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July 31, 2008
Guide to Audio Tours
With the proliferation of iPhones, smart phones, iPods, and portable MP3 players, audio tours have become an increasingly popular way to explore new places when traveling to tourist destinations. They’re cheaper, less obtrusive, and often better than taking a guided walking tour or bus tour of a city. We thought we’d put together a comprehensive resource of the audio tours available throughout the world (most of them we don’t have up on the site yet so we’re linking directly to them).
Best & Most Comprehensive Audio Tour Sites:
Over 100 Audio Guides from Tourcaster now featuring numerous Free City Guide Podcasts on iTunes
Over 400 Audio Guides from Heart Beat Guides With 25% of the Tours Available for Free
AudioGuide2go.com Search Portal to Audio Trails Guides and Tours on the Web
So here are all the walking tours we can find, starting with U.S. cities:
U.S. Cities:
Sounds for Sights Audio Tours for New York City covering Lower Manhattan, Rockefeller Center, South Street Seaport, and Times Square
CentralPark.com Audio Tours Podcast
Made in NY: Walking Tours of Film and Television Locations in New York Podcast on iTunes
Frommer’s Audio Tours on Audible.com (Scroll Down to Find These on the Page) Covering New York City & San Francisco and Frommer’s Day by Day Audio Walking Tours Podcast Including a Tour of Greenwich Village in New York City
Sidewalk Guides of Washington, D.C.
Downtown LA Walks Podcasts Covering Downtown LA in the areas of Arts and Culture, Shopping, Historic Downtown, and International Downtown
Scott’s L.A. Audio Driving Tours of Pasadena, Hollywood, and Los Angeles
Stroll San Francisco Audio Tours
CityStoryWalks of San Francisco
The Chicago Poetry Tour Podcast on iTunes
Mp3TravelGuides.com Featuring Tours of Portland and Seattle
Rocky Mountain Audio Guides Tour of Denver
Guided Tours from Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields Covering Antietam, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, New Market, Petersburg, Vicksburg, and Spotsylvania
Door Audio Tours Podcast on iTunes Covering Wisconsin’s Door County
Open Road Adventures Features Self-Guided Audio Driving Tours of Scenic Sites in Minnesota
DK Eyewitness Travel Podcasts Covering Miami’s South Beach, Orlando’s Disney World, and New York’s Greenwich Village
CityListen Audio Tours Includes Tours of New York, Chicago, and San Francisco
Cape Treks Cape Cod Audio Driving Tours
Untravel Media Boston Walking Tours
National Park Service Podcasts on iTunes including the Glacier National Park Podcast
Travel Audios U.S. National Park Audio Tours covering Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Glacier National Park in Montana, Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming
Waypoint Tours Includes Tours of Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Yosemite National Park, San Francisco, Grand Canyon National Park, and Sedona Arizona Red Rock Country
Walkabout Audio Tours Includes Tours of the Grand Canyon, Sedona Area, & Northern Arizona
Acoustiguide Free Audio Tours Covering Cities and Museums throughout the United States with numerous Acoustiguide Podcasts on iTunes
AudioSteps Walking Tours for the Digital Age – Includes Tours of New Orleans, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Francisco, & Washington, D.C.
European Cities:
Rick Steves’ Audio Tour Podcasts Include Free Tours of Paris, Britain, and Italy, and if you have an iPhone you may want to check out Rick Steves’ Audio Europe iPhone App
Soundmap London Audio Walks Includes Tours of Brixton, Camden, Brick Lane, King’s Road, Soho, a free Sweeney Todd Audio Tour
Travel London and Travel Paris by iMinds Audio Each Covering 6 London and Paris Destinations
City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome by William Murray Covering the Coloseum, Villa Borghese, the Piazza di Spagna, the Trevi Fountain, and the Capuchin Church of Santa Maria della Concezione
AudioExplore Walking Tours of Cities in Ireland Includes Tours Dublin & Cork
audiotravel Walking Tours of Cities in Germany Includes Tours of Cologne & Munich
iAudioguide European City Tours Includes Tours of Barcelona, Berlin, London, Paris, & Rome
DK Eyewitness Travel Podcasts Covering Paris River Walk, Art Nouveaux Prague, Amsterdam’s Dam Square, and Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica
StrollOn Audio Guides of European Cities Include Tours in London, Paris, Prague, Amsterdam, and Venice
MPTours Includes Tours of Rome & London
noambit.com Tours Featuring Tours of Florence, Prague, Lisbon, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial, the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, and the Euphrasian Basilica in Porec, Croatia
Helsinki, Finland Sightseeing Tram Audio Guide
Talk of the Town Audio Guides in Stockholm, Sweden
Walk & Talk Series by Gildan Media Includes Walk & Talk Paris, Walk & Talk Rome, Walk & Talk Venice, & Walk & Talk Florence
Footnotes Audio Walks in London
Free Audio London Walks Podcast by LondonWalks.org
Free Paris Audio Guide Podcast by CityZeum.com
Frommer’s Audio Tours on Audible.com (Scroll Down to Find These on the Page) Covering Paris, Rome, & London and Frommer’s Day by Day Audio Walking Tours Podcast Including a Tour of DaVinci’s Paris
MP3 City Guides Includes Tours of Amsterdam, Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Paris, Prague, Rome, Vienna, Venice, and York
AudioSteps Walking Tours for the Digital Age Includes Tours of Bath and Bristol, London, Granada, Florence, Rome, Berlin, Paris, & Prague
Play & Tour MP3 City Guides Includes Tours of Amsterdam, Atenas, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Istanbul, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Marrakech, Paris, Prague, Rome, Seville, Venice, & Venice
Walki Talki Audio Walking Tours Includes Tours of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Edinburgh, Geneva, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, and Venice with short, concise capsules about major European destinations on their Walki-talki Podcast
A History of Scotland Audio Walks Podcast covering Edinburgh, Finlaggan, Stirling, Dunfermline, and Kilmartin Glen
Podtours Includes Tours in Austria, Italy, France, England, Spain, Belgium, Germany and Austria
iJourneys Tours of the Wonders of Italy Includes Tours of Amsterdam, Rome, Barcelona, Florence, Paris, Pompeii, Salzburg, Venice, Vienna, and Innsbruck
Audio Guide of Historical Sites in Palma de Mallorca, Spain including the Palma de Mallorca Cathedral Audio Guide
Acoustiguide Free Audio Tours Covering Cities and Museums throughout Europe with numerous Acoustiguide Podcasts on iTunes
Jane’s Smart Art Guides Covering Art Destinations in Italy
PocketVox Audio Guides and Walking Tours Included Tours of numerous cities in Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, and more
Artineraries Includes Tours of Assisi, Edinburgh, London, Ostia, Padova, Paris, Rome, Torino, and the Vatican
CitiesInSound.com Includes Tours of London, Edinburgh, Rome, and Paris
Audio City Tours Includes Tours of London, Amsterdam, Salzburg, Paris, and Oxford
Sound Travel Walking Tours Includes Tours of Florence, London, Paris, Rome, and Venice
Walk Talk Tour Includes Tours of London, Edinburgh, York, and Manchester
Tourist Tracks MP3 Walking Tours Includes Tours of Bath, Brighton, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Ely, Glasgow, London, Manchester, and Oxford
ChooseMalta.com Valetta Walking Tour
ZeVisit Free Audioguided Tours Mostly in France
CitySpeaker Audio Guide Includes Tours of Rome, Paris and London
Other World Cities:
Hear Planet: Audio Guide to the World iPhone App
DayOut Audio Guides of New Zealand
Talk ‘N Tours Self Guided Audio Walking Tours Australia and New Zealand
Tours of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico from Tek Trek
MPTours Includes Three Tours of Buenos Aires
Walk The Talk Tours of Hong Kong and Macau
Colombia Audio Tours Includes Tours of Bogota, Cartagena, and Medellin
City Surf Toronto Walking Tours
Isla Mujeres, Mexico: Downtown Self-guided Audio Walking & Learning Tour
Content Creation’s Sounds & The City Audio Tours Includes Tours of Singapore, Mumbai, Beijing, Seoul, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Dubai
Acoustiguide Free Audio Tours Covering Cities and Museums throughout the World with numerous Acoustiguide Podcasts on iTunes
Sonusland Audio Tours Covering Tours of Puerto Varas, Chile and other Latin American destinations
Museums:
Acoustiguide Free Museum Tours Site and Acoustiguide Podcasts on iTunes Including the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), the Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth), The National Portrait Gallery (London), and numerous other museums around the World
Artineraries Includes Art Tours in Assisi, Edinburgh, London, Ostia, Padova, Paris, Rome, Torino, and the Vatican
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) on iTunes U
Museum Masterpieces: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Teaching Company DVD Course
Museum of Modern Art (New York) Mobile Audio via the Museum’s WiFi
Museum of Modern Art (New York) on iTunes U
Whitney (Museum of American Art, New York) Focus Video Podcast
American Museum of Natural History (New York) Podcast
National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) – Behind the Scenes Podcast
National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) Video Podcast
National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.) on iTunes U
Slate Audio Tours Podcast Covering Memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum Podcast, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History on iTunes U, and Smithsonian Podcasts on iTunes
The International Spy Museum (Washington, D.C.) SpyCast Podcast
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, D.C.) on iTunes U
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Exhibition Minutes Podcast and all Philadelphia Museum of Art Podcasts on iTunes
The Baltimore Museum of Art on iTunes U
Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, Michigan) on iTunes U
The Cleveland Museum of Art Podcast
Indianapolis Museum of Art on iTunes U
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) on iTunes U
MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) Audio and Podcasts
SFMOMA (San Francisco) Artcasts Podcast
Asian Art Museum (San Francisco) on iTunes U
The San Diego Museum of Art on iTunes U
Rick Steves’ France Audio Tours Podcast Includes Free Tours Versailles, Orsay Museum, and Louvre Museum
Museum Masterpieces: The Louvre Teaching Company DVD Course
Palace of Versailles (Versailles, France) on iTunes U
The Grand Tour – The National Gallery, London Podcast
The National Gallery, London Podcast
Museum Masterpieces: The National Gallery, London Teaching Company DVD Course
Tate Modern (London) on iTunes U
National Gallery of Victoria (Australia) on iTunes U
Let us know if we missed any at suggestions@learnoutloud.com!