Launching today
City Buddy
Discover everything from top attractions to hidden gems.
18 followers
Discover everything from top attractions to hidden gems.
18 followers
Instantly discover top attractions, hidden gems, ratings, and practical travel info for any city or country. No signup needed.
Synonymful
Hey Product Hunt! I built City Buddy with my husband.
We've been digital nomads since 2022 and have visited 45+ countries together. The idea came from a very specific moment, sitting on the bus from the airport, trying to figure out what's worth seeing, and drowning in Google Maps pins and SEO-stuffed blog posts.
So I built a tool that answers "what's here?" in under 2 minutes. Type a city, get the top attractions with real Google ratings, quick facts, and all the practical info (costs, safety, weather) on one page.
A few things I'm proud of:
- Fully server-side rendered, content works with JS disabled, Google indexes everything
- 31 languages, translations generated on-demand and cached
- No account needed, just search and go
- Free Nomad List alternative, we got tired of paying $100 for city comparison data that should be free
We make money through affiliate links (tours, tickets) when you actually visit a city, not by locking data behind a paywall.
Would love your feedback. What city should I try first? Drop it in the comments and I'll show you what comes up!
This is exactly what I needed last month in Lisbon, I spent way too long cross-referencing blog posts that all recommended the same tourist traps. Just tried it with Bangkok and I'm impressed how fast the results load. The safety and cost info on one page is a nice touch, usually I have to dig through 3-4 different sites for that. Bookmarked for my next trip. Curious what it pulls up for smaller cities.
Oh wow, the Nomad List alternative angle alone got my attention. I looked into it a while back but couldn't justify dropping that much on a one time purchase just to compare a few cities. Just tested your tool with Madrid and it's honestly more useful for quick trip planning than most paid tools I've tried. Love that it works without an account too, so tired of signing up for things just to browse. The Google ratings integration is smart because I always end up checking those anyway. Would be curious to see how it handles somewhere like Tbilisi since that's been blowing up in the nomad community lately.
I tried Santa Cruz. Searching for attractions seems to be going on forever.
Synonymful
@wei_yan4 Thanks for feedback! The site got a bit overwhelmed and we needed to increase the processing power, fixed!