Audio Guide Category: walk

Thames River Heritage Park

Welcome to the Thames River Heritage Park – a new kind of state park. One without boundaries. The Thames River Heritage Park is a collection of almost 20 national and historic sites along the shores of the Thames River – linked by a water ta…

CT Blue Heritage Trail: Morton F. Plant’s Avery Point Estate

Morton F. Plant, a wealthy philanthropist, began construction on his Groton Estate at Avery Point in 1903.  Upon completion, his home and the surrounding buildings were often collectively referred to as, The Branford Estate, taking its name from th…

Welcome to Portland, Maine!

Welcome to the land of the yummiest lobsters on earth – Maine. The state of Maine has plenty of these crustaceans plucked from the cold waters of the gulf. Once its main city was Portland before it was transferred to Augusta in the 1830’s. M…

Wichita Flag Murals – Downtown Wichita, Kansas

Designed by local artist Cecil McAlister in a 1937 city flag design contest, Wichita’s official city flag was adopted on Flag Day (June 14) that same year. Red and white rays symbolize the path of freedom to come and go as one pleases. The blue di…

Fawkner Memorial Park – Garden of multicultural paradise

The dark history that many of you may be looking for in this cemetery tour, that of infamous and notable occupants is certainly present here at Fawkner cemetery – and as we proceed through our sites today you will come into contact with a few insp…

Visit Guerande and its surrondings with Tim Richards

Guerande is a historic walled town in southern Brittany with lots of fascinating things to see in the town and with old Roman salt pans, still in use, and a brilliant, natural, marshy region close to town.When GPS tour is ended, please, look at the list…

Zipaquirá (town)

Zipaquirá is a central city of Colombia, northeast of Bogotá. It is known for the underground Salt Cathedral, a church in a vast salt mine that has the Stations of the Cross carved into the rock salt. Just outside there is a monument to th…

Vladimir. Walking from Railway Station

In less than three hours the train will take you to the ancient city of Vladimir, which was the capital of North-Eastern Russia. From here the capital was moved to Moscow. In Vladimir there was a unique shape of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. A walk …

Carcassonne

Carcassonne is an atypical city: between the medieval and the modern city we make a real temporal travel. Moreover, Carcassonne is one of the best tourist destination with these three million visitors by years. So, we will present 10 essential places of…

Tula. Walking from Railway Station

Tula is an ancient Russian city, located two hundred kilometers south of Moscow on the banks of the Upa river that is the right-bank tributary of the Oka river. It was first mentioned in the annals in 1146, so this is one of the oldest cities in Russia….

Lower Manhattan Landmarks

Hello and welcome to this walking tour of Lower Manhattan, presented by Insight Guides. My name is Ian and I’ll be your guide to this historic part of New York City. The walking time is around 2 hours, but you should allow plenty of time for browsing…

Leipzig Inner City Tour

Welcome to the famous city of Leipzig, the heart of German culture and spirit. This tour guides you to the city’s most famous attractions and narrates to you the history behind each place. The tour is on foot and consists of about fourteen attract…

MWXX Workshop: Timeless Downtown

On this walking tour of downtown LA, we’ll travel backwards and forwards through time to uncover layered histories and futuristic visions of the central core of a city that’s in a constant process of becoming. This subset of Timeless Downto…

Timeless Downtown

On this walking tour of downtown LA, we’ll travel backwards and forwards through time to uncover layered histories and futuristic visions of the central core of a city that’s in a constant process of becoming.

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