English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate (Unit 50: Sightseeing holidays)


A. Things to see

B. Tourist activities

activity example
• go sightseeing
[visit famous places; also see the sights]		 We went sightseeing almost every day.
I like to see the sights when I visit a place.
• do a bit of / a lot of sightseeing I didn’t do a lot of sightseeing in Warsaw.
• have a look round
[visit a place casually, often on foot]		 We had a look round the shops.
I want to have a look round the museum.
• explore
[go round a new place to see what is there]		 We explored the flower market.
• go out
[leave home / your hotel to go to a social event, e.g. restaurant or theatre]		 On holiday we went out every night.
• get lost
[lose one’s way]		 I got lost three times in London.
• have a great/nice/terrible time They had a lovely time in Venice.
• buy souvenirs
[something you buy or keep to remember a place or holiday]		 We bought some dolls as souvenirs.

C. Describing places

The word place can describe a building, an area, a town, or country, e.g. Bruges is a lovely place [town] and we found a really nice place [hotel] to stay.

The guidebooks [books with information about places] say the Alhambra in Granada is magnificent [very good or very beautiful], but it’s always packed [very crowded] with tourists in the summer.

São Paulo is a lively place [full of life and activity], and there’s plenty [a lot] to do in the evening.

St Petersburg has lots of historic monuments [important places built a long time ago] but the Hermitage Museum was the main attraction for me. [something that makes people come to a place or want to do a particular thing]

If you go to Poland, it’s definitely worth visiting Kraków.

Language help

We use worth + noun/-ing to say that it is a good idea to do something or go somewhere.
It’s worth hiring a car if you go to Scotland. Glasgow is worth a visit as well.

Exercise-50.1


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