Guides

Get to the heart of a destination with Guides by Lonely Planet! Packed with offline maps, audio phrasebooks, a currency converter and advice from on-the-ground experts, our free city guides are the ultimate resource for travelers before and during a trip.


EXPERT-CURATED CITY GUIDES
Our writers live and breathe each city they visit, reviewing every place that makes it into our carefully curated guides. Their essential tips and advice on where to stay, what to do and where to eat will help you discover amazing, off-the-beaten-track places.

TOP RECOMMENDATIONS
Overwhelmed by options for hotels, restaurants and things to do? Guides only surfaces the spots really worth seeing in a city, as chosen by our travel experts.

OFFLINE MAPS
No connection? No problem. Everything, including maps and phrasebooks, works 100% offline so you can avoid extra roaming charges abroad.

AUDIO PHRASEBOOKS
Talk to the locals with more than 10,000 phrases for 19 different languages, including Spanish, French, Japanese or Chinese. Finding the right thing to say has never been easier!

SIMPLE BOOKMARKING
Save and organize your favorite hotels, restaurants and things to do so you can visit (or revisit) your personal must-sees while on the road.

This version of Guides includes 100+ cities, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Paris, Rome, New York, Tokyo or Bangkok. New cities are constantly being added and you can vote for your favorite cities to be added in the app.

Lonely Planet is the world's leading travel content provider, supplying inspiring and trustworthy information for those planning a trip, on the road or browsing as an armchair traveler. We’ve spent the last 40 years traveling the world and crafting the most reliable travel guides, and we put all that knowledge into making the best free travel app.

We’re always working to improve this app and would love to hear your feedback. If you have any questions or ideas, please email us at appsupport@lonelyplanet.com

Happy travels!