Sightseeing and visiting museums from home thanks to Google Maps

We are currently in which hearing the word "vacation" produces a feeling of remoteness. And it is that since the pandemic has arrived, the desire to travel physically disappeared. The word vacation and sightseeing go hand in hand. The number of people who prefer to spend their vacations in another "little corner" than the one where their homes are is greater. At these times, he does not stop listening to "stay at home" and the idea of ​​discovering new places remains frozen. But there is no need to worry, because there is a remedy for this. And it is that we must learn to use the resources we have. Many of them are at our fingertips and sometimes we don't realize it. We give you tips to use Google Maps, the tool that will allow you to be a tourist from home to anywhere, even inside some buildings or museums.

Walk the streets of the place you want from Street View

With this option of Google Maps, it will be like taking a walk, but in a virtual way.

The option of Google Maps that allows you to move around the screen with a 360º panoramic view of the place that we indicate.

• Within the application on mobile devices, this option is somewhat hidden, since to show it, we will have to press and hold the screen in the location where we want to start the tour from Street View.
• From a computer, you will have to add the location you want within the Google Maps search engine, from there the map and an options box will appear on the left side, in which two images will appear. From the image on the left if you select it, it will show you an image gallery with the most relevant photos of the location. It will be by selecting the image on the right, which indicates a photograph of the place with a 360º date and it will be the one that opens the Street View option.

In this way you can be worth for the moment to take a virtual tour of all the cities you can imagine.

Popeye's village in Malta

Using the Street View option, stroll the streets of this town turned into a theme park on the island of Malta, which was the setting for the movie Popeye in 1980.

The pyramids of Egypt

The trip you were perhaps considering, visiting one of the wonders of the world. And you can see the amazing monuments built in the desert in this way, with its panoramic view, you can get an idea of ​​the dimensions of these buildings.

Take the opportunity to have insurance which will be the first destination you choose to visit when restrictions on travel are over.
Plan the itinerary, select the shops, bars and museums on Google Maps. From the application you can easily save the selection of places in favorites. When the day comes, you will have everything ready!

Enter the museums through your screen

Don't miss anything on this virtual trip, because from Google Maps they have created the Google Arts & Culture platform from which you will have the possibility of visiting museums virtually.

Steps to follow:

• From Google Maps, search for the name of the museum you want to visit.
• When you are at the map location, drag the little yellow doll that will appear on the screen and drag it to the museum location.
• When you release the doll, you will automatically enter the museum and you can visit the museum for free.

You will be able to see the images of the works in high resolution while you visit the interior of the museum.
Although it should be clarified that there are still some museums that do not offer this service. But once you look for the museum you want to visit from the Maps search engine, all the information and availability will appear in case the service is not active.
One of the most immersive possibilities is a walk through the Louvre.
The Paris museum will open the doors for you virtually. Don't miss the famous portrait of The Mona Lisa.

With these promising options, Google Maps gives us the option to travel. What is clear is that making good use of the 'new technologies' can be useful to help with any day-to-day task.