Highlights

GPS-triggered audio plays automatically as you approach each landmark - explore Oxford at your own pace, with no group and no fixed start time.
15 stops across Oxford, roughly 60 minutes of narration, walked in whatever order and at whatever speed suits you.
Works fully offline once downloaded, so you need no data or signal while you walk.
Your code never expires and there is no fixed date - buy now and use it whenever you next visit.

Explore Oxford at your own pace

Beneath the honeyed stone of Oxford lie centuries of blood, ambition, and scholars who traded books for blades. The silent towers hold echoes of rebellions that nearly tore the crown apart.

This self-guided audio tour peels back the polished facade of the city centre. Wander past the iconic Radcliffe Camera and the Bodleian Library to uncover scandalous secrets and forgotten power struggles that standard guidebooks ignore.

Which defiant student accidentally sparked a riot that burned through the University Church of St Mary the Virgin? What dark pact was signed in the shadows of these ancient cloisters? Why was a specific bishop buried with a secret that terrified the monarchy?

Photo: Honcques Laus, Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes, entirely at your own pace
Distance: around 5.2 km (3.2 miles)
Stops: 15 landmarks, including Oxford Castle, Christ Church, Oxford, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration
Starts at: Oxford Castle

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.
Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.
Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop
An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks
Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal
Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like
Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

Oxford Castle
Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
University of Oxford Botanic Garden
New College, Oxford
Pitt Rivers Museum
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Ashmolean Museum
Martyrs' Memorial, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Trinity College, Oxford
Sheldonian Theatre
Bodleian Library
Radcliffe Camera
University Church of St Mary the Virgin

What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary
Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere
At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want
Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.
It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.
The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.
You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.
Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Honcques Laus (Wikimedia Commons, public domain); Liv Cashman, Tetiana Shyshkina, Ray Harrington, James Wood, Oliver Sjoberg, Bradley Pritchard Jones, Beth Macdonald (Unsplash); AudaTours.