Santa Monica
A self-guided audio walking tour of Santa Monica, United States
This self-guided audio walking tour of Santa Monica in Santa Monica, United States covers 11 narrated stops over roughly 60 minutes and about 4.8 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 Angels Attic to Chez Jay. Expect a focus on history and hidden gems.
Download free, then play this walk in Santa Monica — narration starts automatically at each stop, online or off.
The route, stop by stop
Angels Attic
A museum of dollhouses and miniatures stood here from 1984 until 2017 — and then it didn't. That's the whole story, except it…
El Miro Theater
In 1989, a wrecking crew walked into a movie palace and left only the front wall…
Third Street Promenade
Look at what's in front of you — a street engineered to feel effortless. That's the work of a very deliberate…
Britannia Pub
Across the street from the Promenade's curated retail — the pedestrian mall that replaced a living neighborhood — sits a pub that has simply refused to become something…
The Georgian Hotel
1933. The Depression is grinding through its third year, and someone is opening a hotel on Ocean…
Heal the Bay Aquarium
Tucked beneath the pier's pilings, almost invisible unless you're looking down, is a small aquarium that shouldn't exist — at least not by the logic of what this waterfront has…
Muscle Beach
In 1934, people were doing handstands and human pyramids on a strip of sand just south of the pier — not for money, not for cameras, just because the space invited…
Shutters on the Beach Hotel
In 1993, while the rest of Santa Monica was still arguing about what it wanted to become, someone answered the question by building…
Chain Reaction (sculpture)
A cartoonist built a mushroom cloud and planted it next to City Hall. That's not a provocation — that's exactly what happened here in…
Hotel Arcadia
By 1886, someone had decided this stretch of oceanfront was worth building a dream on. The Hotel Arcadia rose right here — between Colorado and what was then called Front Street — a grand gesture planted at the edge of…
Chez Jay
The peanut shells on the floor are not an accident. They're a…
These are the opening lines of each stop. The full narration — and the audio — plays in the app.
Santa Monica walking tour — good to know
- How long is the Santa Monica walking tour?
- About 60 minutes on foot, covering 11 stops over 4.8 km. You can pause and pick it back up whenever you like.
- What does the Santa Monica audio tour cover?
- 11 narrated stops, beginning at Angels Attic and ending at Chez Jay. 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 Santa Monica 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.
Walk Santa Monica with PodWalk
Free to download. Your first walk is free, and you can download this one for fully offline use.