Photo: Lee Vilenski (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A self-guided audio walking tour of Aspendos, east of Antalya, from its theatre up onto the flat-topped hill of the city above the river Eurymedon. It begins outside the theatre, facing the back wall of the stage building, about 100 metres wide and 22 metres high. The theatre was a gift to the city in the 2nd century AD from two brothers of the Curtius family, designed by the local architect Zenon, son of Theodorus; inside, the stage building still stands to its full height, and the seating is partly built against and partly cut into the hillside, with a gallery above. Past the stadium on the plain, the walk climbs to the acropolis: the Roman basilica, about 105 by 27 metres, the council house, the nymphaeum, the agora and the three-storey market hall. From the north-western edge it looks out over the plain the aqueduct crosses, bringing water from springs in the mountains to the north, and it ends at the Southern Gate, the best preserved of the acropolis gates, with the story of Alexander's siege in 333 BC. Aspendos is a drive east of Antalya; for cruise passengers short of time, the ship's own excursion is the safer choice.
11 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
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Every claim in this tour traces back to a named source — excavation records, the heritage authority for the site, and the primary texts themselves. Nothing is copied from other guidebooks, and anything we can't source doesn't make the recording.
Each stop is built from OpenStreetMap (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 2 cross-referenced entries (peer-reviewed structured records), the heritage authority below, and the primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against those sources before it is recorded. If a claim can't be traced, it doesn't make the audio.
Every tour is reviewed by a person before it goes on sale. Stop selection, the route and anything ambiguous come back to the editor for a decision, and those questions routinely send a stop back for another accuracy pass. Nothing publishes on a machine’s say-so.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
The back wall of the stage building, about 100 metres wide and 22 metres high, with the holes that held the masts for an awning.
The stage building seen from the orchestra, still standing to its full height of two storeys, with five doors onto the stage.
The seating, partly built against and partly cut into the hillside, divided by a walkway and crowned by a gallery.
The Roman public and administrative hall on the acropolis, about 105 by 27 metres, its northern vestibule the best preserved part.
The view over the plain the aqueduct crossed, bringing spring water from the mountains to the north to the top of the hill.
The best preserved of the three gates of the acropolis, where the walk ends with the city's encounter with Alexander in 333 BC.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 11 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each site has its own narration. 11 narration points.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every narrated point in Aspendos — the Theatre, the Hill City and the Aqueduct, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
11 narration points, including Theatre Façade, Theatre Stage Building, Theatre Cavea and Gallery, Stadium and Basilica. That is about 12 minutes of narration in all, and you walk between the stops at your own pace.
Yes. It plays in your phone’s browser as you walk: no guide, no group, no app to install and no fixed start time.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Add the icon first, then download from the icon. On iPhone a guide downloaded in Safari cannot be seen by the home screen icon, so downloading first means downloading the whole thing twice.
Putting it on your home screen — iPhone or iPad (Safari):
On Android (Chrome): tap the three-dot menu at the top right, tap Add to Home screen (some phones say Install app), then confirm. On Android either order works.
If you opened this link from inside Instagram, Facebook or Gmail, you are in that app’s built-in browser. It cannot add anything to your home screen, and a guide downloaded there is thrown away when the app closes. Open the link in Safari or Chrome first.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~1–2 hours total, but you walk at your own pace. 11 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Once you buy it, it’s yours — there’s no expiry and no subscription. Come back next year if you like; the link in your receipt always works.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.