About belokal 🫏
Your go-to travel buddy
The App 📱
Not your typical travel app.
Belokal is where the real travel tips live. No more scrolling through thousands of 4.2-star reviews to find a halfway-decent café. No more eating at that one restaurant every tourist blog says is "a hidden gem" (spoiler: it's not). Instead, meet lokals - real people who know their cities inside out. Think: your cool cousin who's lived in Barcelona for 5 years and knows the exact bar to hit at sunset and all the vibe-check-passed places tourists usually miss.
Create your own guide, or browse ones made by people who actually get it. Fancy cocktails in Tokyo? Vegan eats in Athens? Berlin but bougie? We got you.
Less tourist trap. More "how did you even find this place?!"
Our Mission 🎯
We believe the best travel tips don't come from 10,000 reviews - they come from that one friend who just gets it. Belokal is built for explorers who want more than the checklist. We're here for the curious, the chaotic, the food-obsessed, the culture nerds, the party chasers, and the accidental adventurers. And we're here to make travel more fun, more real, and way more personal.
Whether you're looking to share your favorite hidden gems, document your adventures, or find inspiration for your next trip, BeLokal is your digital travel companion.
Cool Features ✨
🗺️ Guides
Craft custom travel guides full of your favorite spots—cafés, parks, bars, museums, you name it. Go broad 'Paris for First-Timers' or super niche 'Tokyo's Best Jazz Cafés After Midnight'.
📔 Journals
Answer prompts. Upload pics. Remember the chaotic, cute, unforgettable bits of every trip in a way that's actually fun - not like homework.
📍 Beens
What a satisfying way to visualize your adventures! It's not just about bragging rights (but also, kind of). Watch your map grow as you explore more of the world - one unforgettable moment at a time.
🔥 Hot Takes
Add personality to your travels with ultimate one-liners. These ready-made sentences complement your Beens, adding exclusive pieces of information about your trips.
🌍 Fun Maps
Because travel isn't just where you went - it's what happened there. Create cheeky maps like 'Countries I've cried in' or 'Nations Where I Fell in Love (for Like a Weekend)'
🥰 Connect
Follow friends (or strangers with good taste), like and comment on guides and journals, and build your travel circle. It's like if TripAdvisor and Tumblr had a Gen-Z baby - with taste.
Our Story 💡
Hey, we 're Giannis & Stefanos 👋
Every summer, Giannis would go to Tinos, a gorgeous island in Greece where his family's from. As it got more popular, friends kept asking for tips- where to eat, swim, drink, and chill like a local. So he made a cute PDF guide. Then the next year… he lost the source file. Tragic.
That small frustration turned into a big idea: why not build a space where anyone can share their local knowledge - easily, beautifully, and in a way that can keep up with new discoveries? Fast forward to August 2024. We soft-launched Belokal, and soon after, my good friend Stefanos jumped on board.
Now we're building this thing together—with big plans, bold ideas, and a ton of passion for helping people travel smarter, deeper, and weirder (in the best way).
‼️ Travel Better, Not Louder
Tourism changes places—and not always for the better.
From rising rents to overcrowded neighborhoods, overtourism can make life harder for the people who actually live there.
At Belokal, we believe in ethical travel: moving through the world with curiosity, respect, and a little self-awareness.
Follow lokal tips to support small businesses, explore beyond the obvious, and see places on their own terms—not just as backdrops for your content.
Be a guest, not a disruption.
Travel isn't just about where you go—it's about how you show up.
Join Us
We're still early. Which means you're not late. Join the Belokal community, make your first guide, or just lurk until you're inspired. Either way, welcome in. We saved you a seat at the hidden beach bar.
Start Your Journey