Google is releasing an updated version of Travel Tours that provides Walking Directions.

Six months ago, Google launched City Tours (example of one for London) on Google Labs to allow you to customise your own city tours. All you have to do is type in the name of a city, customise the landmarks you want to see, and you’ll get a walking itinerary.

Google knows the top sights in many cities around the world and been providing directions on Google Maps for years, this will be a great feature that Travel2.0m users can use on their holidays.

This new iteration:

1. Show complete walking directions.
2. Import a My Map into City Tours. For example, this walking tour of New York bookshops.

Give it a try, although it should be noted that City Tours remains a Google Labs product and is still far from complete.