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Walk Florence with narration that is precise about what you are actually looking at. The David in the Piazza della Signoria is a copy and we say so; Michelangelo's original is in the Accademia. The Gates of Paradise on the Baptistery are copies too. From Brunelleschi's dome to the Brancacci Chapel, the tour covers the banking city that paid for the Renaissance and the buildings that survived it.
46 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
Going somewhere with no signal? Download on wi-fi before you set off — keep the screen open while it saves — then add it to your home screen so you can find it again. It works in airplane mode, with no roaming charges. Show me how to save it →
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 · 387 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 249 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.
Three separate buildings constantly confused — Brunelleschi's dome, the far older Baptistery, Giotto's free-standing campanile — and the Signoria beneath them.
Ponte Vecchio, the corridor the Medici built to cross the city unseen, Palazzo Pitti and the Brancacci frescoes.
San Lorenzo and the Medici Chapels, Santa Croce, Santa Maria Novella, and San Miniato on its hill.
Brunelleschi's dome was raised without a supporting centring frame, and it remains the largest masonry dome ever built.
Older than the cathedral beside it. The Gates of Paradise on the east door are copies — Ghiberti's originals are in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
The civic square. The David standing here is a copy; Michelangelo's original moved to the Accademia in 1873.
An open-air sculpture hall where Cellini's bronze Perseus and Giambologna's Rape of the Sabine Women still stand in the weather.
The only Florentine bridge the retreating Germans left standing in 1944, with the Vasari Corridor running above its shops.
Masaccio's frescoes in Santa Maria del Carmine, where later painters came to learn what perspective could do to a human figure.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 46 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 — history, architecture, and what you are actually looking at. 46 narration points across the historic centre and the Oltrarno.
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 significant point across the historic centre. The cathedral group and the Signoria get deep dives; the smaller churches and palaces get focused stories.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
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 ~92 minutes total, but you walk at your own pace. 46 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.