As millions of people in North America and Europe are staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic, museums, historical sites, national parks, and other tourist destinations around the world have made virtual tours available that give people the opportunity to have a cultural experience from a safe distance.
Here are 40 tours in France and the United States that will allow you to temporarily escape your living room for a mental vacation. The list includes some of the world’s most famous museums and works of art, remote national parks, and elaborate gardens.
FRANCE
Castle of Angers
Château de Chantilly
Château de Fontainebleau
Chauvet Cave
The Cinémathèque française
Claude Monet House and Gardens in Giverny
Coco Chanel and the black dress
Eiffel Tower
La Cité du Vin
Louvre
MuMa – Musée d’art moderne André Malraux
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
Musée d’Orsay
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Opéra de Lyon
Opéra national de Paris
Pont du Gard Site
Street Art 13
Versailles
The Villages That Died For France
UNITED STATES
American Museum of Natural History
Art Institute of Chicago
Bryce Canyon National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Carnegie Hall
Dry Tortugas National Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Little White House
Guggenheim Museum
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park
J. Paul Getty Museum
Kenai Fjords National Park
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monticello
Mount Vernon
National Gallery of Art
National Museum of Natural History
San Diego Zoo
Space Shuttle Discovery
Tubman Museum
Yellowstone National Park