Manhattan
A self-guided audio walking tour of New York, United States
This self-guided audio walking tour of Manhattan in New York, United States covers 10 narrated stops over roughly 60 minutes and about 4.3 km on foot. Press play in the PodWalk app and each stop is narrated automatically as you arrive — walk at your own pace, online or fully offline. The route runs from 2 Columbus Circle to 15 Central Park West. Expect a focus on architecture.
Download free, then play this walk in New York — narration starts automatically at each stop, online or off.
The route, stop by stop
2 Columbus Circle
That building has always made people argue — which is either a sign of failure or the most honest thing architecture can…
USS Maine National Monument
February 15, 1898. A warship anchored in Havana harbor simply ceases to exist — 268 men gone in a matter of…
José de San Martín
Cast in bronze and set on horseback, José de San Martín has been watching this corner of the park since May 1951 — a South American liberator planted at the edge of Manhattan's most contested real…
Reclining Figure
In 1965, Henry Moore delivered something to Lincoln Center that had no face, no name, no gesture of greeting — just mass, curve, and…
Peter the Fisherman
Among the bronze abstractions and corporate plazas, a fisherman appears — weathered, specific, unmistakably…
Church of Saint Paul the Apostle
Stone, not glass. That's the first thing the Church of Saint Paul the Apostle insists on — and in this corridor, that insistence takes some…
Time Warner Center South Tower
Two glass towers, one name — and the south one is the quieter twin, which is worth…
Peace
Nineteen eighty-five. While the towers around Columbus Circle were still decades away, a sculptor named Leonardo Nierman placed something here that had no interest in commerce at…
Dante Alighieri
Dante stands here at the edge of the park — not inside it, not quite on the avenue, but on a sliver of ground that belongs to…
15 Central Park West
Robert A.M. Stern broke ground here in 2005 with a deliberate provocation: in a city that had spent decades reaching for glass and steel, he chose limestone and setbacks — a building that looks backward to look…
These are the opening lines of each stop. The full narration — and the audio — plays in the app.
Manhattan walking tour — good to know
- How long is the Manhattan walking tour?
- About 60 minutes on foot, covering 10 stops over 4.3 km. You can pause and pick it back up whenever you like.
- What does the Manhattan audio tour cover?
- 10 narrated stops, beginning at 2 Columbus Circle and ending at 15 Central Park West. Each one plays automatically as you reach it.
- Do I need an internet connection or mobile data?
- No. Download the walk once in the PodWalk app and the narration plays fully offline — handy while roaming in United States. GPS triggers each stop as you arrive.
- Is the Manhattan audio tour free?
- Your first walk on PodWalk is free. After that, walks come through one-time passes from $2.99 — there's no subscription and nothing auto-renews.
- Can I do the tour at my own pace?
- Yes. There's no guide and no schedule — start when you want, linger as long as you like, and the next stop plays automatically when you get there.
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Walk Manhattan with PodWalk
Free to download. Your first walk is free, and you can download this one for fully offline use.