Find something amazing near you

We turn your free moment into a small adventure — hidden places, tiny events and real surprises, right where you are.

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Two friends laughing at a find on one phone in a sunny street

Never "what should we do?"

Open the app, get one good answer. No endless scrolling and comparing.

A woman walking out with a coffee, checking her phone, no plan needed

Zero planning

Tell us your time and mood. We do the picking — you do the discovering.

Someone walking through an old archway into a hidden rose courtyard

Always worth the walk

Every find is a real place, added and checked by real people.

Three ways to discover

One app, three kinds of adventure. Use whichever fits the day you are having.

One · Finds near you

A single good answer

Tell us how long you have. We send you to one real place a short walk away.

What you find →

Two · City quests

A trail through the streets

Follow clues from stop to stop and hear the story behind each one. Always free.

See city quests →

Three · Venue quests

Inside museums and parks

Places that built their own trail, so a visit turns into a hunt. Free when you go.

See venue quests →

Finds near you

Things waiting around you

Not the famous sights everyone already knows. The small things you walk past every day — until you really see them.

A hidden courtyard full of pink flowers behind an open iron gate — Hidden places

Corners most people miss.

A small street market with colourful stalls, flowers and live music — Small events

Something on tonight, close by.

Someone photographing a big colourful street mural — People's finds

Added by explorers like you.

A tiny wooden door at the base of a city wall, with warm light spilling out from under it — Little surprises

A reason to look closer.

So what does that look like?

Nothing famous. Just real places, the kind that never make it into a guide.

A vegetable garden with wooden planters on the roof of a car park, two people sitting and talking — A garden on top of a car park

Vegetables, flowers and two old chairs. Anyone can walk up. Almost nobody does.
7 min walk

A handmade wooden book-swap box on a post beside a leafy pavement, a woman looking through the books — A book box on a tree

Someone built it years ago. Take a book, leave a book, walk on.
4 min walk

A public staircase between two streets where every step is covered in colourful mosaic tiles — Stairs covered in mosaic

The people living here tiled every single step by hand. It took them years.
11 min walk

An old wooden jetty over a calm lake at the edge of town, with a towel and shoes left on the boards — An old jetty on the lake

Ten minutes past the last houses. Bring a towel and stay for the sunset.
15 min walk

A second-hand bookshop inside a small old chapel, tall shelves under a high ceiling and an arched window — A bookshop in an old chapel

Second-hand books, armchairs and light coming through the big window.
9 min walk

A small coffee counter with two stools inside an old glass greenhouse full of plants — Coffee inside a greenhouse

Two stools at the end of an old plant nursery. Warm, quiet, full of green.
6 min walk

Every city has its own version of these. We help you find yours.

Three steps, no planning

From "I have some free time" to a real discovery — here is what it looks like.

App screen: choose how much time you have and who is with you — 1 · Tell us your moment

How much time you have, and who is with you. That is all we need.

App screen: a walking route to a surprise find, revealed when you arrive — 2 · Follow the trail

Something real is waiting a short walk away. What it is stays a surprise until you arrive.

App screen: the guestbook of a secret rose garden, with notes left by other explorers — 3 · Unlock its story

Read notes from explorers before you — and leave your own.

Try it first — join free

Whenever your day has a gap

At home, on holiday, or somewhere brand new — there is always something close by.

Someone getting up from the sofa at home, sneakers ready by the front door

Bored at home

You know your street. You do not know what is two corners away.

A traveller with a backpack looking up at buildings on an old square

On a trip

See more than the same ten sights everyone photographs.

A man on a street corner in his new neighbourhood, checking his phone

New in town

Get to know your new city, one small find at a time.

Four friends walking a cobbled street together, one pointing ahead

Friends visiting

Show them something they will actually remember.

And it fits the time you have — you do not need a free weekend.

20 free minutes
A free evening
On your own
With someone

City quests

Free city quests, all over the world

A quest is a short route with clues. You follow them through the streets, work out where to go next, and hear the story behind each stop. No ticket, no guide, no booking.

Anywhere in the world — thousands of cities and towns, with new quests added all the time.
Alone or with a group — walk it on your own, or play it together as a team.
Clues, not directions — you find the next spot yourself. That is half the fun.
Always free — every city quest in the app costs nothing.

Four friends in a narrow old street laughing and pointing at a carved detail high on a wall while looking at a phone

20 to 60 minutes
On foot, at your own pace
Solo, date or group
Stop and continue later

A steep tiled alley in Alfama, Lisbon, with a woman looking closely at one tile in the wall — Lisbon

The Tiles That Talk

6 stops · 45 min · Free
More info

An Amsterdam canal at dusk with a lit bridge and gabled houses reflected in the water — Amsterdam

Seven Bridges After Dark

7 stops · 55 min · Free
More info

An old green door in an ochre wall on the Aventine hill in Rome at golden hour — Rome

The Keyhole on the Hill

5 stops · 40 min · Free
More info

See more quests

Venue quests

Quests inside museums, parks and zoos

Some places build their own quest in the app. Instead of reading every sign, you follow a trail, look for the answers yourself and find things you would have walked straight past. Free to play when you visit.

A mother and two children at a museum display case, one child holding a phone while the other points at the exhibit — Museums

A hunt through the rooms instead of a tour. Great with kids, and it keeps them looking.

A couple walking a garden path towards a big old glasshouse, one of them holding a phone — Parks and gardens

A route past the trees, corners and stories most visitors never notice.

A father and two children in an aquarium tunnel looking up at rays swimming overhead — Zoos and attractions

Small missions along the way, so the whole visit turns into one long game.

Do you run a museum, park or attraction?

Build your own quest in Discover Around and give every visitor something extra to do — and a reason to stay longer.

Bring a quest to your venue

For hotels, campsites and B&Bs

Your guests keep asking what there is to do around here

We make you a free discovery kit for your exact address: a poster for reception, cards for the rooms and a QR code for your welcome email. One scan turns their afternoon into a small adventure — not the ten sights they already found online, but the book box on the corner, the rooftop garden and the market that only happens tonight.

Made for your location — the finds, quests and walks around your street, not a generic city list.
Nothing to set up or maintain — you print it once. We keep what your guests see up to date.
No cost and no ads — your guests are never sold anything, and neither are you.
One less question at the desk — and guests who come back saying they found something lovely.

A guest at a small hotel reception scanning a printed card on the counter with their phone

QR code linking to DiscoverAround — The poster and room cards — with your name and your address on them

What your guest sees the second they scan it

Hotels
Campsites
Hostels
B&Bs
Holiday rentals

Want the kit for your place?

Tell us where you are and we send it over, ready to print. It takes one minute and costs nothing.

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Discover together

The best finds are even better shared. Meet other explorers on the way — or bring your own.

See who is exploring nearby — if you want to.
Join a small meetup — at a find, with no pressure.
Make real friends — over real discoveries.

Everyone can add something

Found a nice spot, a small event, or a beautiful detail? Share it in seconds. The next person gets to enjoy it too.

A photo and a short note — that is all it takes.
Places, events, details — anything worth a look.
Your name on the find — others can follow you.

An explorer sharing a discovery at a colourful mural wall

An open guestbook full of handwritten notes at a viewpoint over the city

Every place tells its story

When you discover a place, you don't just collect it. You unlock its guestbook — messages left behind by the explorers who were there before you.

Read the notes — see where people came from and what they left behind.
Leave something — a few words for the next person who finds it.
Watch history grow — a secret rose garden with greetings from twelve countries. Even the smallest find slowly builds its own story.

Collect what you discover

Every place you reach leaves you something

Find a castle, walk its quest, hear its story — and keep its token. Your collection slowly becomes a record of everywhere you have actually been.

A collector's tray of engraved brass medallions, each showing a different landmark, with empty spaces where more would go

Each place has its own token — a castle, a museum, a lighthouse, a hidden garden. You only get it by standing there.
Tokens belong to sets — castles, lighthouses, glasshouses, mountain huts. Four of twelve down, eight to go, and the badge behind the set opens up.
Sets pull you somewhere new — the last lighthouse in the set is two towns over, and suddenly you have a reason to go there.
Your shelf, not a scoreboard — no points, no ranking. Just the places you went and what they gave you.

Castles and fortresses

4 / 12

Eight more anywhere in the world and the Crown is yours.

Lighthouses

2 / 9

Coast to coast, on any sea, for Keeper of the Light.

Your own city

18 / 40

Halfway to Local Legend, the badge hardest to fake.

Pick it up. Pass it on.

Some finds hold a small token. Take it with you and leave it somewhere new — it keeps travelling from hand to hand.

1Find a token — someone left it at a place.
2Carry it with you — it joins your next find.
3Leave it somewhere new — for the next explorer.

A small glowing brass lantern — a travelling token

Questions, answered

Is it free?

Yes. Joining is free, and discovering stays free. Later we may add extras for people who want more, but the core is free for everyone.

How is this different from a map app?

A map shows you everything and lets you figure it out. We give you one good find that fits your moment — with a bit of surprise left in. Less searching, more discovering.

Do I have to meet people?

No. Most finds are perfect on your own or with your own company. Meeting other explorers is there if you want it — never a requirement.

Will it work in my city?

We launch city by city. Join the waitlist and you will be the first to know when your city opens — and the first inside when it does.

Your city is full of surprises. See them first.

Join the waitlist and be a founding explorer when DiscoverAround opens near you.

First access in your city
Founder badge on your finds
Free forever

No spam. One message when it is your turn.

Find something amazing near you

Never "what should we do?"

Zero planning

Always worth the walk

Three ways to discover

A single good answer

A trail through the streets

Inside museums and parks

Things waiting around you

Hidden places

Small events

People's finds

Little surprises

So what does that look like?

A garden on top of a car park

A book box on a tree

Stairs covered in mosaic

An old jetty on the lake

A bookshop in an old chapel

Coffee inside a greenhouse

Three steps, no planning

1 · Tell us your moment

2 · Follow the trail

3 · Unlock its story