that is well received

http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1VCKY_schlossberg-his-story

and if it happened to have an English description (I volunteered to provide a translation. but the owner declined the offer as it makes the description longer)

it would have even more visitors.

 

There are a couple of very well received multi caches in Vienna that can be regarded as toruist caches but are of interest to the Viennese as well

see e.g. the Alt-Wiener Spaziergang series, e.g. this cache

http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2G6KF_alt-wiener-spaziergang-die-durchhauser

 

When I visit a city, I prefer multi caches that show me more of a city within one cache to several traditionals. I only need one description for such caches and the selection is much easier for me. Unfortunately, in many cities no such caches are available, only mysteries and fast traditionals.

 

Cezanne

Edited October 17, 2013 by cezanne

[+eigengott]

Here's an example from Cologne: http://coord.info/GC32QNC

 

For comparison: http://coord.info/GC2EJCE

Edited October 17, 2013 by eigengott

[+terratin]

Here are two in Newport, Rhode Island, a popular tourist spot.

 

Walking Tour of Newport - Brings you to a variety of interesting and historical location, with the final being at a very interesting location.

 

Defenses of the Bay - Fort Adams - Brings you around the historic fort with facts and intersting information and views. This was a great cache to do.

 

Both of these are at ~30% for Fav Points. They don't get tons of visits, but everyone seems to like them.

 

If you are making a long multi, make sure there's a reason for the length, and not just to make people walk. Bring them to history, views, etc.

 

Thanks a lot!

I'm currently working on one similar to those two. I mostly finished the text today - and then I started to doubt whether it's too much text (well, certainly not compared to the first up here) and if people will find the instructions within the text. I need to put it on my gps to test if all text is displayed, but it's encouraging to see those - and all the others posted as well. There certainly is a lot to see, and nice views as well. That's why I started this thing in the first place.

[+BBWolf+3Pigs]

Here's an example from Cologne: http://coord.info/GC32QNC

 

For comparison: http://coord.info/GC2EJCE

 

I will be in Cologne next summer. I think Liebesbrücke will be a must do cache!

[+terratin]

Here's an example from Cologne: http://coord.info/GC32QNC

 

For comparison: http://coord.info/GC2EJCE

 

I will be in Cologne next summer. I think Liebesbrücke will be a must do cache!

 

Quite offtopic, but we have one of those as well. It took us a looong time to find. But still a cool cache.

[+msrubble]

FOCUS-SCHULE-Geokiste: Mit Ludwig I. durch München consists of five stages plus a puzzle, in an older neighborhood near a big tourist area in Munich. It has a low percentage of favorites for the number of finds. It has been around since 2005.

 

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Avian Adventure doesn't have many stages but is a fairly long hike. It is in a popular state park; the lighthouse is a major attraction. This cache is also part of a challenge series. 14% favorite points.

[+redsox_mark]

Where I live (Bath, England) is popular with tourists. Most of the caches in or near the city centre are multi stage caches.

 

My favourite of them is Bath Lore: Angels, Demons, Codes & Symbols

 

It takes in some major tourist spots as well as some locations off the beaten path.

[+tealeaf]

Old Town Ghost Tour

by The Puzzler | GCF264 | New Mexico Big local favorite and we send all our tourists there

[+geodarts]

I generally do not pay much attention to multis when traveling because I am with my noncaching family and I have only so many credits I can use. But there are exceptions. The Old Town Ghost Tour mentioned above caught my eye because we did the full tour and had a great time.

 

The Portland Freedom Trail Wherigo was a great way to learn about some of the important history in Maine. We have done other Wherigos that gave us a tour of a site and found them to be fun.

 

A series in London was recommended to us that traced the crimes of Jack the Ripper and my wife and I enjoyed walking around the East End - an area we probably would not have visited otherwise.

 

In San Francisco I would have no problems recommending Rara Avis to tourists - at least those who are interested in Sam Spade.

 

We enjoyed Holyrood Horror in Edinburgh but skipped other multis that would have taken us down the Royal Mile. At some point it becomes a matter of priorities and there were other locations that interested us more.

 

I am not going to look for caches just to look for caches. Too many stages and I probably will wonder if it is the best use of my time. If it seems convoluted or if we will have to figure out a field puzzle that does not interest my family and I will ignore it. But package it in a way that is interesting, take us on an adventure, convince me that the location is more important than the search, and I might be able to convince my family. Bonus points would be given if it is a Wherigo or a letterbox.

Edited October 19, 2013 by geodarts

[+msrubble]

I don't know if you would consider Eichstätt a tourist spot. It is a university town. If you are interested in animal fossils, the town is an attraction. I thoroughly enjoyed Von Hexen und Henkern in Eichstätt. Five stages to solve a puzzle, then the final. Early modern history, a little art, and great views of the city. 31% favorites.

[+terratin]

Thanks a lot, all! Good to see that there are longer tourist caches around, and that they do get found every now and then. My own is coming along nicely now, since I gave up trying to be really short with the text. Hopefully it will be ready this weekend.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Thanks a lot, all! Good to see that there are longer tourist caches around, and that they do get found every now and then. My own is coming along nicely now, since I gave up trying to be really short with the text. Hopefully it will be ready this weekend.

 

I really don't see much of an issue with the length of the text regarding a tourist cache. Cache listings can be read and printed while still at home.

 

There have been a lot of interesting sounding caches mentioned so far but I'm wondering if it's worth considering if there is a distinction between a "tourist cache" and "travelers cache". I've done a few interesting multi cache as a tourist while on a week long vacation (or holiday as you call it on the other side of the pond) but the majority of my visits to other places is while traveling on business. As a tourist, someone is most likely going to have a lot of leisure time and spending a few hours on a multi cache can be a good way to see the city. However, while traveling on business. the amount of geocaching time can be quite limited. While I adhere to the notion that "you don't have to find every cache" getting too elaborate with a multi cache will likely exclude travelers to a city for business or those that might only be there for a short period of time.

 

 

[+ngrrfan]

Hi all,

 

I'm looking for examples of longer multies or similar caches along tourist sights, or even within one sight. I'm interested in learning how popular these caches are. On vacation I can imagine that some people prefer to pick up a few simple caches instead of spending an hour or two doing an extensive multi, or reading a larger amount of text accompanying it.

This is a good example of a Wherigo cache. A friend told me about one in Atlanta that took them on a tour of the downtown area, stopping at various interesting sights.

[+CanadianRockies]

On vacation I can imagine that some people prefer to pick up a few simple caches instead of spending an hour or two doing an extensive multi, or reading a larger amount of text accompanying it.

When we travel, geocaching isn't among our top priorities. But if we can combine geocaching with other priorities (such as learning some local history or visiting cultural locations), then we might seek a cache. In this respect, an informative multi-cache that takes us on an interesting walking tour of an area often will attract our attention.

 

When we traveled to Scotland, for example, we very much enjoyed two longer multi-caches that took us through the heart of Edinburgh:

 

Edinburgh's Royal Mile

 

Not Edinburgh's Royal Mile

 

Both have been found by many people and have receive many favorite points. They took us to some interesting locations that weren't mentioned in our guidebooks and taught us things we probably wouldn't have learned otherwise.

 

The key (for us, anyway) is: don't waste our time. Time is especially precious when travelling, so we don't want to find a geocache simply to get a smiley.

[+BBWolf+3Pigs]

Thanks a lot, all! Good to see that there are longer tourist caches around, and that they do get found every now and then. My own is coming along nicely now, since I gave up trying to be really short with the text. Hopefully it will be ready this weekend.

 

If you have a nice multi, I wouldn't worry about who will find it. Place it because it's fun, interesting or both. People will do it, and you will glad to see all of the great comments that people have for it.

[+terratin]

Again, thanks a lot all. After Mr. Terratin betatested the cache earlier today it was published right away Lets see if people will enjoy doing it.

 

Mrs. Terratin

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Again, thanks a lot all. After Mr. Terratin betatested the cache earlier today it was published right away Lets see if people will enjoy doing it.

 

Mrs. Terratin

 

Looks like fun. I'll be in your fair city for just under 5 hours on the 29th of November. I haven't yet decided what kinds of caching I'll do while I'm there but someone else suggested taking the train from the airport into the city so I might even give your new cache a try.

 

 

[+terratin]

 

Looks like fun. I'll be in your fair city for just under 5 hours on the 29th of November. I haven't yet decided what kinds of caching I'll do while I'm there but someone else suggested taking the train from the airport into the city so I might even give your new cache a try.

 

Cheers

If you take the metro you'll most likely end up on Kongens Nytorv. It's not too far from there, but with such a short stop some simpler caches might be better. Apparently, we have a thing for mysteries, and many caches are in Danish only (that's why I wanted to do a tourist cache).

This one: http://coord.info/GCR4M5 is very nice, though it could be crowded.

http://coord.info/GC3PWD3 is probably not a high class cache, but it's at a nice location.

just for the sake of it - The little mermaid: http://coord.info/GCR5F6

a nice tower/observatory: http://coord.info/GCVE7R

a bit cheesy, but I still like it: http://coord.info/GCP9XQ

and a quite simple and quick one at Kastellet: http://coord.info/GCHV1Z

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Looks like fun. I'll be in your fair city for just under 5 hours on the 29th of November. I haven't yet decided what kinds of caching I'll do while I'm there but someone else suggested taking the train from the airport into the city so I might even give your new cache a try.

 

Cheers

If you take the metro you'll most likely end up on Kongens Nytorv. It's not too far from there, but with such a short stop some simpler caches might be better. Apparently, we have a thing for mysteries, and many caches are in Danish only (that's why I wanted to do a tourist cache).

This one: http://coord.info/GCR4M5 is very nice, though it could be crowded.

http://coord.info/GC3PWD3 is probably not a high class cache, but it's at a nice location.

just for the sake of it - The little mermaid: http://coord.info/GCR5F6

a nice tower/observatory: http://coord.info/GCVE7R

a bit cheesy, but I still like it: http://coord.info/GCP9XQ

and a quite simple and quick one at Kastellet: http://coord.info/GCHV1Z

 

Thanks for that list. I was considering taking the train from the airport over the bridge into Sweden to grab a couple of caches than grab a few near the airport before my connecting flight home. Considering the number of interesting looking caches and locations in downtown Copenhagen I might do that instead and hope that I can get to Sweden some other time. It looks like there is a metro line from the airport to the Kongens Nytorv station that only takes 15-20 minutes. That should give me enough time to explore a little bit.

 

I may try to solve some of those puzzles before I go. I saw one that isn't really a puzzle, a challenge cache that I'd qualify for, and one that I could start working now now and probably not finish before I leave (it required solving 20 other puzzle caches first).

 

 

[+terratin]

Rushing to Sweden: I've never done that to be honest and I don't know how often the trains go. I think I don't have the nerves for that, though it probably works, time-wise. Keep in mind though that you have to get through customs again at the airport. Usually that means about 10 minutes queuing, but can take longer or shorter.