12 Virtual Experiences & Tours You Need To Try!
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Did you know you can take virtual tours of some of your favourite places and museums? Visit some of the worlds most amazing tourist destinations, all from the comfort of your own home! Here is a list of some of my favourites.
This interactive tour allows you to explore multiple floors of the Charles Dickens Museum. With over 100,000 items to explore, there is something for everyone on this virtual tour! Visit the museum here.
Natural History Museum, London
Google offers an amazing experience of the Natural History Museum. Not only do they offer online exhibits, but there is a whole experience, best listened to with headphones to explore!
Smithsonian Natural History Museum
This tour is breathtaking. You can explore each exhibit and manoeuvre around the museum freely. It is an amazing virtual experience and is one of the best virtual tours I have used so far!
Vatican Museums, Italy
Go on a 360-degree tour of Italy's most notorious museums. The images for these tours are stunning, and the virtual experience is one not to miss. There is a wide range of museums and galleries to explore, all in 3D!
Blarney Castle, Ireland
Don't forget castles and gardens when going on your virtual tours! Explore Blarney Castle room by room with high-quality images. This Irish tourist hotspot is a wonderful place to look around!
Palace of Versailles, France
Feel like a royal with this extraordinary palace tour. The tour allows you to connect with a VR experience, have an access all areas tour of the court and get up close with the stunning decor!
San Diego Zoo, USA
If you are a fan of animal, San Diego Zoo lets you watch live animal cams and videos. There is a range of animals to watch, including koalas, pandas and elephants!
Houston Zoo, USA
From Leafcutter ants to giant elephants, there is a range of animals to watch at the Houston Zoo. You can also support these animals by donating to Emergency Zoo Fund!
The Dubai Aquarium, U.A.E
If marine animals are your type, then the Dubai Aquarium tour may be more your style. It is shark week every week at this aquarium. You can tour around some of the different areas and visit the underwater zoo!
Georgia Aquarium, USA
With live cams of all your favourite marine animals, Georgia Aquarium is one virtual experience you need! You can see a range of animals from gators to southern otters, beluga whales to piranhas. There are a lot of amazing webcams to watch with this aquarium!
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, USA
Google Arts and Culture gives you an amazing tour of Hawaii, and it's volcanoes. This interactive tour gives you a range of videos to watch and sounds best with headphones!
Flamingo Land, UK
Looking for something more thrilling? Flamingo Land in North Yorkshire is offering free virtual theme park tours! There are even information points to tell you more about each location too!
I hope these ideas keep you busy until the real deal opens! There are so many cool experiences out there. Where will you be visiting today? Let me know what virtual experiences you have been doing and which one was your favourite!
15 comments
Oh wow! I didn't know this many places were doing tours, i like the sound of the Zoo's especially!
ReplyDeleteYes! I love animals and I think it is so sweet you can still watch them play :)
DeleteEm x
As an English student I feel like I should be doing the Charles Dickens tour but the flamingo one sounds so cool and I've also wanted to visit Versailles too!
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It is a really cool experience and some even have spoken tours so you learn a lot!
DeleteEm x
Thank you for sharing these! For some of these this will be the only way I'll ever be able to see them.
ReplyDeleteDeffinitly same! I think that is one of the wonderful things about this, everyone can do it!
DeleteEm x
What a great list. I am homeschooling my own kids and my teaching my students online. We will definitely have to check these out.
ReplyDeleteOmg this is such a cool post, so, so useful thank you! I've been so bored and am always looking for something new to do so I'll be going through everything on the list! I'm especially intrigued by the museum ones in Italy (bet they're beautiful!) and the zoo ones...how cool is that!!! Xxx
ReplyDeleteBecky x
Aw thank you! I think that virtual tours are so amazing and highly underrated. You can explore so many different places, learn a lot and stay safe within the walls of your home! It is one for education and fun :)
DeleteEm x
I should really get into these virtual tours! Just had a quick look at Blarney Castle & the Sistine Hall in the Vatican.
ReplyDeleteMB | http://www.megbeth.travel.blog
They were beautiful weren't they! Thank you for reading
DeleteEm :)
This is great - I think I will try one a day for fun!
ReplyDeleteOoooh I'm definitely going to look into these!!!! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these all look amazing places to do a virtual tour off :)
ReplyDeleteNic | Nic's Adventures & Bakes
Hi Em! New reader here :) Thank you so much for sharing these lovely things to appreciate and view during this time. I believe that by having these mediums and platforms, we are transported to a new dimension, and somehow it helps us hope and have faith for a better tomorrow and future. <3
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading more of your entries!
Cheers,
Hanna / Heydays With Hanna