Cork Walking Tour: Experience the Rebel City with a Self-Guided Audio-Tour

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Explore the vibrant city of Cork at your own pace with a self-guided audio tour. Discover the city’s history, landmarks, and hidden gems while enjoying the flexibility to start and finish whenever you want.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

River Lee - The tour follows a section of the River Lee.
Lapp’s Quay - The tour starts on Lapps Quay and follows along the quay for part of the tour.
Parnell Place - The tour passes by Parnell Bridge.
South Mall - The tour passes by South Mall.
The Imperial Hotel & SPA - The tour passes by The Imperial Hotel.
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What's Included

VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
Lifetime access to this tour in English
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

What's Not Included

Food/Drink
Smartphone and headphones
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Transportation

Additional Information

Explore the audacious Rebel City at your leisure with this cost-effective audio tour
• Discover how a swampy terrain evolved into the lively city of Cork and learn about its once world’s biggest butter exchange
• Listen to producer Máirín Ahern, a recognized Corkonian who’s been a professional tour guide in the city since 1999
• Complete it in an hour or…

Location

Lapp's Quay

Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Jolon_g

Sep 5, 2025

Excellent self guided tour - I chose this self guided tour as I had limited time in Cork before a longer harbour tour. Very impressed with the quality and clarity of the commentary and the ease of use of the app. Guides you around all the important sights in the central city area. Also adjusts to your own pace and allows for stopping along the way. Budget friendly option too!

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Sheila_m

Jul 26, 2025

Cork Self Guided walking tour - This was the first time that we had done a self guided walk as opposed to a walk with a physical guide. I had low expectations as I thought that probably the technology wouldn’t work properly etc. But we were really pleasantly surprised. Everything worked and if by chance you wandered off the scheduled route you got a prompt that put you back on course. I would definitely recommend this tour and would look out for another in different locations.

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L9880ctjosephm

May 28, 2025

Great way to walk a city on your own schedule at your own pace. - My 1st time using VoiceMap and I was extremely pleased. You can do a tour at your own pace or in partial segments and on your schedule. Did the Cork Ireland tour in separate sections and even did one part in reverse.

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Scott_m

Sep 16, 2024

Interesting History of Cork! - Really enjoyed learning about the history of this area! The guidance was excellent and accurate, the voice clear and authentic to the region!

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Ian_w

Aug 22, 2024

Cork - Very clear instructions and voice which all added to a great Cork discovery. We were able to stop when we wanted and then continue on with the rest of the tour.

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276ruuds

Aug 21, 2024

Interesting tour with lots of background information - Very interesting tour, even though we had already walked around Cork ourselves. Lots of background information about Cork and its history.

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5tefan2019

Jul 25, 2024

Perfect way to dive into a new city - Do it. Really, I mean it, no better way to get to know a city you do not know, interesting informations of times past and present, very good and precise guide through the streets and around the corners. I recommend it highly

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Zena_c

Aug 28, 2025

Exploring cork! - I only had an afternoon in cork so I really enjoyed the opportunity to explore on my own and managed to see all the highlights with a brief history. Great idea for when you don’t have long in a city or for an initial explore to decide where you want to visit in more detail

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Veronika

Jun 11, 2025

Good option for people, who are ok without guide - It is pretty good, only two small points which could be improved from our point of view. Giving directions/ navigation could be better. Got off the route. We can understand that she wants to show the different eras by showing the architecture coming out of it, but maybe it could be more some people connected to the history of the city.

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Sharon

Mar 10, 2025

Cork, Ireland - The tour was well done and easy to follow. We enjoyed it very much, however, there was construction, so we were not able to follow the route and missed highlights.

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up to 15 guests

1 - Adult