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Aberdeen's Union Street: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

By VoiceMap
4.4 out of 5
Price is £4 per adult
Features
  • 50m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Explore Aberdeen at your own pace with this acclaimed self guided audio tour of Aberdeen.  Beginning from Holburn Junction at the west end of Union Street, you'll weave your way through timeless streets while discovering the stories that the city hides in plain sight.  The tour is ready whenever you feel like taking a stroll. It plays audio automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smart phone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline. If you've got an hour and want to see all the major historical and cultural themes that Aberdeen has to offer – this is the tour for you!  

Activity location

  • Centre for Health and Disability Assessments
    • 484 Union Street
    • AB10 1TS, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Centre for Health and Disability Assessments
    • 484 Union Street
    • AB10 1TS, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Aberdeen's Union Street: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 50 minutes50m50m
  • Opening hours: Thu 00:00-23:59
  • English

Explore Aberdeen at your own pace with this acclaimed self guided audio tour of Aberdeen.  Beginning from Holburn Junction at the west end of Union Street, you'll weave your way through timeless streets while discovering the stories that the city hides in plain sight.  The tour is ready whenever you feel like taking a stroll. It plays audio automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smart phone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline. If you've got an hour and want to see all the major historical and cultural themes that Aberdeen has to offer – this is the tour for you!  

Language options: English
Price details
£4.23 x 1 Adult£4.23

Total
Price is £4.23

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLifetime access to the 'Explore Union Street' tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedVoiceMap Application
  • What's includedWhat's includedOffline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSmartphone
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTransport
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood/drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This route is wheelchair accessible with small modifications.
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

HM Prison Aberdeen (Pass by)
The tour takes you on a wandering walk beginning at the Western End of Union Street and ending with a dramatic and fun-filled showcase of the city's crown jewel - Marischal college. Once called "The Finest Street in the Empire", while walking Union Street you'll hear the cities most riveting stories and history. Start the tour in the app, put your phone in your pocket, and let your guide direct you through the streets. The total walking distance is approximately 2km and takes about an hour without stopping, but you can pause anytime! Most people will opt to stop for a coffee, snack or for photography opportunities along the way. The narration is crisply mastered by a professional audio engineering staff, and the tour creates an engaging experience that is suitable for all ages that can wear ear buds.
Gilcomston Church (Pass by)
You'll see and have the chance to visit Gilcomston Church; one of Union Street's great landmarks.
William Wallace Statue (Pass by)
This massive Wallace statue commemorates the freedom fighter during the Scottish wars for independence.
St. Nicholas Cemetery (Pass by)
We'll pass by St. Nicholas cemetery and give recommendations for seeing it.
Union Terrace Gardens (Pass by)
Get an overhead view of the beautiful Union terrace gardens and pause the tour as you like to go into them.
Marischal College (Pass by)
See this icon of 'the Granite City" and hear the stories of how it came to be.
Mercat Cross (Pass by)
Our tour concludes at th "Market cross" which has stood in Aberdeen since 1686.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCentre for Health and Disability Assessments
    • 484 Union Street
    • AB10 1TS, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECentre for Health and Disability Assessments
    • 484 Union Street
    • AB10 1TS, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

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