Audio Guide Category: walk

Along the River: Exploring Grand Rapids Michigan

Welcome to Grand Rapids, Michigan!  As a city of many names, Grand Rapids is most known for its beautiful location the banks of the Grand River, as well as its legacy as the second largest city in the state.  On our historic walking tour throu…

Skopje City Tour

Welcome to Skopje, the vibrant capital of the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia. This tour will take you through old pathways and stone bridges, as well as past historic sites and modern museums all nestled into this great city. Skopje has underg…

Lavaux vineyard

Make a wonderful tour through the vineyard; 1-2 hours duration, discover a cellar, taste some wines.

WalkInParadise

From 1 July to 31 August 2019, we take you to paradise… in the Riviera-Pays-d’Enhaut district! Here in Vevey, cradle of the Fête des Vignerons, we welcome you to A WALK IN PARADISE, a discovery trail game lasting about an hour and a h…

Urbirun Lausanne – Lake

Distance: 18.5km/11.5mi (*9.2km/5.7mi or 11.2km/6.9mi)Elevation: lowDirection: coutnerclockwiseParks/Pedestrian: 9.8km/6mi (ca 53%)Urban constraints: low Suggested start: for the long route or the west loop : Vidy /for the long route or the east loop : …

Famous tower clocks

Let’s have a look at the Lviv’s most ancient clocks, which remain till nowadays.

Memorials on the National Mall

Welcome to Washington! We hope you’re having a great time so far. This tour is created by Slate Magazine. Witold Rybczynsk, Slates architecture critic will take you on a tour of Memorials on the Mall in Washington DC. We will start at the Grant Me…

Explore Cape Town: a city walk

You have decided to visit a mother city of South Africa: Cape Town. A good decision! Cape Town has a lot of different historic attractions and sights to offer. A proud multicultural city with fascinating and heart-breaking stories to tell. With its beau…

Beverly Hills, California

So you want to see movie stars.  That’s sort of a given for anyone visiting Beverly Hills unless they are here on business, coming back to visit family or house hunting in a very pricey area.  Anyone who falls into the last category prob…

Romancing the Gibbet

PLEASE WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING and be especially mindful of traffic, obstacles etc! Wherever possible, just stick your mobile device in your pocket or hold it in your hand – when it vibrates you have 7 secs to put your headphones back on to…

Tsaritsyno. Vozdushny (Open-Air) Garden

Our journey starts at the Greenhouse Gates (Entrance Number 9) within the Tsaritsyno museum reserve – situated near the northern exit from Orekhovo metro station, and ends at the Greenhouse Bridge. From Entrance Number 9, head to the nearest Green…

Moscow. Sadovnichesky Island

Many people know the island near the Kremlin’s walls – but very few know that it has a name, “Gardener’s Island”. It’s because this was once the location of the Royal Gardens. These days there are plans to convert the…

Moscow. VDNkh

This excursion around the Exhibition of Economic Achievement, written by Sergey Nikitin, follows the classical route around the site of the Exhibition. We start at “VDNKh” metro station, and from there Sergey Nikitin leads us around all of t…

Moscow. Znamenka and Volkhonka

Znamenka – The Street Of The Holy Sign – is one of Moscow’s oldest streets, founded early in the Twelfth Century where the trade route from Nizhny Novgorod entered the medieval city. Churches and mansions from the seventeenth & eig…

Moscow. Arbat

Arbat is the street that never sleeps. The younger crowd hangs out here; tourists are haggling for souvenirs; and for young couples it’s Lover’s Lane. Hawkers drum-up passing trade, while pavement artists and caricaturists offer to capture t…

Tsaritsyno. Park

The park is open from 6 am to midnight daily. This excursion takes you through the park, stopping at the Milovida and Nerastankino pavilions, and other features of this park. During the tour, you will have the opportunity to learn more about Tsaritsyno&…

Maramures Village Museum

Maramures Village Museum was established as a reservation of peasant architectural monuments, a joint work of Mr. Francisc Nistor and current director of the institution Mr. Michael Bennett. Its structure creates the impression of a typical vi…

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