Audio tour · Italy
Rome
A self guided audio tour of Rome.
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The app is on the App Store
A self guided audio tour of Rome.
Rome asks you to walk without a plan. The ancient and the everyday sit so close together that rounding a corner can feel like stepping through time, a ruin framing a cafe, a fountain tucked into a neighbourhood square as if it has always just been there. The city is generous to anyone willing to get a little lost.
In the app, 100 stops in Rome 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 right in front of the largest ancient amphitheater ever built."
"You are standing in a place that has seen massive shifts in power and belief."
"You are standing in front of one of the most architecturally influential buildings in the world."
"You are standing before one of the largest churches in the world."
"You are looking at a marble sculpture by Michelangelo, completed between 1498 and 1499."
"You might look at this magnificent fountain and think its story started in the 1700s."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A short loop through the ancient arena district taking in the Arch of Constantine, Palatine Hill and the golden house Nero built for himself
A compact wander through the smallest sovereign state on earth, from the underground necropolis to the Sistine ceiling
The grandest square mile in Rome, weaving from the ancient temple of all gods through candlelit Baroque churches to the oval piazza Bernini shaped
From the famous coin tossing fountain down the old merchants street, past imperial columns and palazzo courtyards, to the Spanish Steps at the top of the hill
A river bend walk from the fortress mausoleum that popes once used as a refuge, across the cobblestoned medieval city, to the market square where Romans still shop every morning
A tight walk through the open air ruins where senators once argued, priests made offerings and victorious generals rode in triumph
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.