verb phrase · informal

go sightseeing

UK/ɡəʊ ˈsaɪtˌsiːɪŋ/US/ɡoʊ ˈsaɪtˌsiːɪŋ/go·SIGHT·see·ing

Band 4-5speakingtask2

to visit interesting or famous places while travelling

Examples

We spent the afternoon going sightseeing around the old town.

If you only have one day, go sightseeing to see the main attractions.

On weekends tourists often go sightseeing with a guide.

Band 8 sentence

During my week in Kyoto I mainly went sightseeing, wandering between temples and small museums rather than rushing through a fixed itinerary.

Collocations

  • go sightseeing in (a city)
  • go sightseeing with a guide

Word family

sightseeing nounsightseer noun

Common mistakes

go to sightseeinggo sightseeing

do sightseeinggo sightseeing

see sightseeinggo sightseeing

Say it for a higher band

5see the sights6visit tourist attractions7+go sightseeing

Synonyms

see the sights

visit tourist attractions

Easily confused

see the sights

We only had two hours, so we just went to see the sights.

visit tourist attractions

During the tour we visited several famous tourist attractions.

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