Considered a wonder of the world, the Great Wall boasts a history of over 2,000 years and stretches over 13,000 miles across several provinces of northern China, making it one of the most impressive ancient structures on the planet.
Due to its colossal length, The Great Wall crosses 9 provinces and municipalities: Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu. Badaling is the most visited section with over 83,000,000 visitors in a year. In the first week of May and October (high peak for tourists), the visitor flow can be up to 70,000 per day!
Lucky for us we don’t have to wait on lines or push our way through this expansive historical site. With this virtual tour, it feels as though we are there, seeing each detail of the wall itself.
Start your tour here.
27 Comments
Manjulika
Travel from home has really been a good idea these days. Best we stay home and enjoy the armchair travel. Thanks for putting this up.
lalaine
I love reading your blog, very educational and informative. Keep it up!
Lynnette
Fantastic voyage around the world! I loved the Machu Picchu “trip”. It was like I was there when I neve left my home. Thank you for creating an experience.
Jennifer (aka Dr. J)
Thanks for sharing these great ideas to keep the travel spirit alive while we all must stay home. Looking forward to doing a bit of armchair travel using the links in this post!
Anwesha
Loved the post. I might now start watching the virtual tour of Taj Mahal from home. Thanks for sharing this, this is fun especially when we are stuck at home
Line
What a great blog! Need to read all your post
emaroundtheworld
So sweet! Thank you!
Gentry
This is a great idea. My boredom is really high right now.
emaroundtheworld
We can all use new things to do from home! Check back often as I add more each week 🙂
Alexandra Booze
This is an amazing idea! I love this resource 🙂
emaroundtheworld
Thanks so much, Alexandra! I appreciate your kind words.
Marcea
What a great list – especially helpful when having the kids home. Something they can learn from and have fun at the same time!
Kelly
Awesome I had no idea they were doing these online tours what a great idea thank you for sharing x
Francesca
Such a great list of places to explore virtually! Just goes to show that we might not be able to travel right now but we can still have access to some of the world’s most amazing places which is a comfort.
emaroundtheworld
It has truly been amazing to see all of these different places around the world join in on this virtual experience. As time passes, I’m excited to see what new places let us tour from the comfort of our homes.
Kat
And now I want to listen to the Met Opera and see the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City! Thanks for this great post, allowing me to travel from my home!
emaroundtheworld
I know! I’ve been wanting to visit the Palace of Fine Arts for years! This only made me want to see it more!
Tiana
Very cool post and much needed right now! Would love to explore some national parks!
emaroundtheworld
If you get a chance, play around with the Yosemite virtual tour. It is absolutely breathtaking, even though it’s not live and in person.
Lekha Chellani
Wow.. I had no idea that national parks, world heritage sites and even gardens are available for virtual tour.. Thank you!
emaroundtheworld
I actually didn’t either until I started researching for this post! I’m curious to see what new tours pop up as time goes by (and until we can travel with ease again!). Thanks for stopping by!
Emma
This is amazing, I am definitely going to check some of these out this weekend. I live in Vancouver so heard about the VSO one, but I might take a trip to the Louvre or the Taj Mahal.
emaroundtheworld
Take the trip and let me know how it goes! 🙂
Maureen
Awesome! We homeschool and I’m always on the hunt for fun things to enrich our curriculum! What a great thing to add to a geography/world history unit!
emaroundtheworld
Yes! There are SO many fun and interesting virtual tours to visit with kids. The one that blew me away was the walk on Mars with NASA. The site itself is super informative and the experience is something completely new and different – especially for a child. Have fun!
Leah Hastings
What a wonderful idea! Thank you for sharing this resource!
emaroundtheworld
Glad you enjoyed it! There are so many things to see and do from home, especially if you want to travel!