Free city guides
The city,
well told.
Free walking tours to explore your way: read the story behind every corner, follow the route by GPS and listen to the narration if you fancy it. No schedules, no groups and nothing to pay.
- In-depth articles
- GPS-guided route
- Audio guide
Destinations
Where will you start?
Paris
Kings, revolutionaries and legends along the Seine.
Madrid
Palaces, conspiracies and legends that still roam its streets.
Barcelona
From Roman Barcino to Gaudí's towers, two thousand years in one walk.
London
Romans, monarchs, fires and ghosts in the city on the Thames.
Lisbon
Seven hills, one earthquake and legends that ride up and down on the tram.
Rome
Twenty-eight centuries of history, legends and fountains around every corner.
New York
From a Dutch fort to the skyscrapers: a city that reinvents itself on every corner.
Amsterdam
Canals, merchants and secrets hidden behind narrow façades.
Berlin
Empires, walls and ghosts in a city that never stops reinventing itself.
Tokyo
Shoguns, kappa and a faithful dog: the city that reinvented itself a thousand times.
Prague
Kings, alchemists and revolutions in the city of a hundred spires.
Istanbul
Three empires, two continents and a city that never stopped being a capital of the world.
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Dubai
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Mexico City
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Kyoto
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Bogotá
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Delhi
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Milan
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Cairo
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Osaka
Choose your angle
Three ways to read a city.
Every destination has the same three routes. Start with the one that grabs you most and save the others for tomorrow.
History
The events, people and decisions that built the city, told where they happened.
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Mysteries & legends
Dark tales, symbols and secrets in plain sight. Always separating myth from record.
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Essentials
The perfect first walk: the must-sees, with just enough context to miss nothing.
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More than an audio guide
A travel magazine you can walk through.
Every stop is a full article, with photos, context and an audio guide. The GPS leads you right to the door and lets you know when you’ve arrived.
- Follow the map
Your live position and the distance to the next stop.
- Check you’ve arrived
A photo and a few clues to recognise the exact spot.
- Read or listen
The full article or the audio guide, whichever you prefer.
Stone monsters, ironwork credited to the Devil and a carving some saw as the key to alchemy.
A different way to travel
We don’t follow umbrellas. We follow stories.
Genuinely free
No tip at the end, no sign-up and no small print. Open the route and off you go.
At your own pace
Start whenever you like, skip a stop or finish tomorrow. Nobody’s waiting for you.
Properly sourced
We tell you what’s documented and what’s oral tradition. Both are worth hearing; mixing them up isn’t.
Mysteries & legends · Paris
Alchemists, charnel houses and executioners: dark Paris
From Nicolas Flamel's house to the street of the murderous barber, along the line between record and legend.
- 6 stops
- 2 km
- 1 h 45 min
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