Viator Travel Blog

Austin, Texas is probably best known as “The Live Music Capital of the World” – a moniker it earns 365 days a year. The nightlife, though, is only part of the city’s charm. The Texas capital is also a wonderland for super fit foodies, offering a world of cuisine to satisfy any palate and outdoor activities enough to keep you moving around the clock.

Here are just few reasons to love Austin’s food, music and outdoors.

But where is the real New Orleans lurking? The one that has inspired poets, artists, and songwriters. The New Orleans that charms with its beauty, hospitality, and world-famous cuisine.

To experience New Orleans beyond Bourbon Street, travelers should take to the city’s neighborhoods, each with a distinct personality but the same trademark joie de vivre.

For those who do not see beyond Istanbul when they look towards Turkey as a travel destination, please realize that the Turkish coasts, especially the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, are cluttered with world class destinations at a price that is unheard of this close to Europe. Here are a few choice places along the Aegean and Mediterranean to get you started.

Meet Jitendra Kumar Sharma, one of Viator’s local experts in New Delhi (and a highly rated licensed tour guide you’ll find at Viator Private Tour Guides).

Rivers. The great ever-changing eternal highways of water on whose banks nearly all early civilizations were built. Nehir in Turkish, Rio in Spanish – the river’s signifier in almost every language is beautiful, conjuring images of life and death, of settlement and flight, of the unstoppable flowing movement and renewal of all things. Their names — Ganges, Nile, Congo, Amazon, Danube — evoke an entire world. It is rare to find a traveler who doesn’t prefer river travel to every other means of transportation. With this in mind, here is my list of the nine greatest river journeys in the world.

St Thomas, one of the three main islands that make up the U.S. Virgin Islands, is one such destination that has a lot to offer for the traveler hunkering down for more than a few days as well as those who are just stopping by for only 24 hours. The question is not how to spend time on St Thomas, but how to choose from all the options available.

So you’ve packed your bags, taken the time off of work, made some playlists, and finally decided on the dates for your vacation. You can already feel the wind on your face, but then it hits you: where, exactly, are you going to go? You’ve decided on California, but that’s a big state. You put down your road atlas and your pen, turn to your companions and ask the greatest of all road-trip questions: So… *ahem* where to, guys?

With the waves gently breaking on the beach, the sun setting over a majestic ocean, and the soft swaying motion of the sea, it’s easy to understand why surfing is such a popular pastime. While other sports get competitive quickly, may involve other people, or contribute to injury, surfing is a sport where it’s only you and the ocean – and this is exactly why it speaks to people on a level some describe as spiritual.

Until you get out there and experience what it’s like to contend with the waves, there simply is just no describing the feeling that comes with catching your first set. So if you’re looking to get into the sport, here are some of the best places to get your feet wet.

Travelers willing to take on the rugged, largely untouched landscapes of Mongolia will be rewarded with some of the most one-of-a-kind travel experiences in the world. Below are the top five experiences not to be missed.

The first 2 finalists for our Win Your Dream Travel Job contest, have been selected, teamed up, and ready to travel the world shooting video! Do you think they’re traveling to Europe or North America?