When I was planning my first Italian holiday, a friend suggested that I go to Rick Steves' site and download some free Italy audio tours of the major sights in Venice, Florence and Rome.These free Italy audio tours are recorded versions of the highlights from the Rick Steves guide books.
It's like you're having a private walking tour -- the audio tours truly work! It's also a good idea to listen to them in advance. these audio books represent a perfect mixture of history, architecture and regular life.
And what cities are covered with these tours? At this point, Venice, Florence and Rome are the cities that Rick Steves has visited and recorded tours for.
The Rome Audio Tours are amazingly good and will take you to Colosseum, Roman Forum, St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Trastevere Walk, Jewish Ghetto Walk, Ostia Antica, and Pompeii. Rick's Venice Audio Tours show you the magnificence of Grand Canal Cruise, St. Mark's Square, St. Mark's Basilica, and Frari Church. The Florence Audio Tours will take you on the Renaissance Walk, Accademia and Michelangelo's David, and Uffizi Gallery.
You can get these audio tours in a number of ways. For me, it was the easiest to download it to my iPod Touch from the RickSteves.com website. There is a way to get them from any podcast service (such as iTunes) or use the Rick Steves Audio Europe app. If you have an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Android, you should probably use the app.
If you prefer podcasts, just subscribe to Rick Steves' Rome Audio Tours on iTunes, Amazon or the equivalent Android store.
If you don't have an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Android device, no problem. You can download the audio tours and listen to the on your mp3 player. Simply download the mp3 files RickSteves.com and transfer to any mp3 player, or play them on your computer.
There are two disadvantages to listening to the audio tours on your mp3 player as opposed to a device like an iPhone. First, you won't see the pictures. But frankly, you won't be missing much because the audio tours actually don't include many pictures; they just have the occasional still photo to illustrate the audio. The second disadvantage is that the chapter breaks and subheadings may not show up. But other than, it will work just fine.
It's like you're having a private walking tour -- the audio tours truly work! It's also a good idea to listen to them in advance. these audio books represent a perfect mixture of history, architecture and regular life.
And what cities are covered with these tours? At this point, Venice, Florence and Rome are the cities that Rick Steves has visited and recorded tours for.
The Rome Audio Tours are amazingly good and will take you to Colosseum, Roman Forum, St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Trastevere Walk, Jewish Ghetto Walk, Ostia Antica, and Pompeii. Rick's Venice Audio Tours show you the magnificence of Grand Canal Cruise, St. Mark's Square, St. Mark's Basilica, and Frari Church. The Florence Audio Tours will take you on the Renaissance Walk, Accademia and Michelangelo's David, and Uffizi Gallery.
You can get these audio tours in a number of ways. For me, it was the easiest to download it to my iPod Touch from the RickSteves.com website. There is a way to get them from any podcast service (such as iTunes) or use the Rick Steves Audio Europe app. If you have an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Android, you should probably use the app.
If you prefer podcasts, just subscribe to Rick Steves' Rome Audio Tours on iTunes, Amazon or the equivalent Android store.
If you don't have an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, or Android device, no problem. You can download the audio tours and listen to the on your mp3 player. Simply download the mp3 files RickSteves.com and transfer to any mp3 player, or play them on your computer.
There are two disadvantages to listening to the audio tours on your mp3 player as opposed to a device like an iPhone. First, you won't see the pictures. But frankly, you won't be missing much because the audio tours actually don't include many pictures; they just have the occasional still photo to illustrate the audio. The second disadvantage is that the chapter breaks and subheadings may not show up. But other than, it will work just fine.
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