In 1705, a woman was locked in Visby's Gunpowder Tower and starved until she confessed to witchcraft. Hear more stories like this on Lars Engerengen's #visby#audiotour, while strolling down the same cobbled lanes that prisoners, merchants, and Danish invaders.
London's iconic red phone box was inspired by a man staring at a tomb. On this Westminster audio tour, created by
@qikipedia
and narrated by #stephenfry, you’ll hear the stranger truth behind the city’s landmarks. 🎧 📷 voicemap.me/frywest#LondonWalk#AudioTour
King Edward IV let his brother choose the method for his own execution at the Tower of London in 1478. Seven years later, the House of York was no more. This London audio tour traces the buildings, the decisions, and the people who didn't survive them.
🔗 voicemap.me/thecitytour
This VoiceMap tour traces 2,000 years of that layered history through the Vieux Lyon neighbourhood. You’ll see Roman aqueducts still standing in side streets, learn how a medieval plague reshaped the city's DNA, and take in the Renaissance quarter that survived all of it.
The world's oldest restaurant has a Guinness World Record in its window. It also counted the Spanish painter Goya among its dishwashers. @TapasNative's food tour takes you through Madrid’s old quarter, revealing stories worth sinking your teeth into.
🔗 voicemap.me/tapashistory
Every tour guide in Alicante takes New Year's Day off – except this one.
A 5-star App Store reviewer did this Alicante audio walk when nothing else was running, and was left with new discoveries about places they'd never noticed on previous visits to the city.
#AlicanteWalk
Dartmoor is home to more prehistoric remains than almost anywhere in England. The abbey at Buckfast, for example, was a ruin for over three hundred years until monks rebuilt it by hand. That's one stop on @peneleweytours' Dartmoor driving tour.
🔗 voicemap.me/dartmoor 🎧
How did a portrait of the "ugliest woman in history" end up inspiring one of John Tenniel's illustrations for Alice in Wonderland? @GreatArtExplain 's VoiceMap tour of the National Gallery gives you the background stories on the masterpieces
🔗 voicemap.me/artexplained
A skyscraper in London accidentally melted a car in 2014. That's the kind of London @qikipedia know about. On #StephenFry's Quite Interesting VoiceMap tour, you'll get the facts, oddities, and outright scandals that most visitors miss.
🔗 voicemap.me/frybankside
Rome’s Trevi Fountain has an urn on its right side that breaks the symmetry of the entire design. The architects put it there deliberately, as revenge. That's the kind of story Rome keeps hiding in plain sight, and the kind VoiceMap can't resist telling.
#RomeWalk#AudioTour
"If I was building this app, I would have done it this way." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
That's a five-star Google Play #review and, honestly, it says it all. GPS-triggered audio that knows exactly where you are, and content worth stopping for. Download the app via the link in our bio. 🎧
The city that built the Titanic and survived the Troubles has a side most visitors never find. On this audio tour, you'll hear the details that don't make the official plaques. Get the tour using the link below. 🎧
🔗 voicemap.me/belfastrise#BelfastWalk#AudioTour#Belfast
John Lennon arrived in Almería to film a movie in 1966. He left six weeks later with glasses, a beard, and the beginning of an idea called Imagine. This new audio tour traces the city’s layers from the Alcazaba fortress to the cathedral. 🔗 voicemap.me/almeria#AlmeriaWalk
Krakow has been telling the same dragon story for a thousand years. The bones hanging outside the cathedral are real – they just don't belong to a dragon. This Historic Krakow VoiceMap tour takes you beyond the best-known stories. 🔗voicemap.me/krakow#KrakowWalk#Krakow
"We split it into two weekends. We really looked forward to resuming the tour." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
That's the beauty of #AudioTours: you can stop when you want and resume when you’re ready, making a great tour last longer. Find a tour near you at voicemap.me/tours 🎧
#VoiceMap
Einstein lived in Princeton for the last 22 years of his life. His house is still there and most visitors walk straight past it. This #PrincetonTour moves through one of America's most storied campuses. Preview the tour using this link below: voicemap.me/princeton
Hong Kong has always known how to reinvent itself without hiding the past. This walk proves it. @splicestudios' audio tour reveals new layers, from the steel-and-glass towers of Central to incense-filled quiet in Man Mo Temple. 🔗 voicemap.me/hkcentral#HongKongWalk
Oxford Castle has been a prison, a royal fortress, and a hotel. This new VoiceMap tour takes you past the Oxford most visitors photograph from a distance, but never actually understand. Download the tour for your next Oxford getaway. 🔗voicemap.me/secretoxford#OxfordWalk#Oxford