The AudioTour is now also available for your iPod – click to purchase!

Your AudioTour of Philadelphia

Come to Philadelphia to see the history, take an AudioWalk to get more from your visit! Go at your own pace with this easy-to-use narrated walking tour. Your recorded "guide" paints a colorful portrait of Old Philadelphia. Along the way, hear music and fascinating stories about the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and the magic of Ben Franklin.

Listen to a sample!

What You Get When You Rent or Purchase the CD-Rom!

• CD-ROM
• Map of the Historic District

Rent Your AudioWalk

To rent this 72-minute CD, with a convenient lightweight cd player and earphone(s), visit these convenient locations. Rental cost is $10 for one person, $14 for two, $16 for three, and $20 for four people. All CD players rented must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older.

Buy One Before You Visit!

If you're planning to visit Philadelphia, buy a copy in advance and listen to the tour in the car on your way here, and make your visit richer and more enjoyable. The tour's 20 stops (in red) and 64 narrated segments touch upon these interesting areas.

• 1777 • 18th century bootscrapes • 18th century clothing • 18th century Garden • Abigail Willing & the man she loved • Admiral Penn • Algonquin Tribe • American Home Magazine • American Philosophical Society • American Revolution • Bathing • Battle of Getysburg • Battle of Saratoga • Belgian Blocks • Bingham Court • Bishop White House • Blood letting • Book of Common Prayer • Boston • Boston Harbor • Boston Tea Party • Brickwork • "Bring out your dead" • British burning White House • British city • British Empire • British Soldiers • "Busybody" • Carpenters' Hall • Catholics • Centennial Bell • Centre Square • Charles Willing • Charter of Privileges • Chestnut Street • Christ Church • City Hall • City population in 1700s • City Tavern • City, County, State & Federal Governments • Cobblestones • Colonel Nixon • Colonial Police • Colonies • Commodities • Commodore Barry Statue • Congress Hall • Constitution of the United States • Constitutional Convention • Continental Congress • Cooking • Corinthian Columns • County Court House • Curtis Building • DAR Rose Garden • Daughters of the American Revolution • Declaration of Independence • Delaware River • Dependencies • Dock Creek • Dr. Benjamin Rush • Episcopal Academy • Episcopal Hospital • Eternal Flame • Federal City • Franklin Court • Fire Insurance Company • Fire of London • Firemarks • First Bank • First Continental Congress • First Fourth of July Celebration • First Lady • Flemish Bond Brickwork • Franklin Square • Free Society of Traders • Freedom of Worship • Friends of Independence National Historical Park • Garden Club of America • George Washington • Georgian Architeture • Gilbert Stuart Painting of George Washington • Governor John Penn • Greek Revival Architecture • Green Countrie Towne • Green Tree Insurance Company • Grid pattern of streets • "Hand in Hand Company" • Harmony Street • Harpsichord Music • Holiday Magazine • I. M. Pei • Independence Hall • Independence National Historical Park • Independence Square • Ironwork • Jack & Jill Magazine • James Madison • John & Dolley Todd • John Adams • Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's older brother • July 8, 1776 • King Charles II • Kings George I, II, III • Ladies Home Journal • Liberty Bell • Liberty Bell inscription • Library Hall • Library Walk/Second Bank • Life in 18th century Philadelphia • London • London's fire of 1666 • Lookout for Ships • Louis Philipe, Future King of France living in exile • Love Apples • Magnolia Garden • Michel Bouvier • Middle Class Quaker Home • Monticello • Mount Vernon • Mutual Assurance Company • Navy • "Necessary" (outhouses) • Nicholas Biddle • Old City Hall • Old St. Joseph's Church • Open House Tours • Outhouse • Paul Revere's ride to City Tavern • Pebblestones • Penn in jail • Penn Square • Penn Treaty Park• Penn's Holy Experiment • Penn's Woods • Pennsylvania Assembly • Pennsylvania Hospital • "Philadelphia" Greek meaning of • Philadelphia "Firsts" • Philadelphia Contributionship • Philadelphia Exchange • Philadelphia Exchange Building • Philadelphia School for the Deaf • Philip Syng • Philosophical Hall & its famous members • Pigs and goats run wild through Philadelphia's Streets • Post Office • Potter's Field • Prisoners of War • Quakers • Religious Freedom • Religious Society of Friends • Rienegal Sonata • Rittenhouse Square • Robert Morris • Robert Morris Statue • Robert Smith, Architect • Todd House • Row House • Saint Mary's Church • Saturday Evening Post • Schuylkill River • Second Bank of the United States • Settlers living in caves and huts • Ship building • Signers of the Declaration • Society Hill • Society Hill Towers • St. Joseph's Church • St. Peter's Church • State House • State House Yard • Storing Ice • Supreme Court Chamber • Sycamore Tree • Taverns • The Contributionship • Thomas Jefferson • Todd House • Tomb for the Unknown Soldier of the Revoltionary War • Trees catching fire • Upper Class Home • Wallpaper • Walnut Street • Walnut Street Prison • Washington playing chess with Robert Morris • Washington Square • Watch Box • Water pumps • Welcome Park • Whortleberry bushes • Wigs • William Hamilton • William Penn • William Penn Statue • William Strickland • Willings Alley • Women's skirts catching fire • Working classes • Yellow Fever

In the News

• Historic Philly Meets the iPod
  PRWeb [Unsigned, February 11, 2006]
  
• A walk with history
  Philadelphia Inquirer [Howard Shapiro, October 11, 2002]
  

AudioWalk Supporters

City Tavern • Keatings River Grill • Lights of Liberty • Independence Visitor Center • River Link Ferry • Philadelphia Phlash