Liverpool Audio Tour: Liverpool's Curiosities

Explore Liverpool at your own pace

Thunder once shook the heart of Liverpool where empires rose, riots sparked, and fortunes changed hands beneath marble domes. This city's grand streets and waterfront secrets hide more than meets the eye.

Follow your own path on this self-guided audio tour through Liverpool City Centre. Uncover tales and scandals lurking behind famous façades and down unexpected alleyways-stories that slip by most visitors in a rush.

What panic seized the crowds during the mysterious blackout at St George's Hall? Why did rival captains battle for control beneath the imposing arches of the Cunard Building? What curious item lies sealed deep within the vaults of the Port of Liverpool Building?

Photo: Frank, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 3.2 km (2.0 miles)
• Stops: 14 landmarks, including Municipal Buildings, Liverpool, St George's Hall, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery
• Audio: up to 35 minutes of narration
• Starts at: Municipal Buildings, Liverpool

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
• Download the free Auda app on your phone and enter the code.
• Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.
• Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

Your code arrives within minutes of booking, so you can walk the tour today. There is no fixed date and no start time: the date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can also keep it for a later visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

• Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop
• An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks
• Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal
• Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like
• Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

• Municipal Buildings, Liverpool
• St George's Hall, Liverpool
• Walker Art Gallery
• Liverpool Biennial
• World Museum
• Superlambanana
• Nelson Monument, Liverpool
• Liverpool Town Hall
• Oriel Chambers
• Tower Building, Liverpool
• Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool
• Cunard Building
• Royal Liver Building
• Port of Liverpool Building

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

• Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary
• Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere
• At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want
• Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

• This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.
• It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.
• AudaTours is not affiliated with the landmarks on the tour.
• You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.
• Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: megan ✌, Frank, Sreekumar Pillai (Unsplash).