Portland Audio Tour: Explore Historic Streets & Stories

Embark on a smartphone-guided audio tour of Portland’s historic streets and uncover fascinating stories of lighthouses, bootleggers, and colonial times. Explore at your own pace and discover Anna Kendrick’s favorite hangouts!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • A piece of the Berlin Wall - The tour starts at this piece of the Berlin Wall. You’ll learn its story and why it’s here. Many tourists never see this site, and many locals miss it too. Then you’ll be guided step by step through Portland.
What's Included
  • Tour never expires - go anytime at your own pace
  • Listen after the tour - explore beyond the city
  • Enjoy the walking tour through our app
What's Not Included
  • No food, drink or entrance into buildings, this tour is all outside
Additional Information

Embark on a smartphone-led exploration and unearth the narratives tucked away in Portland’s historic corridors.

Set your own speed, engage whenever. The journey has no expiration. It’s a professionally curated walk, guided by expert narration and music, with sophisticated location-aware technology leading you through the city step by step.

You’ll traverse the stone-paved roads, wharf street, visit Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s residence, underground railroad stops, city hall, exchange street, the lobster square, aged edifices, and optimal dining locations, which also include a donut joint that surpasses all others. Trust us; it’s that superior.

You’ll discover Portland’s tales, Anna Kendrick’s preferred locales, Longfellow’s legacy, lighthouse legends, adventure accounts, stories from the prohibition era, bootlegging business, the underground railroad history, Japanese mailboxes, tales from the revolution and colonial times, and much more.

Location
A piece of the Berlin Wall
Long Wharf
The tour starts at the piece of the Berlin Wall, a hugely historic piece that most tourists never see. You'll hear the story of the wall, and how it got there, then you'll be navigated step by step through the Old Port section of Portland Maine, and discover its story.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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141prudencem
Aug 31, 2024
Excellent and affordable tour of the Old Port and beyond - I've been going to Portland for years, but stayed on the same few streets in the Old Port. The tour took us on new streets with interesting architecture, parks etc. I'm not from Maine so I enjoyed learning the history. Good narration and the length was just right.
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399clairem
Aug 7, 2024
Walking Portland - This is the way to see Portland if you like to walk. Audio guide is informative and entertaining. Places of interest are in a walkable loop beginning at Harborfront. A bargain alternative to 40.00 trolley or guided tours. And you can pause whenever you wish.
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Scotthb9496fh
Aug 4, 2024
Fun Time - Good narration and just enough of an overview. Enjoyed the sights and the interesting details about Portland. A good value.
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Alix
Jul 19, 2024
Perfect Old Port Walking Tour - Fun interesting walking tour. The audio directions are easy to follow and the tour explanations are informative. Lots of history in old Portland. The self-guided tour allows participants to select start time and control time spent at each site. Big plus on busy trip! Any questions are answered by text or phone call to tour operator.
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Peter_r
Jul 14, 2024
Tour of Portland - Fantastic owner. He was very caring and thoughtful and made sure everyone was happy. Walked to old historic sites. Had a family of six.
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Howard_r
Jun 4, 2024
Great entertainment, terrific value. - The tour was very well designed, great stops, right amount of detail, nice balance of US, world, civil rights history, commerce, whimsical. Terrific way to spend a morning in Portland!
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Holly_g
May 17, 2024
Interesting - Interesting commentary, it was well done. App can be a little glitch, but stick with it and you'll enjoy.
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Julia_m
Mar 16, 2024
Great tour service! - It was great to be able to go at our own pace and stop the tour whenever we wanted. I’ve been to Portland many times but I learned so many new things. I would highly recommend this tour service.
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Robin_m
Aug 22, 2024
Well done! - Our first walking tour. The did such a good job. We look forward to doing more tours like it. Directions were easy to follow and it was interesting
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Alexa_g
Aug 7, 2024
Good basic historical tour of Portland. - A nice way to get to know some of the more popular streets. Arrow function is helpful as well as the ability to pause, rewind, skip ahead, etc.
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