Santa Fe Historic Downtown Smart Phone Audio App Self Guided GPS Walking Tour
Description
Walk around historic downtown Santa Fe and discover it’s 400-year history and the stories behind the sites. Go at your own pace and schedule. Advantages of this tour? - Our app offers immersive location aware walking tours navigated by your smart phone. Go at your own pace, on your own schedule and on your own terms. It's like a real life tour guide. - Best deal in town. - Professional Narration, production and music to bring the history to life - Walk at your own pace and hear the stories of what you see. - Stop anytime. - The tour never expires. - Listen remotely after taking the in person tour. On the tour you’ll learn about the times of the Spanish Conquistadores, the Crypto Jewish people, the Santa Fe Trail, the scientists of the Manhattan Project, the Pueblo Native People, the patron saint of animals, Artists, Georgia O’Keeffe, Billy the Kid, Zozobra, the oldest church in the US, how to make your food “Christmas Style”, and so much more. Not to be missed.
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Itinerary
The tour starts at the oldest church in the US, and. you'll hear the story of New Spain and how the Spanish ruled this land for hundreds of years.
The Loretta chapel is well known for it's miracle staircase that many do consider to be a miracle. Of the many reasons, the wood that was used to build it has never been identified on earth. Learn the story of the staircase and the La Fonda Hotel.
It's one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the area, and it also olds a secret in it's door. You'll learn the story of the cathedral.
This simple shop was once the launching pad for the Manhattan project, you'll learn it's atomic story.
We will walk outside the Palace of the Govenors and learn it's historic story, including the author that wrote Ben Hur and the time Billy the Kid roamed the streets.
Inside you’ll find 20,000 works of art by well knowns artists including the epic photographer Ansel Adams, the great woodblock printmaker and painter Gustave Baumann, the amazing painter Georgia Okeefe, and the Taos Society of Artists, to name a few. You’ll also find works of the and Los Cinco Pintores, translated to English as The Five Painters.
Santa Fe gets about 32 inches a snow a year, and its winters are cold. So how did they get firewood in this old adobe town? Burros carried in wood from lands far away and when they arrived in Santa Fe, they stopped here in Burrow alley to sell it. Hence the name Burro alley. You'll learn about Burro alley and also see the Jail the Billy the Kid was locked in.
She is known as the “Mother of American Modernism" and celebrity here in Santa Fe. You'll learn her story and see the outside of the Museum.
You'll get a chance to see the local community gallery with up and coming artists, it's free.
We will explore the park and statues and their stories.
The historic Plaza is the heart of Santa Fe, you'll hear it's story and get tips on festivals and food.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(129)
It did not really work as expected. Wifi signal was iffy in the area so I couldn't listen to the audio and had to settle for a transcript. The sites were interesting to visit but I wouldn't buy this again.
It was a great way to learn the history of an area you've never been to before! I also loved the convenience of it fitting into our schedule. Plus, the guide was amazing!
It was perfect.. we walk in our own leisure and got to read all the information. The price was right and worth it.
The app collapse and I couldn’t find it anymore and asked me to buy it again. This happened after 20 minutes of walking to the initial point of the tour, and that was all the tour that we saw. I have emailed the company for a refund and have not heard from them in the last 48 hours. What can I say? May I suggest that you fix this?
Very informative, appreciated being able to stop and start the tour for diversions/shopping/eating along the way
Great walk and easy to use if you just follow the bouncing ball = clear instructions provided including contact details. The negative reviews are unfair and of the ‘gee, I didn’t get to ride a unicorn’ type of critic. You can do it virtually if your legs or the weather give out. Great initiative and entrepreneurship!
Thank you for the great review and I appreciate your notes. Santa Fe is amazing, and the stories, like the Loretto Chapel Miraculous Staircase, Zozobra, and the many on this tour are some of my favorites! Thanks again! My email is greg@walkntours.com, feel free to reach out anytime if you have any questions. Greg
Go at your own pace and schedule with minimal efforts, good and informative sound track. Also inexpensive , can complete in one or two hours or less.
The audio support for the self guided tour is excellent and perfectly paced. I also appreciated the contact I had with the staff prior to the experience.
This app is incredibly frustrating. We even had a map to use and never found the burrow alley and spent too much time looking for it and finally gave up. It was a waste of our time with only a few days in Santa Fe. The app needs a back button so you can re-hear directions. My husband’s app quit working in the middle of the tour and we had to spend time trying to figure out how to get it back and had to call the owner. It eats up an incredible amount of battery-mine was almost dead when we gave up. I’m very unhappy that we wasted so much time trying to follow this app.
Great and fun. Highly recommend it. Plus we didn't have to pay a small fortune for a personal guide. We listened on our phone, but headphones or earpods would have been better to block out the traffic noise.
