Archives: Audio Guides

Old Palace Lane Walking Tour

Welcome to Old Palace Lane, one of the oldest streets in Richmond. Here we can see the major historical and social changes of the past six hundred years. The Lane was used from the 14th century as the tradesmen’s entrance to Richmond Palace. Goods…

Surbiton Stories

This walking tour is for a class on the Level 4 English Literature module ‘Reading London’, taught at Kingston University. On this tour we’ll be exploring the literary history of the self-styled ‘Queen of the Suburbs’ …

Merton in WW2: Merton and Morden

This walk has been produced by London Borough of Merton, Local Studies and Heritage Services.  At the start of the Second World War there were three Urban District Councils Merton and Morden, Mitcham  and Wimbledon that in 1965 would be joined…

VE Day Tour

Welcome to the Museum of Richmond’s special tour celebrating 75 years since VE Day when Nazi Germany’s surrender signalled that World War Two was coming to an end. My name is Esme Loukota and I am the Curator at the Museum. The Museum of Ric…

Exploring Houston’s Museum District

Welcome to Houston! You’re in Houston’s Museum District, a pedestrian-friendly area of Southwest Houston dedicated to the promotion of art, science, history, and culture. There are more than 20 museums, galleries, and other cultural centers,…

Houston: the Spirit of Texas

Hello, my name is Katherine and I’ll be your guide on this tour of Houston, where the spirit of old Texas lives side by side with the new. This is a driving tour, presented by Insight Guides, that will take about two and a half hour…

Go West: A Trip Through Downtown Houston

Welcome to downtown Houston, the heart of the 4th most populous city in the United States, a diverse and growing urban center for entrepreneurs in retail, industry, and entertainment. It’s prospered in many industries, among them shipping, space a…

Christmas tour (comes with a special gift)

Congratulations! And I am not only referring to the upcoming holidays, even though they are, of course, hard to forget. I congratulate you also on the fact that you have practically received your special gift that you would not otherwise receive under a…

Cotroceni Quarter

The tour through the Cotroceni Quarter includes stories about the inhabitants of the houses built in the middle of the interwar period, architectural accounts, stories about the mayors who influenced the development of the area and many memories of the …

Bucharest: Art Deco and the Central Boulevards

The Art Deco and the Central Boulevards itinerary follows the configuration of a new urban framework for a modern society of the 1920s-1940s. The 13 selected buildings make up a part of the most important examples of Art Deco architecture in Bucharest, …

The Bucharest of the mahalas

The tour “The Bucharest of the mahalas” goes along surprising and at the same time alarming landscapes from the center of the Capital, passing through the former mahalas (traditional city district mostly inhabited by craftsmen and tradesmen,…

Bucharest City Tour

Discover Bucharest’s attractions in one trip! * Buses operate only in the period June – October. Bucharest City Tour is the official sightseeing tour of the city. Open to all, this sightseeing service is designed so that you discover the cit…

Jewish Bucharest

The historic district proposed for exploration partially escaped the demolitions of the 80s. It offers an impressive scenery which merits to be explored, known, and preserved. However, it is situated in close proximity to Calea Călărașilor (the Căl�…

Bucharest – Free audio Tour

This tour starts from The Roman Square (look for the Metro Station) and takes you through the most iconic and interesting places in Bucharest, on Victory Road, going to the University Square and into the Old City Center. You will stop in the middle of t…

Cycling – Circuit 55 km: Bucharest -> Snagov (First Escape)

Cycling circuit from Bucharest (Baneasa) to Snagov, the path being opened by “First Escape”. Open / usable almost all year. Each year in May on this route is organized the largest and most important meeting and circuit from Romania. Snagov F…

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