Explore Cambridge at your own pace

Beneath the manicured lawns of Cambridge lie centuries of spilled blood and hushed scandals that history books dare not whisper.

Navigate this self-guided audio tour to peel back the polished facade of the Fitzwilliam Museum and Pembroke College. Wander beyond the tourist trails to uncover the radical rebellions and forgotten tragedies lurking in the shadows of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Why was a prestigious academic seat burned to the ground during a peasant uprising? What sinister secret remains buried deep within the college archives? Who really smuggled the illicit artifacts hidden inside that unassuming stone wall?

Photo: Jean-Luc Benazet, Unsplash

Tour details

Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes, entirely at your own pace

Distance: around 4.8 km (3.0 miles)

Stops: 15 landmarks, including Pembroke College, Cambridge, Peterhouse, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum

Audio: up to 38 minutes of narration

Starts at: Pembroke College, Cambridge

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

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

Where you will stop

Pembroke College, Cambridge

Peterhouse, Cambridge

Fitzwilliam Museum

Queens' College, Cambridge

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Cambridge University Museum of Zoology

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Jesus College, Cambridge

Clare College, Cambridge

Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Garret Hostel Bridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

Kettle's Yard

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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: Azeira (Wikimedia Commons, public domain); Jean-Luc Benazet, Malgorzata Bujalska (Unsplash).

Description supplied by the event organiser.