Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak (CC BY 4.0)
A self-guided audio walking tour of Antigua's capital, beginning at Heritage Quay and the restored warehouses of Redcliffe Quay, where the sugar and rum trade passed through and, by several accounts, enslaved Africans were sold. Up the hill: the Museum of Antigua and Barbuda in the Court House of about 1750; St John's Cathedral, consecrated in 1848 and lined with pitch pine against earthquakes; Ebenezer Methodist Church of 1839; Government House, the governors' residence since 1800; and the Antigua Recreation Ground, where Viv Richards hit his 56-ball century and Brian Lara made 375 and 400 not out. Past Victoria Park's botanical gardens and the octagonal Holy Family Cathedral of 1987, the walk reaches the monuments to Prince Klaas, executed after the 1736 conspiracy, and to V. C. Bird, the first Prime Minister. The last stop, Fort James on the harbour point, is a short taxi ride out of town. The cruise piers at Heritage Quay and Nevis Street are in the middle of town.
12 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? Put the guide on your home screen first, then download it from that icon while you are on wi-fi — that way you download once, and it works in airplane mode with no roaming charges. Show me the order →
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 · 59 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 3 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.
Heritage Quay, Redcliffe Quay.
Museum of Antigua and Barbuda, St John's Cathedral, Ebenezer Methodist Church, Government House, Antigua Recreation Ground, Victoria Park Botanical Gardens.
Holy Family Cathedral, Prince Klaas Monument, V. C. Bird Monument, Fort James.
Restored stone and brick warehouses of the sugar, rum and coffee trade, on a waterfront where enslaved Africans were held and sold.
The old Court House of about 1750, with courts below and the legislature above, now the national museum.
The twin-towered cathedral of 1848, the third church on its hilltop, built with a pitch-pine lining against earthquakes.
The ground where Viv Richards made a 56-ball Test century in 1986 and Brian Lara scored 375 and later 400 not out.
The statue of the National Hero crowned king in 1736 and executed when the authorities uncovered the planned rising.
The fort on the headland at the harbour mouth, with its 1739 wall, cannons and a powder magazine too narrow for gun carriages.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 12 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. 12 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 St John's, Antigua — the Capital, the Cathedral and Fort James, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
12 narration points, including Heritage Quay, Redcliffe Quay, Museum of Antigua and Barbuda, St John's Cathedral and V. C. Bird Monument. That is about 18 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. 12 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.