Travel Blog list

It was a match for the ages. Today two South Asian rivals, India and Pakistan, met up in the semi-final match of the Cricket World Cup.Now in North America cricket's barely a blip on the radar of sports fans. In fact,

Varna, Bulgaria has become a popular port of call for cruise ships sailing through Eastern Europe. One of the prettiest sail-ins on the Black Sea, it’s also a magnet for summer crowds. We asked our popular Bulgarian

ToursByLocals was recently featured in the Globe and Mail (Canada’s National Newspaper), who ran a piece comparing the merits of private tours versus large group tours. The surprising result was that in most travel

Today we’d like to feature a tour that we feel embodies the spirit of ToursByLocals. We believe traveling to new places is about so much more than seeing the sights; it’s about meeting new friends, learning firsthand

We asked Daniel, one of our most popular guides in Rio de Janeiro, to tell us about his favourite restaurants in the city. Make sure to hit up at least one of these places if you’re traveling to Rio this year!1.

Today we’ve asked Croatian guide Pepo to comment on what he thinks are the top five experiences every visitor must have when traveling around the coastal city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Here's what Pepo recommends:1. The

Over the past couple days ToursByLocals has received several messages from Japanese and New Zealand guides concerned about the very real effect recent natural disasters are having on tourism in their regions. While we

Even among the most intrepid globetrotters, it’s a select few who have traveled to Central Asia. These days the “’Stans” don’t register strongly on people’s travel radar – but they should.We recently added a new guide

Our guest blogger today is Ashish, an enthusiastic young guide from Agra, India, home of the iconic Taj Mahal. Ashish has assembled two lists: the top five things to do in Agra (there's more to the city than the Taj!)

Occasionally people ask us why the ratings for the guides on our system are consistently 4 and 5 stars. Surely not every traveler is equally thrilled by their experience with the ToursByLocals guides?The answer is

Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, when the Irish and anyone with even the slightest connection to Ireland jump on board the Celtic bandwagon to join one of the world’s great parties. While St. Paddy’s Day started out as a

As a regular part of our blog, we’ll be asking our local guides to share their favourite things to see and do in their hometowns. Our very first contributor is Marta, one of our most popular guides in Barcelona, Spain.