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The 15 Best Self-Guided Audio Tours in Spain

30 tours  ·  from $4 a head

Every trip has one free morning too few. These 15 self-guided audio tours in Spain justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get your headphones in.

Madrid: El Retiro Park Self-Guided Audio Tour - The Parterre Garden and Casón del Buen Retiro
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Madrid: El Retiro Park Self-Guided Audio Tour

1.El Retiro Park Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.8 · 134 reviews · 365 days · from $14Our pick

Use your Android or iOS phone to explore El Retiro Park from the Saint Jerome Church to the Parterre Garden, Galapagos Fountain, Casita del Pescador, and Crystal Palace. The English or Spanish audio, maps, and text work offline, so you can pause, wander, and continue without using mobile data.

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Historic Ciutadella: A Self-Guided Audio Tour - Starting at Plaça des Born
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Historic Ciutadella: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

2.Historic Ciutadella: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 29 reviews · 1 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $7

Walk through Ciutadella de Menorca with the VoiceMap app as GPS guides you from Plaça des Born to Square D’Alfons III. Hear the story of the cathedral, palaces, convent, museum, Roman roads, and marina in English. Pause for lunch, enter sights when open, and continue without mobile reception after downloading the tour.

“Very informative. Easy to follow & if you strayed it let you know so you could get on the right track The narrator made it interesting”

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Ronda Self-Guided Audio Tour with Andalucia Travel Expert - Views from Mirador de Ronda
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Ronda Self-Guided Audio Tour with Andalucia Travel Expert

3.Ronda Self-Guided Audio Tour with Andalucia Travel Expert

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 26 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes (approx.) · from $14

Use the VoiceMap app to follow an English audio walk through Ronda with narrator Clive. The route begins at Alameda del Tajo, crosses Puente Nuevo, visits viewpoints and Moorish landmarks, and ends at the Royal Cavalry bullring. Download the map and audio before starting, then pause, stop, or repeat sections as you like.

“This was our first audio tour and it was great. Easy to follow instructions, nice background music and narrator had an easy to listen to speaking voice. I will look to do audio tours again in the future.”

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Gaudi and La Sagrada Familia Exterior Self-Guided Audio Tour - Studying the Birth façade
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Gaudi and La Sagrada Familia Exterior Self-Guided Audio Tour

4.Gaudi and La Sagrada Familia Exterior Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 25 reviews · from $5Best value

Use your phone to explore Gaudí Square and the exterior of La Sagrada Familia in about 39 minutes. The app explains Antoni Gaudí’s vision and the detailed Birth façade in English or Spanish. Download the tour and map before arriving, bring your own headphones, and remember that interior admission is not included.

“Be careful of a scam! We booked a guided tour and we're unclear where to go. We circled around the place for 20 minutes while no one from the company was available over the phone to tell us where to go. Once we arrived we were tolRead more”

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Valencia: Self-guided Audio Tour on Your Smartphone - The Basilica of the Virgin of the Helpless
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Valencia: Self-guided Audio Tour on Your Smartphone

5.Self-guided Audio Tour on Your Smartphone

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 21 reviews · 365 days · from $11

Start at Torres de Serranos and follow an English or Spanish audio route through Valencia’s old center. The app includes offline narration, maps, and text for Palacio de los Borja, the Basilica of the Virgin, St. Mary’s Cathedral, and Santa Catalina Church. You set the pace, but audio may continue between stops without a clear pause.

“Pros:The audio information on each location was good. Route map was good. Cons: The audio guide from one location continued to the next, there was no obvious pause points, meaning that we were listening to information about a location we were not at.”

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Palma's Alternative History: A Self-Guided Audio Walk - A seventeenth-century house with a practical pause
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Palma’s Alternative History: A Self-Guided Audio Walk

6.Palma’s Alternative History: A Self-Guided Audio Walk

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 18 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $9

Follow Sandra, a longtime Palma resident, on a one-hour to 90-minute self-guided walk from Parc de la Mar to Plaça de Cort. Hear stories of Talayotic Mallorca, royal palaces, churches, the Inquisition, bars, and old courtyards. The VoiceMap app supplies offline audio, maps, and geodata, so you can pause whenever you like.

“No me gustó nada de nada. La aplicación "VoiceMap" no para de bloquearse y tienes que cerrarla del todo, volver a abrirla y marcar el punto manualmente. Y no es una cuestión del terminal móvil, ya que tengo un gama alta con el Snapdragon 888, 8 GB de RAM, etc. La aplicación está muy mal optimizada, no es sólo que te funda la batería del móvil (eso ya te avisan), el problema fundamental, es que no para de bloquearse, es imposible poder hacer el trayecto tranquilo. Muy pero que muy deficiente. Me esperaba algo muchísimo mejor. Ojo: La gran pega, es la app. La idea, es buenísima. Hay otrow paseos…”

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Between Two Gates: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in Valencia - How the Turia River changed Valencia
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Between Two Gates: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in Valencia

7.Between Two Gates: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in Valencia

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 16 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $11Top rated

Walk from Torres de Serranos to Torres de Quart with an English-speaking audio guide on your phone. The route connects Valencia’s Roman beginnings, Turia River, cathedral quarter, Central Market, archaeological remains, and grand churches. You set the pace, pause for food, and use offline maps, but attractions are viewed from outside.

“The speaker was very good and added humor to his dialog which made it entertaining. GPS did take a while to catch up so got lost a few times.”

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Girona: Self-guided Audio City Tour on Your Phone - Independence Square gives you a simple start
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Girona: Self-guided Audio City Tour on Your Phone

8.Girona: Self-guided Audio City Tour on Your Phone

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 12 reviews · 365 days · from $11

Use your Android or iPhone to follow an English audio tour from Independence Square to the Basilica de Sant Feliu. Download the narration, text, and maps before you go, then explore Girona at your own pace. Entry fees, headphones, and the phone itself are not included.

“We really liked the self guided pace It would be helpful for the narrator to say pause the audio here and move on to the next location The app also kept closing and required reopening from the beginning”

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Palma de Mallorca: Self-Guided Audio Tour - Palma’s plazas and grand civic buildings
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Palma de Mallorca: Self-Guided Audio Tour

9.Palma de Mallorca: Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 12 reviews · 365 days · from $11

Use your smartphone to follow an English self-guided audio tour from Plaza de España through Palma’s markets, plazas, historic buildings, Arab Baths, Cathedral, Lonja, windmills, and Bellver Castle. Download the app and offline maps before you go. There is no live guide, fixed group, or transport included.

“It was very focused on a few specific places. Instead of going in-depth on those, I personally would've liked to get to know a little bit of more different places”

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Madrid Self-Guided Audio Tour - Paseo del Prado and the Golden Triangle
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Madrid Self-Guided Audio Tour

10.Madrid Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 11 reviews · from $9

This private self-guided tour gives you audio access to 24 Madrid sights through SoundCloud and an interactive Google My Maps route. Choose your own start, finish, pace, and language. You will need a charged smartphone, headphones, and internet access. Museum and attraction entry fees are separate.

“It was extremely hard to navigate. Information was very poor and long winded. You only have 48 hours to use it (which they don’t tell you). Horrible app links. I would highly NOT recommend it”

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Barcelona's El Raval and the Gothic Quarter: A Self-Guided Audio Tour - Narrow lanes and the squares of the Gothic Quarter
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Barcelona’s El Raval and the Gothic Quarter: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

11.Barcelona’s El Raval and the Gothic Quarter: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $11

Walk from Font de Canaletes through El Raval and the Gothic Quarter with VoiceMap’s self-guided audio tour. You’ll hear stories of Barcino, the House of Mercy, La Boqueria, Palau Güell, Picasso’s Carrer d’Avinyo, and Barcelona’s medieval lanes. The app includes offline audio, maps, and lifetime access, but you’ll need your own phone and headphones.

“It was nice to be able to go at our own pace and not be in a huge crowd. I was impressed with the directions and how the tour guide kept pace with our walking. Would definitely do again”

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Self-Guided Audio Tour - Ghosts of Madrid: History and terror - Gran Vía and the story of Goyito
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Self-Guided Audio Tour – Ghosts of Madrid: History and terror

12.Self-Guided Audio Tour – Ghosts of Madrid: History and terror

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 9 reviews · from $10

You follow a self-guided audio route from Palacio de Linares to Plaza Mayor, hearing scripted performances about Madrid’s ghosts and paranormal tales. The app works offline and includes maps and city tips. You set the pace, pause when you like, and need only your own smartphone and headphones. Palace entry is not required.

“Very easy to follow the stories they tell you, they are also really well told and creepy. 100% recommend to try if you love ghosts.”

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Mérida: Self-Guided Audio City Tour - Starting beside the Puente Romano
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Mérida: Self-Guided Audio City Tour

13.Mérida: Self-Guided Audio City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 8 reviews · 365 days · from $11

Use your Android or iOS phone to follow an English audio route through Mérida, beginning at the Puente Romano and ending near Cerro Calvario. The app provides narration, maps, and text offline, with stops including the Alcazaba, Plaza de España, Roman Forum portico, and National Museum of Roman Art. Entry fees, phone, and headphones are not included.

“Very good explanations and descriptions. It was great to be able to do it at my own pace.”

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Self-Guided Audio Tour-The Surrealist Barcelona of Dalí and Gaudí - Plaça de Catalunya and Dalí’s final omens
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Self-Guided Audio Tour-The Surrealist Barcelona of Dalí and Gaudí

14.Self-Guided Audio Tour-The Surrealist Barcelona of Dalí and Gaudí

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 8 reviews · from $10

You’ll follow a self-guided audio route through central Barcelona, linking Salvador Dalí’s strange final omens with Antoni Gaudí’s Palau Güell and other landmarks. The app works offline, includes maps and tips, and offers English or Spanish narration. Allow extra time beyond the advertised 39 minutes if you prefer to walk at a normal pace.

“Finishing it. What a waste of time. Said it took close to 35-40 minutes- yes if you are an Olympic sprinter.”

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Manzanares River’s Story: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in Madrid - Starting beside the Antiguo Depósito de Agua
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Manzanares River’s Story: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in Madrid

15.Manzanares River’s Story: A Self-Guided Audio Tour in Madrid

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Use the VoiceMap app to walk Madrid’s Manzanares River route in English, from the old water tower and Matadero Madrid to Toledo Bridge. Along the way, hear about woolly mammoths, washerwomen, meat markets, San Isidro, and the river’s 300,000-year story. Plan for about an hour, plus breaks.

“Not as interesting as we had hoped. Beautiful park, enjoyed a stop at Cafe Rio for refreshments. Very long walk for our fitness level.”

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