Photo: Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0)
A self-guided audio walking tour of Tarragona that climbs from the sea front through the terraces of Roman Tarraco to the cathedral and the walls, then goes down to the lower town and its forum and theatre. Tarraco began as a Roman military camp in the Second Punic War and grew into the capital of a province and a major port; Augustus stayed here in 26 and 25 BC. From the Balcó del Mediterrani, with its railing of 1889 to 1891, the walk goes to the amphitheatre, where the ruins of Santa Maria del Miracle mark the spot linked to the martyrdom of Bishop Fructuosus and his deacons in 259, then up through the circus and the Torre del Pretori to Plaça de la Font and Carrer Major, on the line of a Roman main street. The cathedral of Santa Tecla stands on the highest point of the city over the remains of the temple of Augustus, with a cloister where a capital shows the procession of the rats. After Casa Castellarnau and the Pallol vault, the Passeig Arqueològic follows the Roman wall, built from the late third century BC, to the Torre de Minerva. The walk ends down the Rambla Nova at the forum of the colony and the Roman theatre.
18 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 · 177 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 76 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.
Balcó del Mediterrani, Amfiteatre Romà, Santa Maria del Miracle, Capçalera del Circ Romà, Torre del Pretori.
Plaça de la Font, Carrer Major, Plaça del Fòrum, Catedral de Tarragona, Claustre de la Catedral, Santa Tecla la Vella.
Casa Castellarnau, Voltes del Pallol, Passeig Arqueològic, Torre de Minerva, Rambla Nova, Fòrum de la Colònia, Teatre Romà.
The amphitheatre on a hill slope by the coast, outside the Roman town, built for spectacles including gladiatorial combat.
The cruciform ruins of a Romanesque church in the arena, a memorial to Bishop Fructuosus and his deacons on the spot linked to their martyrdom.
One of two stair towers that carried people from the level of the circus up to the square of the provincial forum.
The cathedral of Santa Tecla on the highest point of Tarragona, over the Roman city's uppermost terrace and the remains of the temple of Augustus.
Four galleries round a garden, with the capital of the rats' procession and an Arabic inscription dated 960.
A walk along the Roman wall, built in phases from the late third century BC on a base of huge cyclopean boulders.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 18 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. 18 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 Tarragona — Roman Tarraco and the Old Town, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
18 narration points, including Capçalera del Circ Romà, Catedral de Tarragona, Passeig Arqueològic, Balcó del Mediterrani and Amfiteatre Romà. That is about 20 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. 18 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.