Plymouth Audio Tour: Drake, the Mayflower and the Blitz

Explore Plymouth at your own pace

Start on the Hoe, where Drake is said to have finished his game of bowls before facing the Armada, and walk down to the Barbican quay where the Pilgrims left for the New World. Pass the Tudor streets that survived, the gin distillery the Pilgrims are said to have known, the church a wooden sign promised would rise again, and the bombed-out shell left standing as a memorial, ending among the ship figureheads of The Box.

Photo: Xu Haiwei, 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 3 Elliot Terrace, Plymouth, Sir Francis Drake Statue, Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth Naval Memorial
• Audio: up to 35 minutes of narration
• Starts at: 3 Elliot Terrace, Plymouth

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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

• 3 Elliot Terrace, Plymouth
• Sir Francis Drake Statue, Plymouth Hoe
• Plymouth Naval Memorial
• Smeaton's Tower
• Armada Memorial
• Royal Citadel, Plymouth
• Mayflower Steps
• Island House, Barbican
• Elizabethan House, 32 New Street, Plymouth
• Plymouth Gin Distillery
• Merchant's House, St Andrew's Street, Plymouth
• St Andrew's Church, Plymouth
• Charles Church, Plymouth
• The Box, Plymouth

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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: Patrick Owen PR, Xu Haiwei, Riva Ferdian (Unsplash).