Audio tour · United Kingdom
Edinburgh
A self guided audio tour of Edinburgh.
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A self guided audio tour of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh asks you to slow down and look twice. The Old Town climbs and tucks and narrows in ways that keep surprising you, and the New Town opens suddenly into wide Georgian calm before the castle pulls the eye back up to the ridge. There is a quality to walking this city on a grey afternoon, when the stone turns silver and the closes fill with quiet, that no other place quite matches.
In the app, 100 stops in Edinburgh are narrated aloud, about 2h 50m 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 100 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.
"You are standing in a place that has seen almost everything."
"You are standing at the end of the Royal Mile, right opposite Edinburgh Castle."
"You are standing right where centuries of Scottish history unfolded."
"When you stand here, you are looking at a structure that dominates the view of Princes Street."
"You are standing in a spot where two massive buildings stand side by side and that."
"You might not know it, but this zoo was the first place in the world to house and breed animals."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A short walk anchored at the mighty castle takes in Scotland's oldest Christian building and two beloved theatres tucked at the foot of the volcanic rock
From the royal residence at the foot of the Royal Mile the route climbs past the fossil shaped parliament building to the Greek monuments crowning Calton Hill
The heart of the medieval city stretches from the High Kirk past writers' hideaways, a Victorian dungeon and the old tollbooth church to the edge of the Cowgate
The soaring Gothic spire of the Scott Monument marks the start of a sweep through the wide Georgian streets, grand squares and world class galleries of the New Town
Edinburgh's most loyal dog stands guard over a compact walk through the old Greyfriars kirkyard, the national museum and the university's handsome stone squares
A longer westward sweep takes in the zoo on the hill, a medieval castle hidden in leafy grounds and two superb modern art galleries before reaching the rugby heartland of Murrayfield
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.