Vieux Sacramento: une visite audio autoguidée
Description
Vous cherchez un moyen de découvrir le quartier historique et le front de mer du vieux Sacramento sans vous joindre à un groupe de touristes ? Explorez à votre rythme avec cette visite à pied autoguidée. • Découvrez comment Sacramento a finalement été sauvé des inondations annuelles en élevant la ville de 22 pieds dans les années 1860 • Écoutez la productrice Lynn Momboisse, une locale qui a créé plus de 20 tournées VoiceMap à son actif • Faites tout cela en 90 minutes ou attardez-vous aux arrêts en cours de route avec un contrôle total sur le moment où vous commencez et finissez • Bénéficiez d'une utilisation illimitée avant la date de votre réservation et après celle-ci • Utilisez l'option de visite virtuelle à la maison Une fois que vous avez réservé, vous recevrez un billet avec des instructions et un code unique répertorié sous "Avant de partir". Ensuite, installez simplement l'application Voice Map et entrez votre code. L'application affiche les directions vers le point de départ, et lorsque vous êtes au bon endroit, insérez vos écouteurs et appuyez simplement sur Démarrer. Voice Map a une lecture GPS automatique, avec des instructions détaillées. Cela fonctionne également hors ligne.
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Au cours de cette visite à pied dans le quartier historique et le front de mer du vieux Sacramento, je peindrai un tableau de ce que c'était pour ces premiers pionniers qui ont été attirés par la ville à l'époque de la ruée vers l'or.
Notre visite commence à Tower Bridge. En vous promenant dans les rues pavées et les promenades en bois, je partagerai des histoires sur les bâtiments que vous croiserez.
Au cours de cette visite, vous visiterez Pioneer Square, la statue du Pony Express et le monument à Theodore Judah, le premier ingénieur en chef du Central Pacific Railroad.
Nommée monument historique de Californie en 1965, la banlieue comprend plus de 50 bâtiments historiques restaurés datant de la seconde moitié des années 1850. Notre visite commence à Tower Bridge. En vous promenant dans les rues pavées et les promenades en bois, je partagerai des histoires sur les bâtiments que vous traverserez, notamment le restaurant Firehouse, l'hôtel Orleans et What Cheer House, un ancien hôtel et monument historique.
Passez devant le Lady Adams Building et découvrez son histoire pendant que vous marchez.
Nommée monument historique de Californie en 1965, la banlieue comprend plus de 50 bâtiments historiques restaurés datant de la seconde moitié des années 1850. En vous promenant dans les rues pavées et les promenades en bois, je partagerai des histoires sur les bâtiments que vous traverserez, y compris What Cheer House, un ancien hôtel et monument historique.
Vous entendrez également parler des débuts de la Californie et de la façon dont il a fallu 25 jours par bateau à vapeur pour acheminer le courrier de la côte est à la Californie sur la côte ouest avant la création du Pony Express en 1860.
Visitez Pioneer Square, la statue du Pony Express et le monument à Theodore Judah, le premier ingénieur en chef du Central Pacific Railroad.
Lors de cette visite, vous aurez l'occasion de visiter le California State Railroad Museum et le Sacramento History Museum après en avoir entendu parler.
Vous vous promènerez dans I Street et passerez devant le Big Four Building ainsi que dans Front Street où vous pourrez déguster le menu dans l'un des charmants bars ou restaurants le long du front de mer Old Sacramento.
Lors de cette visite, vous aurez l'occasion de visiter le California State Railroad Museum et le Sacramento History Museum après en avoir entendu parler.
Vous entendrez parler du courage des migrants chinois lors de la construction du Central Pacific Railroad.
La visite se termine par le bateau à aubes Delta King où vous apprendrez son histoire fascinante.
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- Convient à toutes les conditions physiques
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Avis(11)
Easy to download app and audio tour. The starting point is across the street from the yellow bridge.
This was a great way to tour the original city of Sacramento at a leisure pace. We found it very interesting to hear about the history & the people who made it during a very important part of California’s development during the Gold Rush. Highly recommend!
We were entertained by this tour, a fair amount of walking in a small space as you go up and down through the neighborhood. It was a tad long for our taste, and needs a little updating ( there was one reference to a Ferris wheel that clearly is no longer there).
I read all the reviews. Technically, this is not a scam however, it can feel like it for a little while. To sign up for any tour, you fill out a form with your information and set up an account. This can be done with a combination of computer and phone. Okay. Next, they send the confirmation code via email, which you have to figure out among a long list of other numbers, like tour operator number, booking reference, etc. Then enter the code and it may or may not work. IF you booked the tour on some partner website, like TripAdvisor or the Marriott website, or perhaps something else, then you have to keep going on your phone, to get to another screen, where you enter one of the other numbers, such as the “BR” booking reference code. It took way too long for us to figure this out, late at night. We would have given up if we were only on our phone sitting in the park. Decreasing the barriers to participation would be great. The tour itself was excellent. The narrator knew her material, picked interesting stories, spoke clearly, and paced just right with our walking speed. We did fail to follow directions once, and the voice telling us we were lost, immediately helped us out. I would give this at least four stars if we would not have felt frustrated with the set up.
Hi there, I'm sorry to hear that the experience of getting the tour was frustrating. When you were having technical difficulties, did you contact VoiceMap support via email or telephone? We are contactable by both telephone and email, so if you have technical difficulties, please reach out to us so we can identify what is going wrong. I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour content and hope this will encourage you to do more of our tours! Best, Helene
Great experience! The tech worked flawlessly. Learned a lot about Old Sac. Informative narrative. So glad we came across this!
The downloaded app of tour of Old Sacramento is a scam.. the multiple confusing steps to download never worked. Their “Help” was an email & their help response was a snarky comment to just follow their confusing directions since no one else was having a problem.
Hi there, I'm sorry that you were unhappy with your experience. Please make sure to follow up with our support team. This way, we can identify exactly what went wrong and process a refund if there was a technical issue. I'm sorry for your frustrating experience. Regards, Helene
I had a few hiccups at first with the Voicemap ap. As recommended, I had downloaded the tour prior to the trip. However, the ap prompted me to download it again when I got to the starting point. The download froze twice so my start of the tour was delayed. However, once I got started I really enjoyed the tour. It was similar to a scavenger hunt -- just follow the prompts, walk in the right direction and see the landmarks. I thought it was amazing that all the sights were there just as the narrator pointed out, Admittedly, I got a little lost a couple times but I found it helpful to stop and read the written narrative to get back on track. The tour was very enjoyable and I was able to pause it and check out a couple of the shops along the way. I was reminded about the California history I had learned about in school (and long forgotten) regarding the gold rush and railroad history. I would advise to be sure your phone is fully charged. Voicemap used a lot of battery power on my Android phone. Toward the end of the tour I was afraid my battery was going to die before I finished the tour. All in all I was happy and felt that taking this self-guided tour was a good way to see Old Sacramento on my own schedule.
This is the first time we had used this app for self guided audio tour. I will try it in any other circumstances, as we travel, as well. Really really liked using it. The information was good, the tour guide was great, and the app was Really excellent
Very informative and extremely clear directions. Audio and voice were excellent, great stories and fun facts. Highly recommend this tour!
This is an ideal way to visit Old Sacramento and do it at your own pace. Very knowledgeable, easy to listen to and interesting. Highly recommended.
