Virtual Tours: Staying Connected to Travel in 2021

While we all keep waiting for the world to become a safer place to travel, our guides keep finding fun ways for you to continue to learn, connect and explore…virtually!

And people are noticing! From CNBC to The Guardian, our virtual tours are being recognized as great ways to share experiences and make new human connections, even in the midst of a pandemic.

From home, you can now meet a number of our local guides from all over the world on your own Live Virtual Tour. During your tour, you’ll spend an hour or two talking to your new friend and learning about their city’s culture, landscape, food, art and history. Via your laptop or tablet, you can do everything from learning to cook an Italian meal from a kitchen in Ravenna, to understanding the history of Salvador, Brazil through the lens of AfroSambas music. These are NOT pre-recorded experiences: it's you and your guide, live and one-on-one.

You can invite your friends and family to join you on this virtual journey! Just book the tour and send the link to anyone you'd like along for the ride. And as a bonus, 100% of the cost can be redeemed against the purchase of a future, in-person tour with the same guide.

We now have over 150 Live Virtual Tours ready for you to try in 30 different countries, and more are coming online every week! Here’s a sampling of some of the adventures that are waiting for you...

Ten Amazing Virtual Adventures

Experience a real-time walk around Machu PicchuWant to see one of the wonders of the ancient world, but not ready to hop on a plane to Lima? Experience the awe-inspiring sight of Machu Picchu with a Peruvian guide. You will be able to see the Inca terraces, the colcas or storages, the division between the urban sector and the royal family area and other temples that are part of the complex. Ask Aaron all your questions in real time while together you virtually walk around the ruins.

Live from the Streets of LisbonYou won’t break a sweat, but your guide might! Accompany Marta as she walks up and down some of Lisbon’s seven hills, discovering the old wonders of this ancient city, through the historical districts of Baixa. Alfama and Chiado. You’ll even get to take a virtual tram ride on the famous #28 route.

Follow in Picasso’s FootstepsLearn more about the life and work of Pablo Picasso with Maica, an art history expert from Barcelona! Discover the Fine Arts School he attended and the café where he had his first exhibition. Be amazed by some of his work in the street that everybody sees but not all knows is by him. You’ll leave the tour full of admiration for this incredible 20th century artist.

Make a wish at a shrine in KyotoLearn about Japanese culture, religion, appearance and manner of worship, with your guide Gulay in Kyoto, at the Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines. She will even write and hang your wishes on a wooden plaque to be blessed and received by Shinto spirits.

Foodie tour and Hungarian cooking classYour guide on this delicious culinary adventure is also photo editor for Hungary's most popular food magazine! Before your tour, choose a traditional recipe from one of many Julia will provide. She’ll send you a list of ingredients to have ready, then enjoy your cooking class, from the heart of a kitchen in Budapest.

Immerse Yourself in the History and Soul of Bahia, BrazilThis virtual tour is a great opportunity to be introduced to Brazilian history and music, with a focus on afro-heritage. Have you heard the AfroSambas of Vinicius de Moraes? Or Samba de Roda? Maybe Rumpilezz, with its fusion of jazz and "atabaques" (African drums)? You’ll be inspired to visit lively Bahia after an hour with Sayuri!

Enjoy a Virtual Walk into Alaska’s Pioneer HistoryIn Ketchikan, a sweeping view reveals ocean, mountains, deep forests, totem poles, and colorful old wooden bawdy houses built on pylons into a beautiful creek. Sometimes seals swim right up the Creek to chase the salmon, eagles swoop down on them, and if we are really lucky, we catch a glimpse of a bear. All this is waiting for you on your virtual walking tour with local guide Cruin.

Join Stefka for a bike ride through the Dutch countryside!Located between the rivers Maas and Waal, Kerkdriel is a typical Dutch local town. Join Stefka as she hops on her bike for a classic ride through the Dutch countryside! You’ll see everyday life in this typical small town, along with a windmill, dykes, and the town’s main square. If you go in the spring, you’ll be lucky enough to witness fields of tulips in bloom!

See the Glories of Dubrovnik, CroatiaYour Croatian guide Michael will take you on a stroll through Old town Dubrovnik via a Live WebCam, exploring the beautiful streets at a leisurely pace, as you journey through 1400 years of history. Learn about the city from its foundations to the glory days of the Dubrovnik Republic. Game of Thrones fan? Michael can show you film locations too!

Experience Amsterdam’s Red Light DistrictSalomé and Ian own two shops in the Red Light District: a chocolate specialty shop and a creative workshop space. These local guides are also co-founders of the Red Light District Business Association, and know this neighbourhood like no one else. Join them on a virtual tour through the narrow streets and alleys of this sometimes poorly understood part of Amsterdam.