The ViaTravelers atlas · Neighborhoods
Get to know the neighborhood.
Find the atmosphere, everyday details, and local connections that help you choose a base and explore beyond it.
547 published guides and stories to explore
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Barrio de las Letras
A historic, literary, charming neighborhood ideal for history buffs, literary fans, tapas lovers.
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Vieux Lyon Lyon
Lyon’s Renaissance old town below Fourvière hill, a UNESCO World Heritage district known for its covered traboule passageways and the Gothic Saint-Jean Cathedral with its 14th-century astronomical clock.
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Historic Center of Lucca
Lucca’s walled old town in Tuscany sits inside intact Renaissance ramparts now ringed by a tree-lined promenade, centered on the oval Piazza dell’Anfiteatro and the oak-topped Guinigi Tower.
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Downtown Loveland Loveland
Downtown Loveland anchors Colorado’s “Sweetheart City,” a walkable district of galleries, shops and restaurants known for its public sculpture, Foundry Plaza and the annual Sculpture in the Park show.
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Echo Park Los Angeles
Echo Park sits just northwest of downtown Los Angeles around its 1860s lake, known for lotus blooms, swan pedal boats, skyline views and the Victorian homes of Angelino Heights.
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Echo Park
A artistic, lakeside, hipster neighborhood ideal for Artists, young professionals, nature lovers in city.
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Westminster
Westminster is central London’s seat of government, home to the Palace of Westminster and Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall and nearby Buckingham Palace.
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Southwark
Southwark lines the Thames’s south bank in central London, home to Borough Market, Shakespeare’s Globe, Tate Modern and The Shard, the city’s tallest building.
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Shoreditch London
Shoreditch is a creative hub in East London known for the dense street art around Brick Lane, vibrant nightlife, markets and a long-standing arts and tech scene.
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Shoreditch
A creative, hip, vibrant neighborhood ideal for street art lovers, foodies, fashionistas.
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Notting Hill
Notting Hill is an affluent West London district known for its pastel terraced houses, the Portobello Road antiques market and the Caribbean Notting Hill Carnival each August bank holiday.
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Kensington & Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea is London’s smallest borough, home to the South Kensington museums — the V&A, Natural History and Science museums — plus Kensington Palace and Chelsea’s King’s Road.
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Covent Garden
Covent Garden centers on a 17th-century piazza in London’s West End, known for its Apple Market stalls, auditioned street performers, the Royal Opera House and surrounding theatres.
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Kuta Lombok
Kuta is a laid-back beach town on southern Lombok and the hub of the Mandalika resort area, known for its surf breaks, white-sand beaches like Tanjung Aan and Merese Hill’s views.
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Amboise
Historic town on the Loire River, home to the royal Château d’Amboise and Clos Lucé — the manor where Leonardo da Vinci spent his final years until 1519.
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Old Town Ljubljana
Slovenia’s baroque historic core along the Ljubljanica River, rebuilt after the 1511 earthquake, with the Plečnik-designed Triple Bridge and Ljubljana Castle rising on the hill above.
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