Audio tour · Australia
Sydney
A self guided audio tour of Sydney.
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The app is on the App Store
A self guided audio tour of Sydney.
Sydney is a city in constant conversation with its harbour. You feel the water from almost everywhere, in the light off the bay, the ferries cutting across to the north shore, the long curve of the Opera House catching the sun. The walks here move between headlands and beaches, sandstone lanes and open sky, and the whole place has a ease to it that is very hard to leave.
In the app, 100 stops in Sydney 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 might be standing here, looking at the massive, curving roofs and thinking about this structure."
"You're standing in a place that literally means "beautiful view" in an Aboriginal language."
"Art Gallery of New South Wales."
"You might be thinking about how this tower became so massive."
"You are standing in a place that has seen some serious drama, both spiritual and architectural."
"You're standing here looking up at this massive tower."
Curated orders through the city. Or build your own and press Play All.
A short harbourfront loop past colonial stores, sandstone cottages and contemporary art with the Opera House sails as your opening act.
A ferry-assisted journey through the harbour taking in the zoo clifftops, a harbour fort, a naval chapel and the wild headland fortifications at Middle Head.
A stroll through the oldest colonial precinct linking the Art Gallery lawns, the Mint, Hyde Park Barracks and the grand institutions of Macquarie Street.
A compact loop through Sydney's golden mile past the Tower Eye, grand theatres, the old GPO and the ornate synagogue tucked between the skyscrapers.
A ridge-to-waterfront walk connecting the gleaming towers of Barangaroo with the hilltop Observatory and its sandstone park above the historic Rocks precinct.
A longer inner-west ramble connecting Leichhardt Oval and the Iron Cove Bridge with the historic churches and Victorian estates of Haberfield and Ashfield.
Every stop is narrated. Walk them in any order, or follow a route. Open a category to see what is inside.