Audio tour · Australia
Melbourne
A self guided audio tour of Melbourne.
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The app is on the App Store
A self guided audio tour of Melbourne.
Melbourne keeps its best things just off the main roads. The laneways fill with coffee and colour, the parks open wide and easy, and the bay sits at the edge of everything like a quiet reward for the walk. There is a certain unhurried confidence to this city, a sense that it knows what it is and does not need to announce it, and that quality makes it one of the most pleasant cities in the world to explore on foot.
In the app, 100 stops in Melbourne 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.
"The Photographers' Gallery and Workshop."
"You're standing here at a place that has been collecting art and telling stories since 1861."
"You're walking past the entrance and you might wonder about the zoo's long history."
"You're standing here looking at this supertall skyscraper, and you're probably wondering how."
"You're walking past a monument built to honor the men and women of Victoria who served in."
"You're standing in a massive space that covers 3.2 hectares."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A sweeping arc from the boutique galleries of South Yarra through the leafy shores of Albert Park Lake to the Shrine of Remembrance and the stadiums of the Yarra bend.
The richest kilometre of culture in the city, threading the National Gallery, Federation Square and a cluster of theatres and galleries that define Melbourne's creative heart.
From the beloved Melbourne Zoo through Parkville's leafy streets and past the community ovals and university museums that give Carlton its neighbourhood character.
Melbourne's golden west end, where Crown's glittering facade meets the Rialto's heritage steel and a string of bold towers line the financial stretch of Collins Street.
Starting at the beloved Queen Victoria Market and weaving past soaring residential towers and two of the city's oldest churches into the quieter streets of West Melbourne.
A short but dazzling loop from St Patrick's Cathedral through the grand theatres and spires of Spring Street, finishing at the quiet gentlemen's retreats of the Melbourne Club.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.