Audio Guide Category: walk

The Old Pueblo: Discovering Tucson’s Heritage

Welcome to Tucscon! Tucson is a fascinating mix of Native American cultural heritage, Spanish colonial and Mexican architecture, and the legacy of the Old West, when the town served as a post and railway station. The town itself was founded with the bui…

Old Town Tucson

Tucson as we know it was once just a Spanish fort: the Presidio San Agustin de Tucson. This fort was the center of town as Tucson grew from an embattled Spanish outpost to a Mexican territory, then a Confederate capital, and finally, the second-largest …

Yorkin’ Around

An interactive multimodal walking tour that features Accolade West building, Vari Hall and Ross Building, Atkinson college, and Victor Phillip Dahdaleh building. You will not only learn the layout of York University, but be fully submerged in its histor…

Y.O.R.K.: Your Orientation Round Keele Campus

This is an interactive walking tour and map that illustrates the key locations of York University’s Keele Campus today as well as demonstrates the history of the buildings. This map was created by senior York University students who are very famil…

The University City

The University City is a virtual tour of York University’s Keele Campus, which concerns itself with transportation to, and around, the university. In addition, the tour explores how the university’s growth has affected transportation to, and…

Regent Park: Heritage

Regent Park is a neighborhood of great historical significance in the City of Toronto. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods, having been established in the mid nineteenth century by Irish immigrants fleeing famine in Ireland. Throughout its history it …

Portuguese Toronto: Early Decades

This tour focuses on the history of the Portuguese community in Toronto since the first immigrants started settling in and around Kensington Market in the 1950s, and follows their westward movement along Dundas St. West into what was Little Portugal in …

Urbirun Hamburg – Highlights

Distance: 11.8km / 7.3mi (9.9km/6.15mi)Elevation: lowRotation: clockwiseParks/Pedestrian: 6.1km (ca 52%)Urban constraints: lowSuggested start: Jungfernstieg / as any urbirun route, you can start wherever you want. Watch for the route rotation direc…

Hamburg HafenCity

HafenCity or quite simply, (HarbourCity) – the largest city-centre development in Europe.The harbour nearby the old town and Europe’s third largest harbour are about to receive a makeover. A new treasure for Hamburg is developing right in front of t…

RenEU – Following Machiavelli’s footsteps

The itinerary we are about to follow traces events in the life of Machiavelli, touching on places in Florence that are in some way connected to important stages in the life of the Secretary. The places we will visit have enormous historical and artistic…

Walking with David

In Florence, there are numerous images dedicated to David, and Michelangelo’s work itself follows numerous other sculptures of the same subject. The statue met with immediate success, and was quickly considered an essential piece, for artistic, sy…

Discovering Medieval Florence – Part I: Exploring the Hillside

Skip the beaten path of Renaissance Florence! Forget about Dante, Petrarch, or Boccaccio! Let us discover medieval Florence instead. Let us go back and visit the city as it was in the thirteenth century. To this end, I have designed a two-part itinerary…

Florentia – Roman Florence

Welcome!This guide will accompany you on a journey into the past to discover the ancient magnificence of the Roman Florentia. The visit was carefully planned to allow you to retrace the principal phases of the discovery and the most important findings o…

Visit Florence with MP3 City Guides

Welcome to Florence.During our tour of the cradle of the Renaissance, we’ll start here at the impressive Duomo or cathedral, walk down one of the city’s most popular streets and look in on one of it’s most famous the squares, the Piazza della Repu…

Florence: the Renaissance capital of Italy

Welcome to Florence: the Renaissance capital of Italy, a multimedia tour that takes you through the streets of Florence and brings you to the city’s most famous museums. On the interactive map you will find all the sights and museums included in the t…

People’s Portland: Public Art & Fountains

People’s Portland is a leisurely walk from Portland State University, through the South Park Blocks, over to Pioneer Courthouse Square, and down to the waterfront. Along the way, we’ll stop at just a few of Portland’s some 40…

Keeping it Weird in the Pacific Northwest: Exploring Portland

Welcome to Portland where we love beer, locally sourced food and our hair dyed the colors of the rainbow. We count the PDX airport carpet among our local dignitaries, and our men wear tights. Portland’s official motto, Keep Portland Weird, might h…

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