Audio Travel Guides

Our audio travel guides present you with some remarkable sounds and incredible atmosphere to help set the stage for your next visit to the Capital Region USA. Take a listen and start your own list of “must see” attractions to visit across Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia.

Powerful Moments in Washington, DC parts 1, 2 & 3

In this set of three guides to Washington, DC we cover the White House and US Capitol... travel across the Potomac River to Arlington National Cemetery to visit the Kennedy grave sites...tour the Smithsonian, International Spy Museum and the thought provoking Newseum… and discover the best neighbourhoods for shopping, dining and clubbing. All three parts of the tour run close to thirty minutes. You'll feel you've been there among the world's movers and shakers!

Download Podcast - Powerful Moments in Washington, DC, Part 1 (mpeg 29,02 MB)

Download Podcast - Powerful Moments in Washington, DC, Part 2 (mpeg 27,11 MB)

Download Podcast - Powerful Moments in Washington, DC, Part 3 (mpeg 29,18 MB)

Annapolis, America’s Sailing Capital parts 1 & 2

Located on the Chesapeake Bay, historic Annapolis, Maryland is home to the US Naval Academy and briefly served as the US capital before Washington DC. On this tour you'll visit a local deli where everyone pledges allegiance to the US flag each morning... walk the historic streets with Squire Fred in 18th century character... tour the Naval Academy... eat and drink in fun, waterside restaurants... sail a schooner on the Severn River and learn to tour the city by Segway. The two tours run to around one hour total.

Download Podcast - Annapolis, America's Sailing Capital, Part 1 (mpeg 33,36 MB)

Download Podcast - Annapolis, America's Sailing Capital, Part 2 (mpeg 28,57 MB)

Find your Passion in Virginia parts 1 & 2

This tour of Virginia takes in the beautiful Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Shenandoah National Park... top class vineyards at Barboursville and in Rappahannock County... Civil War battlefields around Fredericksburg and the marvelous homes of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison at Monticello and Montpelier. We also visit two fine country B&Bs and a whisky distillery. The two tours run to just under an hour.

Download Podcast - Find your Passion in Virginia, Part 1 (mpeg 28,04 MB)

Download Podcast - Find your Passion in Virginia, Part 2 (mpeg 23,32 MB)

These podcast guides were made by BBC journalist Tim Richards who podcasts globally at heartbeatguides.com