Cambridge Audio Tour: Ivy League Legends and City Stories

Explore Somerville at your own pace

A secret society once ruled campus nights just steps from where revolutionaries whispered plans in the shadows of ancient brick. Cambridge holds treasures within its winding streets - layers of rebellion, rivalry, and intrigue resting beneath everyday scenes.

Venture on this self-guided audio tour to uncover tales hidden behind ivy walls and bustling coffee shops. Track silent footsteps through storied halls and find out what truly shaped this legendary city beyond the classroom.

Who risked everything on a snow-covered Harvard Square, forcing a clash that would echo across generations? What cryptic initiation rites have kept the Porcellian Club shrouded in myth for centuries? And which scandal left Leverett House in turmoil, dividing students late into the night?

Photo: Jane Sorensen, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 3.9 km (2.4 miles)
• Stops: 14 landmarks, including American Repertory Theater, Harvard Square, Porcellian Club
• Audio: up to 35 minutes of narration
• Starts at: American Repertory Theater

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How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
• Buying for a group? Choose one ticket per person: you get one code that works on every phone in your group.
• 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

Photo: Unknown author, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

Where you will stop

• American Repertory Theater
• Harvard Square
• Porcellian Club
• Lowell House
• Leverett House
• Widener Library
• Harvard Art Museums
• Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
• Cambridge Public Library
• Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Harvard Graduate School of Design
• Memorial Hall
• Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
• Lesley University

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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: Jane Sorensen (Unsplash); Unknown author, Daderot (Wikimedia Commons, public domain); AudaTours.