Category Archives: Cities

Travel Guide: Austin – Capital Of Texas (4K)

Austin is known for its local food, great live music, and keeping it weird. Its a great place to live and visit, thanks to low taxes and low crime rate. It’s a party town and the music capital of the US. This video about Austin is more than a travel guide.

Austin is the state capital of Texas, an inland city bordering the Hill Country region. Home to the University of Texas flagship campus, Austin is known for its eclectic live-music scene centered around country, blues and rock. Its many parks and lakes are popular for hiking, biking, swimming and boating. South of the city, Formula One’s Circuit of the Americas raceway has hosted the United States Grand Prix.

Travel: Food, Streets & Sights Of Istanbul, Turkey

Follow Dhruv Rathee’s adventures in Turkey! Dhruv and his wife Juli visit the vibrant city of Istanbul. They take a stroll along the İstiklal Street, visit the Hagia Sophia and the Galata Tower. They also take a cruise on the Bosphorus to see Istanbul’s famous sites from the water and they try Turkish coffee.

Christmas 2021 Walks: Milan In Northern Italy

Milan, a metropolis in Italy’s northern Lombardy region, is a global capital of fashion and design. Home to the national stock exchange, it’s a financial hub also known for its high-end restaurants and shops. The Gothic Duomo di Milano cathedral and the Santa Maria delle Grazie convent, housing Leonardo da Vinci’s mural “The Last Supper,” testify to centuries of art and culture. 

Aerial Views: New Orleans In Southeastern Louisiana

New Orleans is a Louisiana city on the Mississippi River, near the Gulf of Mexico. Nicknamed the “Big Easy,” it’s known for its round-the-clock nightlife, vibrant live-music scene and spicy, singular cuisine reflecting its history as a melting pot of French, African and American cultures. Embodying its festive spirit is Mardi Gras, the late-winter carnival famed for raucous costumed parades and street parties.

Aerial Views: Mexico City – Capital Of Mexico (4K)

Mexico City is the densely populated, high-altitude capital of Mexico. It’s known for its Templo Mayor (a 13th-century Aztec temple), the baroque Catedral Metropolitana de México of the Spanish conquistadors and the Palacio Nacional, which houses historic murals by Diego Rivera. All of these are situated in and around the Plaza de la Constitución, the massive main square also known as the Zócalo. 

Africa City Views: Dar es Salaam In Tanzania (4K)

Dar es Salaam, a major city and commercial port on Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coast, grew from a fishing village. The open-air Village Museum has re-created the traditional homes of local and other Tanzanian tribes and hosts tribal dancing. It’s part of the National Museum, which offers Tanzanian history exhibits, including the fossils of human ancestors found by anthropologist Louis Leakey.

Aerial Views: Landscapes And Cities Of Spain (4K)

Spain, a country on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, includes 17 autonomous regions with diverse geography and cultures. Capital city Madrid is home to the Royal Palace and Prado museum, housing works by European masters. Segovia has a medieval castle (the Alcázar) and an intact Roman aqueduct. Catalonia’s capital, Barcelona, is defined by Antoni Gaudí’s whimsical modernist landmarks like the Sagrada Família church.

Paris Walks: Right Bank Of Seine To The Louvre (4K)

The Port du Louvre is a walkway running along the River Seine (on the “right bank”) immediately to the south of the Louvre in Paris, France. It is parallel to and lower than the larger Voie Georges Pompidou road between it and the Louvre.

Walking Tours: Liverpool In Northwest England

Liverpool is a maritime city in northwest England, where the River Mersey meets the Irish Sea. A key trade and migration port from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, it’s also, famously, the hometown of The Beatles. Ferries cruise the waterfront, where the iconic mercantile buildings known as the “Three Graces” – Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building – stand on the Pier Head.

Timeline: 00:00 Albert Dock 08:08 Salthouse Dock 09:35 The Dock Traffic Office and Pump House 11:14 Salthouse Quay 13:00 The Liverpool Waterfront UK and Strand street 19:24 River Mersey Embankment and Canada Boulevard 20:47 The Beatles Pier Head 23:38 Ice Rink and Christmas Market 26:22 Liverpool Canal Link 27:37 Water street 32:30 Liverpool Town Hall 33:20 Castle street 35:00 Brunswick street 37:25 The Strand 41:20 Albert Dock 44:28 Liverpool One Water Fountain on Thomas Steers Way 46:20 Liverpool ONE 48:41 Christmas Tree on Paradise street 49:25 Paradise street 57:36 Church street 58:51 Church Alley 01:03:09 Bold street 01:08:00 Church street 01:09:22 Basnett street 01:10:34 Williamson Square and Christmas Tree 01:12:25 Liverpool Playhouse Theatre and Radio City Tower 01:14:26 Houghton street 01:17:13 Liverpool Register Office 01:18:23 St John’s Gardens and William Brown street 01:19:10 Liverpool Christmas Market 01:23:43 Wellington Column and Walker Art Gallery 01:27:00 Liverpool Cenotaph and Wheel Of Liverpool

Walking Tour: Christmas Lights In Tokyo, Japan (4K)

Tokyo, Japan’s busy capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers to historic temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding woods. The Imperial Palace sits amid large public gardens. The city’s many museums offer exhibits ranging from classical art (in the Tokyo National Museum) to a reconstructed kabuki theater (in the Edo-Tokyo Museum). 

Date taken: December 20-22, 2021

Timeline:

0:00 Shinjuku Southern Terrace 新宿サザンテラス https://bit.ly/3pgZosE4:27 Tokyo Station 東京駅 https://bit.ly/3EnNod36:37 WHITE KITTE KITTE丸の内 https://bit.ly/32ozdHP7:11 Marunouchi Naka-dori 丸の内仲通り https://bit.ly/32moVYG9:58 Tokyo Midtown Hibiya 東京ミッドタウン日比谷 https://bit.ly/32sp7pe13:03 Omotesando 表参道 https://bit.ly/3mrwqEO15:23 Odaiba お台場 https://bit.ly/3ehJ3O217:44 Roppongi Hills 六本木ヒルズ https://bit.ly/3pkPypT20:34 Roppongi keyakizaka 六本木けやき坂通り https://bit.ly/3qnYjyO22:53 Tokyo Midtown 東京ミッドタウン https://bit.ly/3FmtTmz26:16 Ebisu Garden Place 恵比寿ガーデンプレイス https://bit.ly/3eka7fu27:21 Tokyo Skytree 東京スカイツリー https://bit.ly/3Jb9Gm729:52 Oi Racecourse 大井競馬場 https://bit.ly/3mtbFZ832:36 Ginza 銀座 https://bit.ly/3ssJcqo38:18 Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho 東京ガーデンテラス紀尾井町 https://bit.ly/3srHC8g