Can I use the photos?

51,500 attractions carry a Wikimedia Commons photo URL. Commons images carry their own licences, so check the licence on the Commons page before commercial use. The attraction data itself is CC0.

What else does a record carry?

Name, description, category, country and coordinates, the Wikipedia link, the UNESCO World Heritage flag for 516 sites, and annual visitor counts where Wikidata records them.

Can I search near a point?

Yes. The nearby endpoint returns attractions within a radius of a coordinate, sorted by distance, with optional category filters.

Rebuilt from Wikidata regularly, so new articles and corrections flow through.

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Attractions API

63,938 tourist attractions worldwide with coordinates, Wikipedia articles and 51,500 Commons photos, CC0

Tourist attractions worldwide with licensing you can build on: 63,938 places across 13 curated categories — museums, castles, palaces, monuments, cathedrals, zoos, aquariums, amusement parks, botanical gardens, national parks, archaeological sites, lighthouses and observation towers — every one with an English Wikipedia article AND coordinates, from Wikidata (CC0). 51,500 come with a Wikimedia Commons photo URL ready for your cards; 516 carry the UNESCO World Heritage flag; annual visitor counts appear where recorded (the Louvre: 2.8 million). The nearby endpoint is a one-call itinerary builder — 5 km around central Paris returns Notre-Dame at 0.4 km, the Louvre at 1.3 and the Eiffel Tower at 4.2, famous-first. Search is token full-text ("statue of liberty" just works) with type, country, city and UNESCO filters: 550 German castles led by Hohenschwangau, 69 US national parks led by Yellowstone and Yosemite. Built for travel and itinerary apps, hotel and tour products, city guides, mapping and games. CC0 source data, self-hosted — no third-party calls at request time.

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response.json

{
  "ok": true,
  "attraction": {
    "qid": "Q19675",
    "name": "Louvre Museum",
    "description": "art and archeology museum in Paris, France",
    "type": "museum",
    "city": "Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois",
    "country": "France",
    "latitude": 48.86111,
    "longitude": 2.33583,
    "unesco_world_heritage": false,
    "visitors_per_year": 2825000,
    "opened_year": 1793,
    "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cour%20Napol%C3%A9on%20at%20night%20-%20Louvre.jpg?width=640",
    "website": "https://www.louvre.fr/zh-hans",
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre",
    "notability_rank": 169
  }
}

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Use cases for Attractions API

Show museums, castles, parks and monuments near a traveller with photos and distances.
Build itinerary and city-guide content from attractions with articles and visitor counts.
Filter by category or UNESCO World Heritage status for themed travel products.
Seed recommendations and test data with the random endpoint.

Attractions API endpoints

Every endpoint with its parameters and a real example response.

OpenAPI definition Postman workspace

GETAttractions Near A Point
GETData Sources
GETGet Attraction
GETRandom Attraction
GETSearch Attractions

GETAttractions Near A Point

https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions/nearby

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
lat	48.8566	Required
limit	25	Optional
lon	2.3522	Required
radius	5	Optional
type	museum	Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions/nearby?lat=48.8566&limit=25&lon=2.3522&radius=5&type=museum" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "lat": 48.8566,
  "lon": 2.3522,
  "radius_km": 5,
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q19675",
      "name": "Louvre Museum",
      "description": "art and archeology museum in Paris, France",
      "type": "museum",
      "city": "Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois",
      "country": "France",
      "latitude": 48.86111,
      "longitude": 2.33583,
      "unesco_world_heritage": false,
      "visitors_per_year": 2825000,
      "opened_year": 1793,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cour%20Napol%C3%A9on%20at%20night%20-%20Louvre.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "https://www.louvre.fr/zh-hans",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre",
      "notability_rank": 169,
      "distance_km": 1.3
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q23402",
      "name": "Musée d'Orsay",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "lat": 48.8566,
  "lon": 2.3522,
  "radius_km": 5,
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q19675",
      "name": "Louvre Museum",
      "description": "art and archeology museum in Paris, France",
      "type": "museum",
      "city": "Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois",
      "country": "France",
      "latitude": 48.86111,
      "longitude": 2.33583,
      "unesco_world_heritage": false,
      "visitors_per_year": 2825000,
      "opened_year": 1793,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cour%20Napol%C3%A9on%20at%20night%20-%20Louvre.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "https://www.louvre.fr/zh-hans",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre",
      "notability_rank": 169,
      "distance_km": 1.3
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q23402",
      "name": "Musée d'Orsay",
      "description": "art museum in Paris, France",
      "type": "museum",
      "city": "7th arrondissement of Paris",
      "country": "France",
      "latitude": 48.85997,
      "longitude": 2.32653,
      "unesco_world_heritage": false,
      "visitors_per_year": 1044365,
      "opened_year": 1986,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gare%20d%27Orsay%20%2849570190081%29.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "https://www.musee-orsay.fr",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_d'Orsay",
      "notability_rank": 122,
      "distance_km": 1.9
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q178065",
      "name": "Centre Georges Pompidou",
      "description": "national cultural center of contemporary art in Paris, France",
      "type": "museum",
      "city": "Quartier Saint-Merri",
      "country": "France",
      "latitude": 48.86064,
      "longitude": 2.35224,
      "unesco_world_heritage": false,
      "visitors_per_year": 3273867,
      "opened_year": 1977,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paris%20Montmartre%20Blick%20aufs%20Centre%20Georges-Pompidou.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Pompidou",
      "notability_rank": 63,
      "distance_km": 0.4
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q1538826",
      "name": "Musée des Arts et Métiers",
      "description": "science and technology museum located in Paris, France",
      "type": "museum",
      "city": "3rd arrondissement of Paris",
      "country": "France",
      "latitude": 48.86611,
      "longitude": 2.35528,
      "unesco_world_heritage": false,
      "visitors_per_year": 367902,
      "opened_year": 1794,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mus%C3%A9e%20des%20Arts%20et%20M%C3%A9tiers%20337.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "https://www.arts-et-metiers.net",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_des_Arts_et_M%C3%A9tiers",
      "notability_rank": 53,
      "distance_km": 1.1
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q820892",
      "name": "Petit Palais",
      "description": "building housing the Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris",
      "type": "museum",
      "city": "8th arrondissement of Paris",
      "country": "France",
      "latitude": 48.86603,
      "longitude": 2.31456,
      "unesco_world_heritage": false,
      "visitors_per_year": 1000000,
      "opened_year": 1902,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Petit%20Palais%20Paris%202.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit_Palais",
      "notability_rank": 47,
      "distance_km": 2.9
    }
  ]
}

GETData Sources

https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/sources

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl "https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/sources" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "attribution": "Data from Wikidata (CC0); images via Wikimedia Commons (licences vary per file — see the Commons page)",
  "count": 1,
  "sources": [
    {
      "slug": "wikidata-attractions",
      "name": "Wikidata tourist attractions (13 classes, enwiki+coords)",
      "publisher": "Wikidata contributors",
      "licence": "CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)",
      "source_url": "https://www.wikidata.org/",
      "file_url": "https://query.wikidata.org/sparql",
      "cadence": "periodic full re-harvest",
      "record_count": 63938,
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-06"
    }
  ]
}

GETGet Attraction

https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions/{qid}

Path parameters

Parameter	Example
qid	Q19675	Required

Example request

curl "https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions/Q19675" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "attraction": {
    "qid": "Q19675",
    "name": "Louvre Museum",
    "description": "art and archeology museum in Paris, France",
    "type": "museum",
    "city": "Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois",
    "country": "France",
    "latitude": 48.86111,
    "longitude": 2.33583,
    "unesco_world_heritage": false,
    "visitors_per_year": 2825000,
    "opened_year": 1793,
    "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cour%20Napol%C3%A9on%20at%20night%20-%20Louvre.jpg?width=640",
    "website": "https://www.louvre.fr/zh-hans",
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre",
    "notability_rank": 169
  }
}

GETRandom Attraction

https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions/random

This endpoint takes no parameters.

Example request

curl "https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions/random" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "attraction": {
    "qid": "Q1323932",
    "name": "Istana Nurul Iman",
    "description": "palace of Sultan of Brunei",
    "type": "palace",
    "city": "Bandar Seri Begawan",
    "country": "Brunei",
    "latitude": 4.87203,
    "longitude": 114.92076,
    "unesco_world_heritage": false,
    "visitors_per_year": null,
    "opened_year": 1984,
    "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istana-nurul-iman.jpg?width=640",
    "website": "http://www.istananuruliman.org/",
    "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istana_Nurul_Iman",
    "notability_rank": 27
  }
}

GETSearch Attractions

https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions

Query parameters

Parameter	Example
city		Optional
country		Optional
limit	20	Optional
page	1	Optional
q	statue of liberty	Optional
type		Optional
unesco		Optional

Example request

curl "https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions?limit=20&page=1&q=statue%20of%20liberty" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Example response

{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 6,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q9202",
      "name": "Statue of Liberty",
      "description": "monument in New York",
      "type": "monument",
      "city": "New York City",
      "country": "United States",
      "latitude": 40.68921,
      "longitude": -74.04443,
      "unesco_world_heritage": true,
      "visitors_per_year": 3722029,
      "opened_year": 1886,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue%20of%20Liberty%20and%20a%20sightseeing%20boat%2C%20Liberty%20Island%2C%20New%20York.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "http://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty",
      "notability_rank": 157
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q359939",
      "name": "Statue of Liberty National Monument",
      "description": "United States national monument",
…

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{
  "ok": true,
  "total": 6,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "count": 3,
  "results": [
    {
      "qid": "Q9202",
      "name": "Statue of Liberty",
      "description": "monument in New York",
      "type": "monument",
      "city": "New York City",
      "country": "United States",
      "latitude": 40.68921,
      "longitude": -74.04443,
      "unesco_world_heritage": true,
      "visitors_per_year": 3722029,
      "opened_year": 1886,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statue%20of%20Liberty%20and%20a%20sightseeing%20boat%2C%20Liberty%20Island%2C%20New%20York.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "http://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty",
      "notability_rank": 157
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q359939",
      "name": "Statue of Liberty National Monument",
      "description": "United States national monument",
      "type": "monument",
      "city": "Jersey City",
      "country": "United States",
      "latitude": 40.6942,
      "longitude": -74.0431,
      "unesco_world_heritage": false,
      "visitors_per_year": 5509706,
      "opened_year": 1924,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Liberty%20and%20Ellis%20Island.jpg?width=640",
      "website": "https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm",
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty_National_Monument",
      "notability_rank": 10
    },
    {
      "qid": "Q17478710",
      "name": "Finnish Statue of Liberty",
      "description": "bronze sculpture",
      "type": "monument",
      "city": "Vaasa",
      "country": "Finland",
      "latitude": 63.09617,
      "longitude": 21.61556,
      "unesco_world_heritage": false,
      "visitors_per_year": null,
      "opened_year": null,
      "image_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Finlands%20frihetsstaty.jpg?width=640",
      "website": null,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty_(Finland)",
      "notability_rank": 6
    }
  ]
}

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Source: Wikidata (CC0) with Wikimedia Commons photo references.
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import axios from 'axios';

const { data } = await axios.get(
  'https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions/nearby',
  { headers: { 'X-Api-Key': process.env.API_KEY } }
);

Attractions API · X-Api-Key

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Browse request parameters and inspect live example responses.

Available Endpoints

Request Parameters

API URL

Headers

X-Api-Key

Query Parameters

lat(Required)

limit(Optional)

lon(Required)

radius(Optional)

type(Optional)

Target:

Client:

import axios from 'axios';

const url = 'https://api-attractions.dataandapis.com/v1/attractions/nearby';
const { data } = await axios.get(url, {
  headers: { 'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY' }
});