Travel Blog list

Seeing a city from the water gives us a whole new perspective that we lack while experiencing it from the ground. If you’ve been to Vancouver, you’ve probably walked through the dense heart of historic Gastown. But you

If you’ve visited Italy on your travels – or plan to in 2018 - the urban trio of Rome, Florence and Venice are likely on your itinerary. Not surprising: each city is unique in their own way, and they house the majority

While we adore cities like Barcelona, Amsterdam, Venice and Rome, the summer time crowds are making other, less established destinations look increasingly appealing. Places that boast history, culture, stunning

As ToursByLocals has guides in 155 different countries around the world (and around 1200 different cities and towns!), we’re always interested in monitoring the trends of where people are traveling. Bookings are coming

It has become a January tradition to ask our ToursByLocals office staff this question: if you could visit anywhere in the world and take a tour with any of our guides in 2018, which one would you choose and why?With

One of the most frequent questions we receive from new ToursByLocals travelers is “How long are your tours?” Our standard answer is: “As the tours are all private, they can range from as short as 2 hours to as long as 2

"Chinese food" as we eat it in the West is a pale shadow of the rich and complex flavours that exist in China itself. Our tepid stir-fries, egg roles and chop-suey simply don't hold a candle to the real deal. But

In 2018, ToursByLocals will be sending company representatives to 10 travel shows in North America and the UK. Each show expects between 20,000 – 30,000 enthusiastic travellers to attend, all looking for companies they

Happy New Year!On this first day of 2018, ToursByLocals hit a big milestone: 750,000 travelers have now taken tours with our amazing local guides!This means that since we launched our site in November 2008, three

Winter is a wonderful time for star gazing in the Northern Hemisphere. While the shorter days give us less sunshine, they bring more star-shine and the convenience of star gazing in the early evening, rather than having

We're joined today by our Roman guide Dino. Dino recently topped our lists for the Most Popular ToursByLocals Guide of 2017 - he gave 225 tours to travellers this year! He's taken some time out of his busy schedule to

At the end of each year, we get to compile a lot of interesting numbers: how many travelers toured with our guides? (We're about to hit the ¾ million mark!) Which tours were the most popular? Where are most people