Virtual tourist destinations to visit this half term
With Half Term approaching I thought that I would look at some of the places which you could virtually visit whilst tourist destinations are still in lockdown.
City tours
Take a day trip to the cities of London: https://360.visitlondon.com/# Edinburgh: https://edinburghtourist.co.uk/virtual-tours/ or Paris: https://en.parisinfo.com/what-to-do-in-paris/info/guides/virtual-visit-paris with these virtual guides.Museums and Galleries
Explore, Museums, art and architecture from around the world: https://artsandculture.google.com/Visit The British Museum galleries & collection, the British Museums blog has links and tips for exploring the museum from your own home: https://blog.britishmuseum.org/how-to-explore-the-british-museum-from-home/
Via The Natural History Museum virtual pages you can not only take a virtual self-guided tour, but you can also find out more about my favourite exhibit in the Museum, Hope, Blue Whale: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum.html
Take a look around the fascinating Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, where you might spot exhibits used in the film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/
You can take 3 virtual tours around the National Gallery, I like to visit Room 43, as Monet’s The Water-Lilly Pond takes my breath away every time I see it: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
At the Tate Modern you can view the Turner collection, see the work of sculptor Henry Moore and view British artwork from 1545 to the present day: https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain#getting-here (Select online displays).
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Places to Visit
The Buckingham Palace virtual tour allows you to look around the Grand Staircase, White Drawing Room and the Throne Room: https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace
Take a 360 tour around the grounds of the Tower of London as a voice over tells you about the Towers history: https://www.youvisit.com/tour/meadk Hampton Court Palace should be next on your list, you can look around the Great Hall, Watching Chamber and end your tour in the kitchens: https://in360degrees.co.uk/indie360/HamptonCourt/
If you have you ever wondered about the different rooms which make up the Houses of Parliament take this 360 tour: http://www.parliament.uk/visiting/virtualtour/ after that you may like to have a look inside 10 Downing Street: https://www.eyerevolution.co.uk/blog/get-inside-10-downing-street/
This 360 tour of the Vatican Museums is well worth a virtual visit: http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco.html
Visit the Royal Opera House where you can see performances of Ballet & Opera:
https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events/all
Whilst the Aquarium and Zoos are closed you can still see the animals via a variety of Webcams and live streams:
London Zoo: https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/virtual-london-zoo
Chester Zoo: https://www.chesterzoo.org/
View the Panda cam at Atlanta Zoo: https://zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/
Houston Zoo Webcams: https://www.houstonzoo.org/explore/webcams/
Monterey Bay Aquarium webcams: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams
Aquarium of the pacific: http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/exhibits/webcams
Harry Potter Exhibition
Finally if you are a fan of Harry Potter and you missed the British Library 2017 – 2018 Harry Potter Exhibition: https://artsandculture.google.com/project/harry-potter-a-history-of-magic?dm_i=5JXV%2C178Q%2C6XNPO%2C4C53%2C1&fbclid=IwAR1mFx41mrbH76jQM6SIeK0WW9tP8FMuyHjUfRjHPZ3WQUvLmOPchMQO5sE
Whatever you do or wherever you virtually go may I wish you a good Bank Holiday weekend and Half Term Holiday.
