8 Best Virtual City Tours You Can Do From Home!

By King Hofer

Are you bored of binging international TV shows and seeing social media content posted by others who are on vacation? Maybe you are lusting after some real-life travel experience but can’t leave the home. The solution is through online, digital virtual city tours tours!

The best virtual tours are not the ones that take you through a 360 photo of a building; these professional trips are hosted by trained guides who talk you through an adventure, teach you new skills, and provide a fun way of seeing a new country, all without leaving the comfort of your seat.

These tours can also be used for virtual team building events, so if you are looking for a unique way to break the ice with your coworkers and help them get to know each other a little better, consider one of the following.

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Fun Virtual Tours Of Cities You Can Do From Home

Virtual Tours of Italy

One of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Italy’s Milan is the Duomo, which means cathedral in Italian.

It is located at Piazza del Duomo, which is also home to the country’s oldest shopping arcade, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.

During this 1-hour virtual tour of Milan, guides share the sights and sounds of this bustling square.

The session also includes games throughout to keep you and the team entertained.

For a more ‘active’ and challenging city virtual tour, and by active we mean from your seat, consider this 1-hour scavenger hunt based in Italy.

Throughout the interactive virtual tour, you and your team will learn how to speak Italian, including some slang words, and find out more about local food and drink.

Virtual games with coworkers don’t have to be as dry as uncooked pasta with this lively treasure hunt.

If you are famished after the above Italy virtual tours, learn how to make pasta with a real life Nonna via live stream!

Plan for a two-hour pasta making class by booking here, and selecting a date for your live stream lesson with an authentic Italian cook.

Not only are you learning a new skill, you are supporting a local Italian business.

A week before your lesson you will be sent a shopping list that links to Amazon.

Virtual Tours of France

Learn more about the culture of the City of Lights with this unusual tour hosted by a local.

Get your team of Paris fans together to learn more about France’s capital and see the pretty streets through a moving lens.

You might just have to dress up and pull the ‘Parisian smile’ too…

This virtual trip is led by two guides – a quizmaster and a ‘boots on the ground’ guide, or should we say ‘feet on the pedal’ guide, as the latter will be cycling around Paris as you do the tour.

During the virtual tour you will learn French vocabulary, see iconic Parisian locations like the river Seine, the Louvre, and the Eiffel Tower, and discover more about the local culture.

Get ready for a few challenges too! Reserve your spot here.

This game features in our virtual team buidling guide too.

Virtual Tours of Spain

Visit the Sagrada Familia, Arc de Triumf, and Port Olimpic during this 1-hour Barcelona virtual tour.

During the session, two guides take the reins leading the way through quizzes and a live video stream from Barcelona, by bike.

Learn more about the city’s hot spots while getting to know the others in your group.

Find out more about culture in Barcelona during this hour long party celebrating all things Catalan!

Strange customs include a pooping Christmas log, which may sound familiar to those old enough to remember South Park!

Intrigued? Book your city virtual tour here.

Virtual Tours of Scotland

Support ex-homeless people while taking a tour of Scotland’s capital with Invisible Cities.

Invisible Cities started in Edinburgh and is now an established tour company around other UK cities.

All tour guides have experienced insecure housing and show you ‘their’ version of the city.

During this virtual tour, Paul, a Leith local, takes you through the Old Town to meet some Edinburgh characters such as Greyfriars Bobby and Maggie Dickson.

He also talks about the myths which swirl around the city and which book was written on a seven day drug bender!

A unique tour to take around Edinburgh, supporting a good cause.

Virtual Tours of India

If Europe doesn’t float your boat, what about taking a wilder virtual tours of the world to New Delhi?

This 1-hour session includes a guide which walks through the busy streets of New Delhi while you and your team watch on in awe behind the screen.

It also features a tuk tuk ride, so buckle up!

Did you find any of these virtual walking tours right for your team? Tell us in the comments.

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