Travobear
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Free on iPhone

Find places to go from people who’ve been.

One travel map with places, journals and journeys from real trips. See what’s around you — or around where you’re going — and save the ones you love.

Reviews tell you it exists. Not whether it’s worth it.

A thousand star ratings, and still no idea which café your friend actually loved.

  • Lists written for search engines, not travellers
  • No sense of how a place fits into a real day
  • Recommendations lost in old chats

How it works.

Search a place, a city, or just move the map.

  1. 1

    Look around

    Browse by Food, Stays, Cafés, Bars, Sights or Shopping — or tap Search here to see what’s on the map right now.

  2. 2

    Switch what you’re looking for

    Places, Journals, Journeys or People: see what others wrote and where they went.

  3. 3

    Follow a trip on the map

    Open a journal or a journey and its places and route appear on the map.

  4. 4

    Keep what you like

    Save places, journals and journeys to your collections, or add places straight to a journey.

Near you, or near where you’re going.

Filter to what’s nearby, or to the destinations of your upcoming journeys, and browse one category at a time.

Search in your own language.

Destinations understand the name however you write it.

  • Kyoto or 京都 — both find the same city
  • Small typos still find the right place
  • Results labelled in the language you use the app in

Questions.

Is it free?

Yes. Exploring the map, reading journals and saving places are free.

Where do the journals and journeys come from?

From Travobear travellers who chose to make them public.

Can I add a place I find to my trip?

Yes. Add it to a journey’s itinerary, or to its Places to go list to decide later.

Does it only show places near me?

No. Search anywhere, move the map, or filter to the destinations of your upcoming journeys.

Go where people loved going.

Free on iPhone. Android and web coming soon.

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