OUR STORY
Recommendations you can trust, from people who actually know the city.
We believe the best trips come from local knowledge-not endless lists or paid placements. Like A Local Guide exists to help you choose well and plan with confidence.
Built by Like A Local Tours
Like A Local Guide is built by the team behind Like A Local Tours. We use the same local expertise from leading real experiences to curate hotels, attractions, tours, restaurants and sustainable finds-so you can plan with confidence.
For years, our guides have walked travelers through these cities in person-learning which corners are worth your time and which are just hype. The guide is editorial and independent: we recommend a place because we’d send a friend there, full stop.
Local-first
Every pick is filtered through real, on-the-ground knowledge of the neighborhood.
Genuinely loved
We only feature places we’d happily recommend to a friend-no pay-to-play listings.
Mindful of impact
We spotlight sustainable and social-impact options so good trips can do good, too.
From award-winning local tours to a global guide
Like A Local Guide is built by the team behind Like A Local Tours, the woman-owned New York food-tour company consistently ranked among the city’s top 10 and a repeat winner of the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. For years we’ve walked travellers through real neighbourhoods, championing independent small businesses and building social impact into every tour — last year alone directing more than $147,000 to local small businesses and nearly $30,000 to social-impact partners. This guide is that same philosophy, opened up to cities around the world.
What you’ll find here
Hand-picked, researched guides to a growing list of cities. For each one we gather the places locals actually love — the markets, restaurants, sights, bars and hidden corners — alongside practical, up-to-date advice on what to do, where to eat and where to stay. Every recommendation is real and researched. We don’t publish filler, and we don’t do pay-to-play listings.
Local, honest and free
Our promise is simple: real places, no hype. To keep the guide free to read, some links — hotels, tours and tickets — may earn us a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only ever recommend somewhere on its merit, never because someone paid to appear.