Zagreb Highlights Audio Tour: Historic Paths and Cultural Treasures

Explore Zagreb at your own pace

Beneath the polished facades of Zagreb lies a labyrinth of ancient echoes and restless ghosts. While others admire the architecture, you will unearth the scars of empires and the whispers of forgotten rebels hidden in plain sight.

This self guided audio tour acts as your personal key to the city. Unlock layers of history that typical guidebooks ignore as you navigate from the regal Art Pavilion to the somber depths of the Archaeological Museum.

Did a single royal decree at King Tomislav Square once spark a citywide uprising? What secret code was carved into the museum walls before the occupation? Why did a prominent socialite vanish during the height of the 19th century gala season?

Photo: Aleksandar Vučin, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 2.9 km (1.8 miles)
• Stops: 14 landmarks, including King Tomislav Square (Zagreb), Art Pavilion, Zrinjevac
• Audio: up to 35 minutes of narration
• Starts at: King Tomislav Square (Zagreb)

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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: Erin East, Unsplash

Where you will stop

• King Tomislav Square (Zagreb)
• Art Pavilion
• Zrinjevac
• Archaeological Museum in Zagreb
• Ban Jelačić Square (Zagreb)
• Nine Views
• Grič Tunnel (Zagreb)
• Museum of Broken Relationships
• Croatian Museum of Naïve Art
• Church of St. St. Mark's Cathedral in Zagreb
• Stone Gate
• Tkalčićeva Street
• Dolac (Zagreb)
• Zagreb Cathedral

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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: Aleksandar Vučin, Erin East, Kristijan Arsov, martin bennie, Lukas (Unsplash); AudaTours.