Take a virtual trip!

See the sights

You can use Google Earth to take a virtual holiday to an exotic location and be back in time for dinner.

You can check out places you've always wanted to visit, plan for a big trip, or perhaps re-live your adventures and see how things have changed.

Next stop, Paris

With Google Earth, Paris is just a search away. You can check out the entire city or jump straight to your favourite tourist attraction, from the Arc de Triomphe and the famous cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées to the impressive Eiffel Tower.

Admire the view

Visit the Eiffel Tower and you'll notice how impressive it looks in 3D. Rather than just relying on satellite and aerial images, Google Earth creates 3D models of many famous landmarks to help them look their best.

If you enabled Photos, you'll also see amazing tourist photos that people have taken of the tower, along with the view from the top.

Explore the surroundings

Look around the Eiffel Tower and you'll see plenty of fascinating Points of Interest (POIs) marked on the map.

As you move around the map, zoom in and out using the + and – buttons on the map controls to see more POIs come into view.

Take a boat ride

Street View isn't just for streets. Drag the human figure icon from the map controls onto the map, and you’ll see the blue Street View lines also run along the River Seine.

You can use the white arrows to change your position, and drag the map to rotate it so you can admire the view of the Eiffel Tower from the water.

Find out more

When you visit a landmark like the Eiffel Tower, you'll see an information card pop up at the top right to tell you more about it.

You can click the link to visit an informative Wikipedia page, plus you can use Save to project to make the landmark part of a collection you can share with friends.

Well done!

You’ve completed the Take a virtual trip! activity. You've learned that Google Earth is a great way to travel the world, letting you search for practically any point of interest, zoom in for a good look and then learn more about the surrounding attractions.

Next up, if you have registered and are logged into the Be Connected website, you’ll now be able to take a short quiz to finish the Google Earth – more than a map course.

If you’re not registered, you are now at the end of the course.