Top Pennsylvania Audio Guides

Travel to a time before white Europeans "tamed" the wilderness of Western Pennsylvania, when Indians built mounds and walked trails. Be wary, though. It becomes the most dangerous place on Earth. We begin at Logstown, the original Wild West town, and end at the forts built at the Forks of the Ohio. Along the way, we'll be joined by howling wolves and dancing Indians. Grandmother will tell us why all the animals left Lenape land. Charles Dickens will reflect on his steamboat trip down the Ohio. And, we'll visit an Indian burial mound that was carried away piece by piece until it is no more. Marti Donovan, who lives with many animals, brings us Grandmother's wisdom. This is a self-guided audio tour. Please download the tour through the VoiceMap App in a wifi zone for full offline accessibility.

This self-guided GPS audio tour is Part 2 of a four-part eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike series that eliminates highway boredom. It tells incredible prehistoric tales of ancient Indians who once walked the Turnpike route. You'll hear compelling historic dramas unfold of when Indian and European cultures collided. This part of the tour begins at the Somerset travel plaza, a summit of the Allegheny Mountains. It ends at the Sideling Hill travel plaza. Along the way, you'll learn the origins of fire. We'll explore the problems of firewater and how they caused George Washington to lead troops here. You'll hear Indian legends of the Underworld, and how not to lower yourself over a cliff. Just for good measure, we'll talk to a Seneca woman camped along the trail -- in her language. You will reach a new understanding about life and death here centuries ago. I guarantee that! And, in the bargain, your Turnpike trip will seem much shorter.

This self-guided GPS audio tour is Part 3 of a four-part eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike series that eliminates highway boredom. It tells incredible prehistoric tales of ancient Indians who once walked this trail and the dramas that unfolded as Indians and European settlers collide. This part of the series begins at the Sideling Hill travel plaza. It continues over and under wilderness ridges before levelling off and crossing the broad Susquehanna River Valley. By the time you reach the end at the Highspire travel plaza, you also will have reached a new understanding about life here centuries ago. We'll hear the story of Tree Worm and his controlling mother-in-law. We'll learn why a tribe was called the Hemp People. Do you like Indian Summers? The people who coined the term absolutely dreaded them. I'll tell you why. We'll learn to speak a little Seneca, and get the story on a boarding school that served as the model for turning Indians into "true civilized Americans."

This Historical Double Decker Tour & Authentic Campo's Philly Steak Combo allow's you to experience the rich history and legendary sights of Philadelphia with an authentic Philadelphia cheese steak at stop 27 on the tour at Philadelphia's beloved Compo's. Experience local guides that offer live commentary as you travel a 90 minute loop to 28 different stops highlighting Philadelphia's 100 most popular attractions, including the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and the US Mint. Aboard the double-decker bus, a 360-degree view of Philadelphia will leave you speechless and entertained while you soak up the history, heritage and beauty of one of America's oldest cities.

See the dazzling light of the city from atop a double decker bus. Our beautiful City has age and wisdom, and buildings steeped in rich history. Explore the Iconic Buildings such as our newest addition which is the Comcast Technology Center at night in their glamourous city lights. From the open-air top deck of our tour bus, you’ll have spectacular views of twinkling lights and top landmarks, like the Philadelphia Museum of arts, The comcast Center, the Bellvue Hotel and The Kimmel Center.

Enjoy a 24, 48, or 72-hour Philadelphia Hop-On Hop-Off City Tour aboard a Double Decker Bus. Board to experience the glitz and glamor of the City of Brotherly Love, including such world-famous sights as The Liberty Bell, City Hall, the Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia Zoo, and much more. Travel between Center City and Old City, enjoying stops along the way including the famous Rocky Steps, Penns Landing, the Reading Terminal Market and great selections of Museums. Explore Downtown Philly on the Route we have designed for locals and tourist alike. The recently revitalized central core of the city is home to China Town, Philadelphia Fashion District, Love Park, Dilworth Park and much more. Your ticket is valid for 24, 48, or 72 consecutive hours beginning at the time of redemption. For example: If you purchase and redeem your pass at 12pm on Monday, your ticket will be valid until 12pm Tuesday the following day.

Explore the best that Philadelphia has to offer on this hop-on hop-off tour of the city. Visit 27 of Philadelphia’s top attractions — like the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and the United States Mint — on a 90-minute loop in an open-top, double-decker bus. Select a single or multi-day pass, then board at any of the 27 stops and get to know the city in custom fashion, with live onboard narration. Learn about the history and heritage of one of America's oldest cities.

With several stops and two routes on this City Sightseeing tour of Philadelphia, you won’t run out of things to see or do. Once you board the open-top, double-decker bus, you can stay on for the entire route narrated by a guide, or disembark at any of the hop-on hop-off stops for sightseeing along the way. Select a 1-, 2-, or 3-day pass and see attractions such as the Liberty Bell, Philadelphia Zoo, and Betsy Ross House. Customize your own itinerary and set your own pace in the City of Brotherly Love.

This fascinating tour of Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, features such famous sights as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Liberty Bell and the Betsy Ross House, alleged to be the site where the seamstress and flag-maker Betsy Ross purportedly lived when she sewed the first American Flag. You will also see the Franklin Institute, the Masonic Temple, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia History Museum, Declaration House, the place where Thomas Jefferson drafted the original Declaration of Independence, the National Constitution Centre,and Elfreth's Alley. This tour is full of fascinating sights to savour. Your tour. Your way.

Welcome to the narrated self-driving tour of the Battle of Gettysburg, the most important battle of the Civil War! Here, Union forces staged a nearly impossible defense against Confederate attackers & won! Drive in the footsteps of Civil War soldiers, re-live the battle strategies of the key Gettysburg generals and embark on an adventure that brings this historic three-day battle to life. This GPS tour allows you to explore Gettysburg’s historic wonders with maximum flexibility, safety & value. Recommended: Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! Within 30 min, we'll send you two things a password & an app. Download the app, enter password & download tour. When you arrive, go to the Gettysburg Heritage Center to start the tour. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience. This isn't an entrance ticket. Check COVID rules and opening hours before your visit. No expiration — the tour is available from the minute you book until forever!

Welcome to the self-guided walking tour of the Devil’s Den, a battleground of ferocious fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg! Here, Union and Confederate soldiers brutally struggled to gain control of this strategic location — and eventually win the war. As you walk amongst the towering boulders and alien landscape of the Devil’s Den, the tour transports you back in time to envisage soldiers, generals, and sharpshooters battling all around you. This GPS tour allows you to explore this historic Gettysburg battleground with maximum flexibility, safety, and value. Within 30 min, we'll send you two things: a password and an app. Download the app, enter a password & download the tour. When you arrive, go to the Devil’s Den in Gettysburg to start the tour. Stick to the tour route for the best experience. This isn't an entrance ticket. Check COVID rules and opening hours before your visit. No expiration — the tour is available from the minute you book until forever!

The Battle of Gettysburg was horrific. Soldiers teetered on the threshold between this world and whatever comes after. Centuries later, long after the battle, their stories continue. Journey to sites on the Gettysburg Battlefield where mysterious and unexplainable happenings have taken place. These are the true stories of eerie encounters, experienced by visitors to the battlefield. This self-guided audio tour is narrated by Mark Nesbitt, author of Ghosts of Gettysburg. Recommended: Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! Check battlefield hours before your visit. This is not an entrance ticket. Within 30 min, we'll send you two things: a password and an app. Download app, enter the password, & download tour. When you arrive, go to the Gettysburg Heritage Center to start the tour. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience. No expiration — the tour is available from the minute you book until forever!

Explore all of Gettysburg’s historic battlefield! From the famous battle at Little Roundtop to the final stand against Pickett’s Charge to President Lincoln’s stirring Gettysburg Address, see everything that makes this ground hallowed. This Ultimate Gettysburg Combo tour includes our 5-star Gettysburg Battlefield Driving Tour (a best seller), the spooky Ghosts of the Battlefield Driving Tour, & two brand-new walking tours of the battlefield’s famous Devil’s Den & Seminary Ridge battle sites. Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together! Within 30 min, we'll send you two things a password & an app. Download the app, enter the password & download the tour. When you arrive, go to the Gettysburg Heritage Center to start the tour. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience. Check COVID rules & opening hours before your visit. No expiration — the tour is available from the minute you book until forever!

Welcome to the self-guided walking tour of Seminary Ridge, where the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg played out. Union and Confederate soldiers battled ferociously for control of this strategic ridge and its make-shift seminary hospital, while brave civilians did their best to keep their families safe. The walking tour transports you to July 1863, to view this bloody battleground from the eyes of the generals calling out orders, the soldiers fighting for their lives, and the civilians caught in the crossfire. Within 30 min, we'll send you two things: a password and an app. Download the app, enter password & download the tour. When you arrive, go to Seminary Ridge in Gettysburg to start the tour. Stick to the tour route for the best experience. This isn't an entrance ticket. Check COVID rules and opening hours before your visit. No expiration — the tour is available from the minute you book until forever!

Walk in the footsteps of Revolutionary War heroes, discover the iconic Liberty Bell, and relive the fight for American Independence with a self-guided audio tour! Journey back in time to historic Philadelphia in the days of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and their revolutionary collaborators. Here's how it works: Within 30 mins, we'll send you two things: a unique password and an app. Download the app onto your phone and enter the password. Then download the tour inside. When you arrive, head over to the first stop. Once there, launch the app and simply follow the instructions from there! Stick to our recommended route for the best experience. This tour does not include entrance to attractions along the route. Check pandemic rules and opening hours before your visit. No expiration — the tour is available from the minute you book until forever!

This tour is specially designed for safe distancing by engaged cell phone technology between the conductor's private vehicle and the vehicles of the guests. One or two vehicles can be accommodated in this way, following the conductor who narrates stories along the tour route and also makes occasional stops. Short walks and talks are done at proper distances at select locations. Your conductor is a former journalist, now a consulting historian and advocate for the preservation of historic sites associated with the Underground Railroad. Randolph Harris has been responsible for the research and documentation of 21 of the approximately 55 sites, programs and facilities included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Seven of these designated sites are visited on this walking tour of the City of Lancaster.

Join me on a self-guided GPS audio tour that’ll open your eyes to the full range of Philadelphia’s architecture, spanning every American style from the 1850s to the present. One of the richest periods artistically, it was also one of the wealthiest. Mark Twain called these years the “Gilded Age” because America’s economy boomed and vast fortunes were rapidly made. Gilded Age styles like Second Empire Baroque, High Victorian Gothic and Romanesque all compete for your attention on this tour. The styles they gave way to as we entered the 20th century are eye catching too, like Beaux Arts, Art Deco, and International Style. Then from the 1970s we enter the Postmodern era, where almost anything goes architecturally – and that’s where we still find ourselves today. Along the way, I’ll tell you plenty of interesting but not strictly architectural stories about Philadelphia and its buildings too.

This self-guided audio tour explores the north-central Philadelphia waterfront, focusing on what remains of this historic locale after the installation of Interstate I-95 in the 1970s, and relating (among other things) how early Quaker settlers lived in caves along the waterfront. Keep in mind that this area was where wheeling and dealing went on to encourage local, regional and national enterprise. It was where early American capitalists made their fortunes. It was where the individual American colonies were crafted into a nation. And it was also where terrible urban contagions began. Your guide is historian, writer and tour guide Harry Kyriakodis. He has what is likely the largest private collection of books about the City of Brotherly Love: about 2700 titles, new and old. He's also a founding/certified member of the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides and has lived at Pier 3 Condominium at Penn’s Landing since 1997.

Eccentric artists, secret art sales, angry film fans, and trustee deceit, Philadelphia's art scene, is filled with contention. This Philadelphia self guided audio tour goes beyond the Liberty Bell, The Constitution, and cheesesteaks, to explore some of Philadelphia's most beguiling art controversies. Discover the stories and the infamous names who created scandals that rocked Philadelphia's art world. From Rodin's legendary sculptures to Rocky trumping the Philadelphia Art Museum's popularity. These are some of the tales that have helped shape the face of Philadelphia.

Travel to a time before white Europeans "tamed" the wilderness of Western Pennsylvania, when Indians built mounds and walked trails. Be wary, though. It becomes the most dangerous place on Earth. We begin at the forts built at the Forks of the Ohio. We end at Logstown, the original Wild West town. Along the way, we'll be joined by howling wolves and dancing Indians. We'll visit an Indian burial mound that was carried away piece by piece until it is no more. Charles Dickens will reflect on his steamboat trip down the Ohio, and Grandmother will tell us why all the animals left Lenape land. This is a self-guided audio tour. Please download the tour using the VoiceMap app in a wifi zone to enjoy full offline accessibility.

This is a self-drive audio tour that covers the eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike series and eliminates highway boredom. It tells the incredible prehistoric tales of ancient Indians who once walked this trail, and the compelling historic dramas from the time that the cultures of American Indians and Europeans clashed here. The tour begins at the Pittsburgh turnpike entrance at Monroeville, ascends into the Allegheny Mountains, and ends at the Valley Forge travel plaza. By the time you reach Valley Forge, you will have a new understanding about life and death here centuries ago. That's guaranteed! Along the way, you will learn how to track game; how to find a husband, what to say if we encounter any Indians and how to speak a little Seneca. We will pass the battlefield that helped seal the fate of Indians in this region. You'll hear Indian legends of the Underworld. You learn a bit about the tribal medical practices, and how to use signs of nature to forecast weather. And more...

This self-guided GPS audio tour is Part 4 of a four-part eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike series that eliminates highway boredom. It tells incredible prehistoric tales of ancient Indians who once walked this trail. Also, compelling historic dramas unfold as Indian and European cultures collide. This part of the series begins at the Highspire travel plaza and ends at the Valley Forge travel plaza. By the time you reach Valley Forge, you will have reached a new understanding about life and death here centuries ago. That's guaranteed! Along the way, we'll hear the scary story of a boy who overcomes his fear of the dark. We'll learn of big cats that prowled this wilderness, and wolves, too. We'll get into tribal medical practices, and how to use signs of nature to forecast weather. We'll learn a little Seneca. and I'll tell you about two remarkable men who kept this region from becoming the most dangerous place on Earth -- until they didn't. And, there's more.

This self-guided GPS audio tour is Part 1 of a 4-part eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike series that eliminates highway boredom. It tells the incredible prehistoric tales of ancient Indians who once walked this trail, and the compelling historic dramas from the time that the cultures of American Indians and Europeans clashed here. This segment of the tour begins at the Pittsburgh turnpike entrance at Monroeville, ascends into the Allegheny Mountains, and ends atop them at the Somerset Travel Plaza. Your understanding of life here centuries ago will also reach a new plateau, I guarantee that! Together we will learn how to track game; how to find a husband, and what to say if we encounter any Indians -- or even a Bigfoot -- on the trail. We will pass the battlefield that helped seal the fate of Indians in this region. We'll also be near the Flight 93 National Memorial if you wish to stop and make a pilgrimage to honor brave souls. If you enjoy this tour, check out parts 2, 3 and 4!

See the sights of Philadelphia at your own pace with a 2-day hop-on hop-off tour that includes admission to Eastern State Penitentiary, a National Historic Landmark. With the hop-on hop-off pass, you'll enjoy easy transportation to 27 stops around the city with live commentary by guides on board the double-decker bus. Get off at the attractions that interest you, such as the Rocky Steps, Independence Hall, and the Liberty Bell, to learn about the history and culture of one of the oldest cities in the U.S.