London's Alternative History: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

London, England

1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
Offered in: English

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Overview

Benefit from both the structure of an informative guided tour and the freedom of independent travel with this handy self-guided audio tour. Listen to London's quirkiest stories and hidden histories, which can be downloaded and accessed offline as you make your way around London. Highlights include the city's original Victorian-era street lamp, little-known back streets around Covent Garden, and the strange features behind the Savoy Theatre and St. Paul's Cathedral.

Learn little-known facts and listen to offbeat tales from London's history
Tick off some of the city's main attractions during a self-paced walk
Audio commentary is GPS-based so it's tagged to each location
Get lifetime access to the tour so you can revisit it when you want

What's Included

Lifetime access to 'London's Alternative History Tour'
VoiceMap Application
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

Smartphone
Transportation
Food/drinks
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

The Piazza, 1-7 Covent Garden, London WC2E 8HD, UK
Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

End point

The Savoy
Strand, London WC2R 0EZ, UK

Arranged start time

Confirm time with the local provider in advance of your experience.

01/01/2021 - 04/08/2027
Monday - Sunday : 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Itinerary

Covent Garden (Pass By)

St Paul’s Church Covent Garden (Pass By)

Theatre Royal Drury Lane (Pass By)

Thames Magistrates' Court (Pass By)

Lyceum Theatre (Pass By)

Somerset House (Pass By)

Victoria Embankment (Pass By)

Waterloo Bridge (Pass By)

Carting Lane (Pass By)

The Savoy (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
This tour is wheelchair accessible with one caveat: part of the final portion of the tour after Waterloo Bridge has staircases – wheelchair users can stay on bridge-level and proceed to the final two stops which are on the same level.
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

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Perfectly paced, easy on the ears

Jill_C, Feb 2024

What an amazing experience, thank you. Your pace was exactly right. Four of us absolutely loved the walking tour, all interesting, Covent Garden, Dickens flat, Somerset house even though we had a very interesting tour there the day before, the Savoy cabs and carts!! Also, the voice was soothing and perfectly paced. Excellent 👌. Looking forward to another.

Wonderful tour, so easy to use

sarah_r, Mar 2023

I am such a fan of these voice map tours! They are so well executed and truly entertaining. I am ordinarily very challenged with Google walk directions but voice maps made it so easy. Would tell me where to look, which way to turn, etc. And the narrator was terrific . I can’t wait to do another today !

Highly recommend!

Tracy_N, May 2022

I had a couple of hours to fill in our day and found this online. So glad I did! It was really interesting and fun to follow the route. We took longer than the hour but that’s why this is great- it’s totally up to you how long you take. We stopped and chatted here and there about what we were listening to - just paused the audio and I don’t walk particularly fast! We learnt some fab facts that I’ve been telling everyone about since arriving home! I shall do more of these in other cities.