London Audio Tour: Royals, Relics, Victoria

Explore London at your own pace

A golden angel gleams above the traffic, watching as centuries of secrets slip through London's heart. The world may know Buckingham Palace and its parades but just around each corner in Victoria lie layers of royal drama, scandal, and unbreakable tradition waiting to be found.

Stroll at your own pace on this self-guided audio tour, exploring grand memorials, hidden stables, and forgotten alleys most travelers simply overlook.

Which palace wall shook during a bombing as royalty refused to hide? What bizarre creatures guard Queen Victoria in marble and why did a mysterious "boy" keep sneaking into royal bedrooms? When did rebellion sweep even the royal horses into mutiny within the shadow of the throne?

Photo: Giammarco Boscaro, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 4.8 km (3.0 miles)
• Stops: 19 landmarks, including Victoria Memorial, London, Buckingham Palace, Royal Mews
• Audio: up to 48 minutes of narration
• Starts at: Victoria Memorial, London

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How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
• Download the free AudaTours 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.

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 use it whenever you next 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

Photo: Charles Postiaux, Unsplash

Where you will stop

• Victoria Memorial, London
• Buckingham Palace
• Royal Mews
• Victoria Palace Theatre
• Westminster Cathedral
• Westminster Chapel
• Broadway, London
• 55 Broadway
• Birdcage Walk
• Queen Anne's Gate
• Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• Westminster Abbey
• Poets' Corner
• Dean's Yard
• Smith Square Hall
• Smith Square
• Jewel Tower

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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.
• The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.
• 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: Charles Postiaux, Giammarco Boscaro (Unsplash).