In this material, we have selected the best online excursions that will help you make a trip without leaving your home and completely immerse yourself in the world of tourism. An overview of interesting guided walks in museums, city streets, sights, and other tourist sites. It turned out to be a surprisingly interesting guidebook via the Internet.
Sometimes life makes adjustments to our plans, and such a long-awaited journey has to be postponed. And we were getting ready, looking forward to meeting beautiful monuments, visiting museums, seeing masterpieces, relaxing in nature. Admit it, would you dream of walking around St. Petersburg, Moscow, Prague, Baikal, Lisbon, London? Fortunately, in the age of the Internet, you can go everywhere without leaving your home. Online virtual tours that we have selected will help you see what is most attractive to you, visit the most interesting places and get the most vivid impressions.
Uffizi Gallery in Florence
This museum is almost 6 centuries old. The Medici dynasty created it for their collection of paintings and sculptures, famous for their world-famous masterpieces. The family's friendship with the artist Sandro Botticelli allowed to preserve many of his canvases, among which the most famous is The Birth of Venus. You will see works by Giotto, Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian and other renowned masters. But the pearl of the gallery is the marble statue of the Medici Venus, personifying the goddess of love Aphrodite. During the online tour, you will learn about the history of the creation of the gallery, about the Renaissance artists and their works, and funny stories related to the collection. The cost of the excursion is 10 euros.
Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
The building, without which Barcelona and all of Spain are unthinkable, the country's visiting card, unlike any other architectural works, the creation of the great Gaudi - the Cathedral of the Holy Family. It began to be built in 1882. Surprisingly, it continues to build to this day with private donations and ticket sales. We do not yet know when the last stone will be installed in this structure, but its facade and interior rooms have long amazed with their architectural forms: the height of the cathedral is 170 meters, and the inner vault is 46 meters. The world's best engineers and architects have put their work into it, but it will always be associated with the name of Antoni Gaudi, who worked on his brainchild for 43 years. For this, the Spaniards initiate the canonization of him. The cost of a virtual tour is 10 euros.
Seven wonders of Lisbon
The capital and heart of Portugal has a long history and is rightfully considered the oldest city in the world, which has caught the era of the great geographical discoveries. Its world famous sights have become the subject of our online excursion to museums and historical sites: Jeronimos Monastery - the main architectural attraction of the whole country; The Torre de Belém Tower, built in honor of the navigator Vasco da Gama; the monastery of the Carmelites; elevator Santa Justa; Basilica da Estrela; a triumphal arch and a statue of Jose 1 - King of Spain; sophisticated Queluz Castle. Traditions, national flavor, local mentality - you will learn a lot about Lisbon. The cost of the excursion is 5 euros.
Pompeii
Italy is inextricably linked with Vezzuvius, its eruption and the whole city buried under the ashes, which has become the country's historical heritage. Pompeii left us many architectural monuments. Excavations still do not stop, but even without this, there are many attractions for tourists: the city gates, the large and small theaters (the Amphitheater and the Odeon), the Lupanarium (an ancient brothel), the Forum city square. It will be interesting for you to learn about the history of the city before the eruption, the life of the inhabitants, see the preserved houses, a bakery, thermae (baths). The cost is 5 euros.
Roman landmarks
The eternal city, the capital of the most ancient empire, the open-air museum, the historical and cultural Mecca - these are just a few of the definitions of the capital of Italy. It is impossible to see all its attractions in one trip, but you can watch online excursions and get acquainted with the Colosseum, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Roman Forum, visit the Capitol Hill, see the largest Trevi fountain, the Vittoriano monument in honor of the King of Italy, the largest square Piazzo del Popolo and the most beautiful Piazza Venezia. And also learn a lot of unique historical facts. The cost of online travel is 10 euros.
Charles Bridge in Prague
The most important symbol of the capital of the Czech Republic is shrouded in mysticism from the very beginning of construction. They say that the date of its laying was calculated by the court astrologers and this really helps the bridge to stand for 7 centuries. In addition, eggs and milk were added to the mortar during cocking. The uniqueness and recognition of the bridge lies in the 30 sculptures standing along the parapet. These are saints revered in the Czech Republic, in particular, Jan Nepomuk - the heavenly patron, and some legendary persons. Believe it or not, touch any sculpture on the bridge and your every wish will come true. “You can make your wish even by virtually touching the sculpture. His performance will be another contribution to the mystical legend of the bridge. " The cost of a virtual tour is 4 euros.
Stunning London
We get to know him at school from the pages of a textbook and remember legendary places forever. Now there is an opportunity to see them through an online journey, plunge into the culture, feel the hospitality of the city. Many of the attractions are well known to you: the prim official Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the seat of the British monarchy Buckingham Palace, the gloomy Tower with its famous drawbridge, Trafalgar Square and many more historical and modern attractions. You have the opportunity to take online excursions to museums in Russian. The cost is £ 5.
Unusual St. Petersburg monuments
The cradle of Russian history, among its hundreds of world-famous monuments, also includes completely informal works that differ from others, which can be viewed in our online review. For example, Chizhik-Pyzhik on the Fontanka embankment, a bunny on a pile near the Ioanovsky bridge, Tonya the hippopotamus in the university courtyard. "By the way, girls who dream of getting married quietly rub their left ear, and potential suitors - their right." Well, where else can you see a statue of a manager with a laptop, or an invisible man, or a St. Petersburg angel? The cost is 250 rubles.
Petersburg museums
Not every city can boast of a large number of museums. There are more than 200 of them in St. Petersburg, and the city itself is the ancestor of public museums. It was here in 714 that the first of them, the Kunstkamera, was opened. Today the museums of the northern capital are majestic buildings of architecture, collections of world masterpieces of art, science and technology. There are many completely unusual, experimental, interactive ones among them. Online excursions to the museums of St. Petersburg will allow you to see all the most interesting without leaving your home. The cost of such a review is 250 rubles.
Hermitage
If you are not indifferent to art, then you love the Hermitage - the symbol of St. Petersburg, the largest in area (located in 7 historical buildings and has several branches in other cities) and in the collection of exhibits, which will not be enough for a review of two decades, even if you take just a minute for each of them. Here are collected materials from ancient times to modern samples. The jewel, of course, is the work of artists from the 13th to the 20th century.An online tour of the Hermitage will become a pleasant and rewarding pastime. You will learn how the museum was created, how its funds were replenished, and you will be able to admire the generally recognized masterpieces. The cost of an online review is 250 rubles.
Tretyakov Gallery
The main art treasury of Russia is famous for its rich collection, attracting the attention of true connoisseurs of art from all over the world. Even a not very high art connoisseur who has arrived in Moscow, the first thing that comes to mind is to visit the Tretyakov Gallery and see with his own eyes the canvases of the great masters. If this is not possible, an online excursion based on the masterpieces of the Tretyakov Gallery will acquaint you with the works of Repin, Kramskoy, Surikov, Shishkin, Levitan, Bryullov. You will also see the famous "Black Square" by Kazimir Malevich. The price for an online tour is 200 rubles.
Around the Moscow Kremlin "on the couch"
What a great opportunity to visit the most ancient part of Moscow without leaving your home! You will see the majestic Cathedral Square and its temple shrines, the famous Tsar Cannon and the huge Tsar Bell, you will learn how the Kremlin has changed over time, what mysteries it holds in itself, how palaces were built on its territory. Lovers of history will be interested in the story about the Armory Chamber and the Diamond Fund, a walk through the garden and square, where the tree planted by the first cosmonaut grows. An online tour can also convey the spirit of the great and mighty Russia from the territory of its shrine. Tour price - 200 rubles.
Acquaintance with Lake Baikal
It is called mighty not only for its area, but also for the volume of fresh water, of which there is a fifth of the entire reserve of the planet. He is credited with mystical properties, he is shrouded in secrets and legends. A good opportunity, using an online trip, to see the dense taiga on its shores, interspersed with tundra and steppe, visit the beaches, learn the history of the peoples inhabiting this region, visit the tourist village Listvyanka and see the power and beauty of these places from observation platforms. The cost is 300 rubles.
Notre dame cathedral
The sad event that happened to one of the main symbols of Paris did not leave anyone indifferent. Thousands of people rushed to help their pet, offering material and construction resources for its restoration. The restoration continues, but for fans of the museum, who have not yet visited the Cathedral, an online tour will help them learn the most interesting facts. Notre-dame-de-Paris was built in the Gothic style for two centuries, its roof, which caused the fire, was wooden. On the walls of the building there are chimeras and gargoyles, at the facade there are statues of the Jewish kings, though without heads. The revolutionaries did their best, considering them to be statues of kings. The most beautiful place in the capital of France is available online for 3 euros.
Walk in Tula
Who doesn't know about Tula samovars, gingerbread and weapons? Is there a Kremlin in Tula too? And that in her Lefty shod a flea? It turns out that Tula is also famous for chocolates called Suvorovskie, apple marshmallow, bun with the tender name Venevskaya, and the famous harmonica and clay whistle! In short, Tula is a city that will interest any tourist. The video tour will take you along the main street of the city, introduce you to monuments and historical sights. The price for a video walk is 200 rubles.
