With the worldwide pandemic that is currently taking place, physically visiting beloved national landmarks or attractions is not currently possible.
The next best thing is taking a virtual tour possible thanks to technological advances. You can immerse yourself into these experiences using the tools available from aquariums, museums and curated collections around the world.
As part of an ongoing series during the pandemic, we will provide you with different resources from many categories that can pique your interest and encourage you to actually go to these locations when restrictions have been lifted. It will be worth the wait!
Some virtual tours to keep the wanderlust going:
- Club Med at Home is offering a weekly series of activities, with destination workout videos like yoga in Italy or HIT exercises in the Maldives led by Club Med staff. There are more than 30 Club Med resorts around the globe on 360-degree virtual tours from Bali to the French alps.
- Belmond is hosting live programming via Instagram, which will include poetry and music inspired by travel.
- Tourism Ireland has put together a video that highlights why Ireland is a star of the screen from the Seven Kingdoms in Game of Thrones to the Jedi Knight’s Island Hideaway in Star Wars to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Click for best escorted Ireland tours.
- Download Chile 360, where you can virtually explore wonders from the Torres del Paine National Park to the Atacama Desert to Easter Island.
- Take a tour of Czech Republic’s Punkva Caves, a cave system within the Moravian Karst. See the cathedrals of stalagmites and stalactites as you visit the bottom of Macocha Abyss and take a boat along the subterranean Punkva River. Czech Tourism’s other 360-degree tours visit Prague to the castles and medieval streets in Cesky Krumlov.
- Explore the wonders of Machu Picchu with a voiceover guide explaining the architecture, history and resident alpacas.
- Google Earth is offering a series of guided virtual tours of 31 national parks from Acadia to Zion.
- Experience what it feels like to climb Mount Everest starting from Basecamp and followed by the Khumbu Icefalls, overnight at Camp 4, the perilous Hillary Step and conquer the summit of Everest.
- Take a virtual trip to Chicago, one of the most cultured cities in America.
- Virtually visiting Montreal is only a few clicks away.
- Pretend to be a Royal by virtually touring these famous European Castles.
- Get a taste of the Caribbean with this virtual trip to Saint Lucia.
- Virtually tour the Guinness Storehouse in Ireland, and grab a Guinness while you’re at it. If you’re more into Jameson, there’s a tour for that distillery as well.
- With Easter this upcoming weekend, perhaps you would like to tour a few of New York City’s most famous houses of worship. Take tours of St. Patricks’s Cathedral, Saint Thomas Church and the Presbyterian Church, all on NYC’s Fifth Avenue.
- Immerse yourself in Puerto Rican culture with a virtual trip.
- Since the Olympics have been postponed and travel to Japan currently minimized, take a 360-degree virtual tour of the country.
- If you would like to see where the Queen of England (and of many other territories) resides, look no further than the official virtual tour of the Buckingham Palace.
- Since you’ve got palatial spaces on your mind, why not check out the virtual tour of Doge’s Palace in Venice, Italy.
- Landmarks are an essential part of any sightseeing vacation. The Tower Bridge in London and the White House in Washington D.C. are staples of those locations that both have virtual tours available.
Virtual sightseeing from home is a wonderful way to research future trips. When you’re ready to go in person, our advisors’ Bucket List Worthy Destinations guide has all the real-life inspiration you need.
