Our Guides
Download a city guide of some of Europe's most beautiful cities onto your iPod, mp3 player or phone. As we guide you through the streets, along the route we've planned for you, our city guides will tell you what you're looking at and how to make the most of your city break.
Florence
We only had a long weekend to do the city and so your tour really helped us get our bearings. There's just so much to see there! I know we only scraped the surface but it worked really well for us.
Tanya Ellison - (27/08/06)
Venice
This was a great tour that took you everywhere you needed to go. Particularly liked the walk through of the mosaic frescoes on the front of the Basilica.
We had a great time in Venice, made all the more special by this evocative guide.
Like the speaker's voice too - one of the best I've listened to.
Andrea How - (19/02/06)
Lisbon
We start at the Alfama, the oldest part of Lisbon where The Castle is situated. Your guide to Lisbon will tell you how the Portuguese took the castle from the Moors and turned it into a royal palace for over 400 years.
Our podtour of Lisbon, which will take you about five or six hours, depending on how many breaks you take, will then guide you to one of the best views across the river Tagus before leading you down to the city’s Cathedral Sé. Recent excavations have unearthed some amazing ruins dating back to Roman times and we’ll tell you all about them. You’ll hear about the touching ceremony that is conducted in honour of St Anthony of Padua at the Church of Saint Anthony.
Then it’s off to a completely new area, the Baixa at the Praça do Comercio. The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 completely destroyed most of the city and we’ll tell you about the tragic irony that made it particularly devastating.
Our guide to Lisbon then moves on to the Chiado starting with the Museu do Chiado. We’ll show you the Igreja de Sao Roque or the church of Saint Roch, the patron saint of plague victims. It might seem plain on the outside but inside it’s a riot of colour and decoration. We’ll tell you the extraordinary story of the chapel of St John the Baptist.
The Elevador de Santa Justa, which is next on your walking tour of Lisbon is one of the remarkable – and very decorative – ways which Lisboetas have devised to get around their city. This takes us to the Rossio district where you’ll wander around the great square of Praça Dom Pedro IV as we point out one of Lisbon’s most famous cafes where you can enjoy a well earned drink.
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