Behind the forums lies a neighbourhood with stories of its own: Fermi's boys, a pilgrim who never begged, a pig nobody could see, a child taken from his family and two crimes a few steps apart. It ends in front of the tomb Michelangelo never got to finish the way it was meant to be.
Monti was the Suburra, the noisy neighbourhood Rome hid behind its monuments. You start outside the institute where Fermi and his boys discovered slow neutrons, before he left with the Nobel Prize. You walk down Via Panisperna past a joke on a gridiron, a street name that smells of ham and an invisible pig that a pope said had been driven out of a church. In Madonna dei Monti, the neighbourhood's square, you meet a pilgrim who died in a butcher's house, a market fountain, a church born in a hayloft and the house where Edgardo Mortara was taken. You cross the Suburra with a poet from Calatayud, climb the Borgia Steps, beside Tullia's legendary street, and finish at San Pietro in Vincoli, in front of the tomb Michelangelo could never complete the way he wanted.
An outline of the walk. The full stories are in the app.
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Walking directions are based on mapped pedestrian routes. Check local access and signs; the route is not an accessibility guarantee. Times are approximate.
Rome calls for a water bottle, reliable shoes and room for a detour. Its squares link up on foot; the hills and sunshine decide how many you will enjoy in a day.
You start in front of the giants of the Quirinale and the palace from which a French general took a pope away at night, and in whose courtyard Italy's last king said goodbye, after a reign of little more than a month.
You start at the foot of the Capitol, outside the prison where Rome held its enemies before executing them.
You start at the foot of the long staircase up to the Aracoeli, where the Middle Ages placed Augustus before a sibyl.
An app for self-guided audio walks. Choose a city and a route, then listen to the stories behind its streets. You decide when to start and when to stop.
Podtour is coming to iOS and Android. There is no confirmed launch date yet. Join the waitlist and we will let you know when it is ready.
No. Street walks and monument audio tours do not include admission tickets, transport or a guide accompanying you.
Download the audio in the app before heading out, then listen offline. Loading the online base map and calculating a new route from your location require a connection.
Every route includes Spanish and British English. The English version is adapted for English-speaking travellers, rather than translated word for word.
Join the waitlist, choose a city and confirm your email address. When the app launches, we will email you with access details. No card is required. You can also try one free route in every city.
Yes. Your own access is included and you can choose 0–5 guests: up to 6 people including you. Each guest saves up to €0.50 on a walk, €1 on a pack or €2 on a whole city compared with buying separately. The counter shows the total before you confirm one payment.
After paying, share your purchase’s invitation link. Each guest opens it in Podtour and accepts their place on their own iPhone or Android phone. They must redeem it within 30 days of purchase. Unclaimed places then expire and cannot be recovered or renewed. Access accepted in time is kept. Opening the link does not use a place; one account takes just one place, and no more people can join once all places are taken.
No. Choose all your guests before confirming the first purchase. Afterwards you can share the places you paid for, but you cannot increase their number or restart the 30-day deadline.
Join the waitlist. When we launch, your chosen city is yours to explore.
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