Audio Guide Category: walk

Bishy Road in York: a shopping street in time

Our walk today is just a short stroll, around 200 yards along the northern end of Bishopthorpe Road, as it approaches the city walls.  Bishy Road, as it’s known, appears to be an unremarkable cluster of around thirty small shops. But the stre…

The changing face of York

This walk (around five kilometres/three miles) will take approximately 90 minutes, or a further 40 minutes if you choose to do the full racecourse circuit. It explores the southern stretch of the River Ouse in York. The commentary considers the impact o…

Out of the Blocks: 200 W Saratoga Street

What if you could meet everyone on an entire Baltimore city block, in less than an hour? Radio producer Aaron Henkin and music producer Wendel Patrick are sharing the stories of Baltimore in a way that’s never been heard before, and this is your i…

Visit the Basilica of Fourviere

From the earliest Antiquity, the hill of Fourvière – the praying hill – is the centre of the spiritual and cultural life in Lyons. It is in Fourvière that the early Christians expressed their faith – Saint Pothin was martyred there –, placing …

Preton Market- history and significance

A tour of the Preston Market, Preston Victoria. Focusing on the history of the site, cultural and community significance and architectural features of the physical site. 

La Trobe University Architecture, Sculpture and Heritage Walk

Hello and welcome to the La Trobe University Architecture, Sculpture and Heritage Walk. This walk will introduce you to some key sites, art installations and sculptures present at La Trobe University today. The buildings and sculptures you are about to …

A Walking Guide to Soho, NYC

Like a lot of NYC nabes, Soho has been a constantly changing enclave: Once upon a time it was one of New York’s grittier, more underdeveloped nabes, then did a 180 and became the go-to spot for the Beautiful People (and those who wanted to ogle th…

Trekking in Marciano

Exiting from the Sentiero della Bonifica del Canale Maestro della Chiana onto the provincial road (direction Arezzo) as you approach the Marciano rest area by the Cesa bridge, you will find yourselves at the very centre of the Valdichiana and its extrao…

Narcis oller literary route

We know Narcís Oller by the nickname “father of the modern Catalan novel.” Because he was the one who laid the foundations for a literary genre in Catalan that gained European prestige at the end of the 20th century. Oller was born in…

Żabbar cultural and historical places tour

This is a walking tour around the cultural and historical places in Żabbar area, many of them are in walking distance from each other. However, there is no order on how to follow this tour. The idea behind this tour was that we often pass through our v…

Monte Tamaro, Switzerland

Monte Tamaro offers alpine emotions within a stone’s throw of the cities. It is a mountain situated in the triangle between Lugano – Bellinzona – Locarno and one of the most popular destinations in the region thanks to its of…

Botanical Route

A suggestive walk through the parks and garden areas of the city of Fundão where you can discover for yourself the city’s vegetal heritage and even make a herbarium with the little ones.

MOK NDSM Collection

Welcome to the Museum of Unintentional Art (MOK). The museum with the biggest exhibition area in the world: the public space. At the MOK we don’t put the artist on a pedestal, but rather the visitor and his imagination. We do not place art works i…

Walk along Gorky street (part 1)

Gorky Street is located in the city center, it runs along the city pond on the left bank of the Iset River. The length of the street is about two kilometers. It starts practically from the cinema-concert theater “Kosmos” and ends in front of…

Monumental Route of Valls

A tourist highway through Valls where you can enjoy all the monumental and cultural buildings and sites that characterize the city of Valls. 

A Royal View on Leeuwarden

Welcome to the Royal View of  Leeuwarden tour! This tour has been developed by students at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences who are doing a minor in Heritage Experience Management, and this is the final project of our programme. We would …

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