Are the March Blues getting you down? Is your long-planned vacation still too far away? Are you itching to see new sights NOW?
Here's a quick global tour for you, courtesy of Google Maps. Go to maps.google.com, copy and paste the geographic coordinates listed in the brackets, click on "Satellite" view, drag the little yellow "person" icon onto the spot marked, and you'll have the world at your fingertips!
First, to Paris!
Eiffel Tower...look up....look waaaay up! (48.85893052037778, 2.293449640274048)
Arc de Triomphe...hmmm, no mention of Waterloo. (48.87354158776665, 2.2958555817604065)
Le Louvre....Mona's waiting for you! (48.86153157071238, 2.333741784095764)
Off to Madrid!!
Plaza de Santa Ana...great tapas bars, restaurants, and nightlife. (40.41468051259614, -3.700289726257324)
Puerta del Sol...the heart of the city. (40.416943187199465, -3.703937530517578)
The Prado. (40.41485613807792, -3.6933374404907226)
Ah! Roma!!
Colosseum (41.89104870551747, 12.492120265960693)
Trevi Fountain (41.900767799197816, 12.483585476875305)
St. Peter's (41.90226905565139, 12.458431720733642)
Florence!
Duomo (43.773448978732595, 11.255428791046142)
Ponte Vecchio (43.76780108526668, 11.255182027816772)
Como
Lake Como....you can actually "drive" all the way around the lake! (45.81330702548479, 9.080650806427002)
Sydney!
Harbour Bridge (-33.848962020297556, 151.20582103729248)
Bondi Beach (-33.89245147943389, 151.27326250076294)
Tokyo!
Ginza.....shopping, shopping, shopping! (35.670996606588915, 139.76526349782944)
Yasukuni shrine (35.69450640593282, 139.74509596824646)
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Posted by
Chicago/Rural WI
811 posts
Norm, love it - thanks for taking the time and effort to post this!
I especially enjoyed the photos of Madrid, as we're leaving for Spain in a week and a half. By the way, I've read a number of archived posts to get more information about this and that, and your name kept popping up as a regular responder. So thanks for all that information, too!
Posted by
Ottawa, Canada
691 posts
this is cool! thanks Norm!
Posted by
DC Metro
36 posts
I definitely use Google Maps with Street View for my research. It helps a lot when it comes to walk tours and trying to get the sense of distance from one place to another. You can actually create your own maps for, say, Rome night walk tour and print out all the walking directions.