Rick Steves Britain & Ireland Audio Tours: Recent Episodes
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Rick Steves Audio Tours are leaving the podcast space. For the latest versions of these audio tours, download the (free!) Rick Steves' Audio Europe™ App — available for Apple and Android. The app also includes hours of top-quality travel talk excerpted from the Travel with Rick Steves radio interviews to add another dimension — and some different voices — to your travel planning and appreciation. Learn more at https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/audio/audio-europe Rick Steves Britain and Ireland Audio Tours provide humorous and insightful commentary on the art and history of Britain and Ireland's most notable museums and historic sites. Excerpted from the Rick Steves London, Ireland, and Scotland guidebooks. All rights reserved.
Part two of this two-part walking tour covers the north end of Dublin's historic center, with sights and monuments that recall Ireland's fight for independence and give a sense of today's Dublin, including grand O'Connell Street and the historic General Post Office. Don't forget to download the PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.
Part one of this walking tour covers the south end of Dublin's historic center, taking you past venerable Trinity College, historic Dublin Castle, atmospheric Temple Bar, popular Grafton Street (with plenty of characteristic pubs along the way), and more. Don't forget to download the PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.
This quick nine-stop walk gives you a whirlwind tour as well as a practical orientation to London in about an hour. The walk begins on Westminster Bridge and ends at Trafalgar Square, with stops along the way at the Statue of Boadicea, Parliament Square, Whitehall, Cenotaph, #10 Downing Street and the Ministry of Defense, Banqueting House, and Horse Guards. Don't forget to download the PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.
This two-mile walk from Trafalgar Square to London Bridge parallels the Thames, on the same main road used for centuries. Along the way, you'll see sights from The City's storied past, such as St. Paul's Cathedral, historic taverns, and narrow alleyways with faint remnants of the London of Shakespeare and Dickens. Allow about three hours for this walk. Don't forget to download the handy PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.
In this one-hour tour of St. Paul's Cathedral (two if you climb the dome), military buffs will find memorials to many great wars and their war heroes and dome-climbers will be rewarded with expansive views over London's skyline. Don't forget to download the handy PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.
The British Empire built its greatest monuments out of...paper. In this hour-long tour, we'll concentrate on a handful of documents — literary, historical, and musical — that changed the course of history. Don't forget to download the handy PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.
In this 90-minute tour, we focus only on the very best of the British Museum, including Egypt (3000 BC–AD 1); Assyria (900–600 BC) and Greece (600 BC–AD 1). Don't forget to download the handy PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.
There's no better introduction to Scotland's cultural capital than a walk straight down the spine of the Old Town. We'll walk from the hill-topping castle — past cafes, shops, and tiny lanes — to the historic palace. Don't forget to download the PDF companion map at https://www.ricksteves.com/audiotours.