Audio tour · United Arab Emirates
Dubai
A self guided audio tour of Dubai.
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A self guided audio tour of Dubai.
This city built on a creek, not on oil. From a small 18th-century pearling settlement, Dubai transformed itself into a global trading powerhouse. Since 1901, it aggressively courted status as a free port, using that momentum to reshape its physical boundaries. Today, the city boasts a dense skyline defined by ambitious structures and over 300 kilometers of reclaimed coastline. It is a place where human ambition continually redraws the map.
In the app, 63 stops in Dubai are narrated aloud, about 1h 47m of listening across 8 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 54 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
The opening lines of a few narrations, straight from the tour.
"When you look up at this tower, you are seeing more than concrete and glass."
"You're walking past a structure that has seen some drama."
"When you look at this complex, you might not realize how much it has grown."
"You are standing in a place that is quite literally designed to be massive."
"Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai."
"Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A stroll through the heart of Downtown Dubai past the Burj Khalifa, the glittering Opera House and the vast Dubai Mall aquarium.
A walk among the bold towers of Dubai's financial spine from the futuristic Museum of the Future to the Emirates Towers and the World Trade Centre.
From the floral fantasia of the Miracle Garden into the warehouse galleries of Alserkal Avenue, Dubai's unlikely creative quarter.
A varied sweep from Oud Metha's churches and dolphinarium along both Creek bridges to the leafy expanse of Zabeel Park.
An urban circuit through Business Bay linking the soaring Index tower, the tropical Green Planet biodome and the grand Paramount Hotel.
A compact wander through the wind-tower quarter of Al Bastakiya past coffee and coin museums, the Grand Mosque and the historic Saeed Al Maktoum House.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.