In Munich for instance, I’ve found that #SimplyMunich and #MeinMünchen are great hashtags to discover new interesting places. Often accounts will add all their hashtags in the comments as well, so be sure to snoop around and discover niche hashtags to flip through, and potentially find new accounts to follow as well. The best way to find these hashtags is to see what hashtags your favourite creators are already using! These accounts always feature the best of the best in terms of photos/destinations, and because their job is to specifically promote the heck out of their region, they often showcase lesser known spots too. Hidden garden I discovered in Bavaria thanks to Instagram!įor starters, I highly recommend finding the official Instagram account of your city, state/province, and country tourism boards. I was highly distraught to learn this wasn’t the case.Ī great resource for finding new unique spots though is Instagram! While Pinterest can sometimes be handy for this, I get frustrated with the lack of helpful information in Pinterest captions, along with lots of photos which are clearly very very Photoshopped.īefore I ever travelled for myself, I genuinely thought the Isle of Skye in Scotland had purple trees because of Pinterest. I’m a visual person, and far prefer SEEING cool places to visit near me vs. Snoop Instagram accounts of local tourism boards and influencers an awesome Egyptian museum I found while browsing Munich’s tourism board site 4. You should be able to find ones for your local city, state/province, as well as country. These are usually easy to find as well, just search up “your area + tourism board”. I promise you’ll uncover something you never knew existed! So, if you want to find more obscure gems from your local area, make sure to visit the tourism board’s website. Other good search terms include “Viewpoints”, “Hidden Gems” and “Attractions”. Many of them will be ones you’re familiar with, but often you’ll find some lesser known gems too!įor instance, I just did this and found a museum that I had no idea existed only a few blocks away from me. One thing I like to do on Google Maps is type in a generic search term like “Landmarks”, which will pull up a list of interesting spots in the area. Google Maps has gotten a lot smarter over the years, and these days, the amount of information it gives is honestly mindblowing…. The world’s largest mobile wheel – one of Munich’s hidden gems that most visitors don’t know about 2. These are the websites you should be looking for if you want to find cool spots to explore nearby, beyond the usual tourist hotspots. Many large cities these days have entire websites dedicated to providing tips to locals. This will narrow your search down to more interesting, lesser known places. Google “destination + hidden gems” or “destination + secrets”.
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