The Lost Tourist

Your pocket local

Beautifully curated, offline-first city guides. The places worth your time — not ten million listings. Meet Theo, your travelling guide.

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Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.

Hand-picked, offline, and in your language.

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Curated & Offline

~75 hand-picked places per city — works fully offline, so you’re never stranded without signal.

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Food & Drink

The markets, cafés, bars and tables locals actually love — not a directory of tourist traps.

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Accommodation

Curated places to stay for every budget — hand-picked hotels and stays, right inside each city guide.

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Audio Tours

Listen as you wander, narrated in your language.

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Near-You Alerts

A friendly nudge when you’re next to something special.

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Skip-the-Line Tickets

Book top attractions in a single tap, straight from the app.

Real Photos & Ratings

Genuine imagery, community ratings, and a quick phrasebook with pronunciation.

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Four Languages

Every guide in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.ENESFRPT

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City Pulse

What's buzzing in our cities right now.

RomePhoto spot

The keyhole trick on the Aventine

On a quiet street on the Aventine Hill, a plain green door has a keyhole that frames the dome of St Peter's perfectly, with a hedge-lined avenue leading the eye straight to it — three countries visible in one small circle. Bring a phone with a good zoom rather than a wide lens, hold it steady against the metal, and go early before a line forms outside the door for the same shot.

RomeSpotlight

Piazza del Quirinale, the quiet high ground

One of Rome's seven hills, and one of the least crowded of its major squares. The Dioscuri statues — Castor and Pollux with their horses — flank an obelisk that once stood at the Mausoleum of Augustus, and the balustrade at the far edge gives a rooftop view over the city toward St Peter's dome. It is a genuine public square, not a ticketed site, so there is nothing stopping you from just sitting on the steps for a while.

PortoCulture

Port is a drink here, not a souvenir

The lodges across the river in Gaia are built for visitors, and Porto's own habit is different: a chilled glass of white port, often topped with tonic and a slice of lemon, taken before dinner rather than after. Order a porto tónico at any café and nobody blinks. It is treated the way a spritz is elsewhere — light, social, something you sip slowly while deciding where to eat rather than a ceremony on its own.

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One app per city

Each city, its own beautiful guide. Rolling out across 2026.

Available now6

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Barcelona

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Lisbon

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Paris

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Los Angeles

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Miami

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New York

Launching soon3

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London

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Porto

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Rome

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Europe13
AthensIstanbulAlgarveAmsterdamBerlinCopenhagenHelsinkiMadridMilanOsloPragueReykjavikStockholm
North America2
San FranciscoToronto
Asia7
BangkokMumbaiOsakaSeoulShanghaiSingaporeTokyo
Middle East2
Abu DhabiDubai
South America5
Buenos AiresLimaRio de JaneiroSantiagoSão Paulo
Africa3
AngolaCape VerdeMozambique
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