Photo: Fernando Valenzuela from Concepción , Chile (CC BY 2.0)
A self-guided audio walk through Valparaíso, between the port and the hills. It begins at the Muelle Prat, the passenger wharf of 1883–1884, and Plaza Sotomayor, where the Monument to the Heroes of Iquique of 1886 holds the crypt of the sailors who died with Arturo Prat, then runs through the Barrio Puerto to Plaza Echaurren and La Matriz, the fourth church on the site of the colonial port's first chapel. The Ascensor Artillería of 1893 and the Ascensor El Peral of 1902, when they are running, climb to the hills: the Palacio Baburizza, now the city's Museum of Fine Arts, and Cerro Alegre, built up by German and English immigrants. On Cerro Concepción stand the discreet Anglican church of 1858, built when only Catholic worship was allowed in public, the Lutheran church of 1897, Paseo Atkinson and the Ascensor Concepción, the city's oldest, opened in 1883. The walk ends in the flat city at the Reloj Turri and Plaza Aníbal Pinto, on ground that was once sea.
14 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 · 126 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 8 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.
Muelle Prat, Plaza Sotomayor and the Monument to the Heroes of Iquique, Plaza Echaurren, Iglesia La Matriz, Ascensor Artillería.
Ascensor El Peral, Paseo Yugoslavo and the Palacio Baburizza, Cerro Alegre.
Iglesia Anglicana de San Pablo, Iglesia Luterana de la Santa Cruz, Paseo Atkinson, Paseo Gervasoni and the Ascensor Concepción, Reloj Turri and Calle Prat, Plaza Aníbal Pinto.
The monument of 1886 to Arturo Prat and the crew of the Esmeralda, sunk off Iquique in 1879, with their crypt beneath it.
The funicular of 1893 that climbs 80 metres to Paseo 21 de Mayo and a view across the whole bay.
A mansion of 1916 on five irregular levels, home since 1971 of the city's Municipal Museum of Fine Arts.
Built in 1858 with no tower, bell or cross, when only Catholic worship was allowed in public; a cathedral since 2016.
The oldest of Valparaíso's ascensores, opened in 1883, rising from opposite the Reloj Turri to a terrace above the roofs.
A square on land won from the sea after 1832, with Vital-Dubray's cast-iron Fountain of Neptune.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 14 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. 14 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 Valparaíso — the Port, the Hills and the Ascensores, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
14 narration points, including Muelle Prat, Plaza Sotomayor and the Monument to the Heroes of Iquique, Plaza Echaurren, Iglesia La Matriz and Ascensor El Peral. That is about 24 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 ~2 hours total, but you walk at your own pace. 14 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.