OUT AND ABOUT, INDOORS
Feeling antsy indoors? Dreaming of relinquishing your freedom? Brain gone to mush from too much Netflix? Then check out these online virtual tours. They’re the closest you can get to a day out and about from the comfort of your couch.
Get your fanny pack on. It’s time for a day trip.
Rome from home
Fire up the time machine. This virtual tour takes you back to ancient Rome. Explore Dr Matthew Nicholls award-winning 3D digital model of the city and learn why Rome definitely wasn’t built in a day.
Tour the Tate
Travel is off the cards for a while. But if galleries are your thing (or you’re a bit snobby), now’s your chance to soak in over 500 years of European art with a tour of the UK’s oldest gallery, the Tate Britain.
Skype a shark
Get up close and personal with the sea dwellers of Monterey Bay Aquarium. Whether you want to chill with the turtles or be hypnotised by the jellyfish, it’s a video chat like no other.
Apps for astronauts
NASA are giving wannabe-astronauts access to stacks of virtual tours that take us further than we’ve ever been. Explore space stations, stars, rockets and more mindblowing interplanetary sites.
Light up the lounge.
Wake up in the stunning Ice Hotel, go sledding or catch the Northern Lights with aurora video tours from Lights over Lapland. You can even tick Sweden off your bucket list (sort of).
Well that’s your day out and about from the couch. We hope we’ve helped soothe the ants in your pants. For today at least.