Next time you go traveling, instead of paying for a tour of the city, why not save money by taking a self-guided, audio tour?
As long as you have an MP3 player, you can download a variety of self-guided tours online. Register online with SoundWalk.com, and you can choose from over 35 tours, which cost $20.
Each one has information on history and off-the-beaten path options in neighborhoods in New York, Paris, and even Varanasi, India.
You can also download running guides to jog through parts of Berlin, New York, Paris and London. DownloadChicagoTours.com offers two free tours available in five languages.
They cover themes like the history of Chicago blues.
Sound About Philly has seven free tours, which cover Philadelphia’s history and dining options.
The best part about this one is that users can create and post their own audio tours.
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Thanks for posting that tip–in places where personal guides could run in the hundreds, people don’t realize that if professionally produced, an audioguide is a far better experience…often with music, drama and one that is vastly more entertaining than a live guide who has been working the same route for 20-odd years…