3 Great Italian Tours

Each of the individual tours are available to purchase separately at LoDingo. However by choosing the 3 Great Italian Audio Tours you will SAVE $10.00

Download walking tours of Italy onto your iPod, mp3 player or phone. As you wander through the streets along the route we've planned for you let our city guides tell you where to go and what to look out for.

Florence MP3 City Guide

We'll show you and tell you all about:

    •    The magnificent cathedral
    •    Piazza della Signoria
    •    The Palazzo Vecchio
    •    Ponte Vecchio
    •    the magnificent Palazzo Pitti
    •    Church of Santo Spirito
    •    The significance of the Brancacci Chapel
    •    Santa Maria Novella
    •    San Lorenzo
    
We'll start at the duomo Florence's vast Cathedral and tell you not only how the magnificent dome was created but how this remarkable piece of engineering was one of the corner stones of the Renaissance.  Whether you go inside then or wait until later is up to you.
 
Either way, next we'll wander down the Via Calzaiuoli and talk about how the shops around this modern Florentine street relate to the Renaissance and Florence's history.  We'll take in the Palazzo Vecchio and then the Ponte Vecchio and explain what all those padlocks on its railings are about.
 
Into Oltrarno, and we'll talk about the history of the Palazzo Pitti and its connection with opera as well as explaining what is so vitally important to the history of art about a small fresco in the Brancacci chapel.

Rome – Vatican - Trastevere

From the grandeur of the Vatican to the quiet charm of Trastevere you'll see some very different aspects of Rome:

    •    St Peters
    •    the Castle
    •    Via Giulia
    •    Piazza Farnese
    •    the Jewish Ghetto
    •    the Tiber
    •    Trastevere
    •    anta Maria in Trastevere

After the crowds and noise of St Peters, walk with us down the calm, pretty Via Giulia and learn how it came to be built against the odds.  We'll explain the macabre history of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte and then lead you into the elegant Palazzo Farnese as we tell you about the great Farnese family - and some of the other families that have shaped Rome over the centuries.

Then, coming bang up to date, we'll show you some of the funkiest clothes shops in Rome - for humans and dogs - before we head off to the Ghetto.  Rome might be long associated with the Catholic church but the city's Jewish population also has a turbulent and moving history.  We'll point out the best restaurants and cafes along the way.

Finally we'll take you across the Tiber to Trastevere where the churches, streets and the mood are all very different - but the ice cream is just as good, especially if you know where to look.

Venice MP3 City Guide

Through the narrow streets, across the canals into the some of the most beautiful churches in the world, our tour of Venice includes:

    •    the Piazza San Marco
    •     the Fenice Theatre
    •    the Accademia gallery
    •    Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
    •    Scuola San Rocco

We'll guide you through the narrow, winding streets and along the canals past most of the city's most stunning churches and art galleries and through its picturesque squares. We'll show you the most beautiful monuments - and perhaps the ugliest!

We'll tell you the history of this remarkable city so that you'll feel you'll know it as well simply seeing it. You'll hear the gruesome legend of how St Mark became patron saint of Venice and find out why we should all be grateful to Attila the Hun.

As you wander past the elegant facade of the world famous La Fenice Opera House we'll fill you in on the mystery behind the fire that destroyed it in 1996 and discuss the scandal and rumour surrounding it that still divides Italy.

Simon Brooke is an award winning journalist and travel writer who has written for The Sunday Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and The Times amongst others. He is the author of two novels.

Each of the individual tours are available to purchase separately at LoDingo. However by choosing the 3 Great Italian Audio Tours you will SAVE $10.00

Download walking tours of Italy onto your iPod, mp3 player or phone. As you wander through the streets along the route we've planned for you let our city guides tell you where to go and what to look out for.

Florence MP3 City Guide

We'll show you and tell you all about:

    •    The magnificent cathedral
    •    Piazza della Signoria
    •    The Palazzo Vecchio
    •    Ponte Vecchio
    •    the magnificent Palazzo Pitti
    •    Church of Santo Spirito
    •    The significance of the Brancacci Chapel
    •    Santa Maria Novella
    •    San Lorenzo
    
We'll start at the duomo Florence's vast Cathedral and tell you not only how the magnificent dome was created but how this remarkable piece of engineering was one of the corner stones of the Renaissance.  Whether you go inside then or wait until later is up to you.
 
Either way, next we'll wander down the Via Calzaiuoli and talk about how the shops around this modern Florentine street relate to the Renaissance and Florence's history.  We'll take in the Palazzo Vecchio and then the Ponte Vecchio and explain what all those padlocks on its railings are about.
 
Into Oltrarno, and we'll talk about the history of the Palazzo Pitti and its connection with opera as well as explaining what is so vitally important to the history of art about a small fresco in the Brancacci chapel.

Rome – Vatican - Trastevere

From the grandeur of the Vatican to the quiet charm of Trastevere you'll see some very different aspects of Rome:

    •    St Peters
    •    the Castle
    •    Via Giulia
    •    Piazza Farnese
    •    the Jewish Ghetto
    •    the Tiber
    •    Trastevere
    •    anta Maria in Trastevere

After the crowds and noise of St Peters, walk with us down the calm, pretty Via Giulia and learn how it came to be built against the odds.  We'll explain the macabre history of Santa Maria dell'Orazione e Morte and then lead you into the elegant Palazzo Farnese as we tell you about the great Farnese family - and some of the other families that have shaped Rome over the centuries.

Then, coming bang up to date, we'll show you some of the funkiest clothes shops in Rome - for humans and dogs - before we head off to the Ghetto.  Rome might be long associated with the Catholic church but the city's Jewish population also has a turbulent and moving history.  We'll point out the best restaurants and cafes along the way.

Finally we'll take you across the Tiber to Trastevere where the churches, streets and the mood are all very different - but the ice cream is just as good, especially if you know where to look.

Venice MP3 City Guide

Through the narrow streets, across the canals into the some of the most beautiful churches in the world, our tour of Venice includes:

    •    the Piazza San Marco
    •     the Fenice Theatre
    •    the Accademia gallery
    •    Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
    •    Scuola San Rocco

We'll guide you through the narrow, winding streets and along the canals past most of the city's most stunning churches and art galleries and through its picturesque squares. We'll show you the most beautiful monuments - and perhaps the ugliest!

We'll tell you the history of this remarkable city so that you'll feel you'll know it as well simply seeing it. You'll hear the gruesome legend of how St Mark became patron saint of Venice and find out why we should all be grateful to Attila the Hun.

As you wander past the elegant facade of the world famous La Fenice Opera House we'll fill you in on the mystery behind the fire that destroyed it in 1996 and discuss the scandal and rumour surrounding it that still divides Italy.

Simon Brooke is an award winning journalist and travel writer who has written for The Sunday Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and The Times amongst others. He is the author of two novels.