Bart van Poll
Happy local holidays!
Whereever you are in the world, we wish you happy “local” holidays. Thank you for supporting Local Travel in 2010! View Local Travel in a larger map If you have any interesting stories about Local Travel to share, we’d love to hear from you in 2011. We’ll take a short holiday break from 24 December […]
Be the Local – great project!
Dharavi – by markhillary Twitter user @bethelocal just started following me. Of course I check out what they were about! It turns out the be a very interesting little company by two Indian students from Dharavi – Mumbai’s largest “slum” (as they call it). Be the Local offers Guided Tours of the Dharavi slum in […]
Going underground
Vicky Baker, freelance journalist and author of www.goinglocaltravel.com/ has written a nice article for Overseas magazine about Local Travel. A small extract: Making a stand against the prescribed, impersonal and well-trodden tour groups is part of a growing trend known as “local travel”. Although some travellers have been putting thes ideas into practice for years, […]
Are you serious?
I recently found this interesting project “Are You Serious?” – an organization that aims to develop projects to raise awareness and communicate messages about subjects that are important today, through traveling. The founders (a bunch of 20 somethings from around the world) have some concrete projects (Arttrack, Ecotrack, LifeTrack) they are going to carry out […]
Local Europe Travel inspiration – Warsaw
Every two weeks, I share some of the latest tips from one of our (currently) 30 Spotted by Locals blogs – with you. Today: tips by our locals from Warsaw (Poland)! 1) The Krasinskich Gardens – Relax from the urban life Warsaw Spotter Stefan Markiewicz: “It’s a perfect place to just sit down on a […]
Experimental travel
Next time you’re in a city you know very well, or if you want to experience your own city in a new way, try Experimental travel – a travel game where you follow certain pseudo-scientific rules, which lead you to new experiences. The “inventor” of the term Experimental Travel, Joel Henry, created Latourex – a website with many […]
Planeta.com wins sustainable Tourism Award
It was recently announced one of our active members, Ron Mader from Planeta.com is the winner of a TIES Innovation Award – recognizing individuals who have demonstrated leadership in innovative actions that effectively promote sustainable tourism and bring tangible benefits to communities and conservation. Congratulations to you Ron, and the other winners!
This Is My City
“Every week we find a stranger to give us their take on their town. Together, we film everything — and we don’t say “no” to anything…”. Cool concept for a TV series! The trailer for the This Is My City series above was shot in 2009 already, but if they ever make more videos, I’ll […]
Local Europe Travel inspiration – Zagreb
Every two weeks, I share some of the latest tips from one of our (currently) 30 Spotted by Locals blogs – with you. Today: tips by our locals from Zagreb (Croatia), all of whom we met during 2 trips to Zagreb in 2008 and 2010. 1) Skalinska Zagreb – great place for cheap local lunch […]
Local Europe Travel inspiration – Zurich
Every two weeks, I share some of the latest tips from one of our (currently) 29 Spotted by Locals blogs – with you. Today: tips by our locals from Zurich (Switzerland) 1) Outlane Zurich- Where videogame history comes alive Zurich Spotter Roman Rey: “A mix between bar, museum and private collection of pinball machines and old […]