Walking & history / Downtown
WalknTours – Detroit's Spirit and History Tour
Download the app, pop in your earbuds, and let local narrator Kristin walk you through downtown Detroit at your own pace, whenever you feel like it.
Languages: English
At a glance
- Price
- $9.99, one-time app purchase
- Meeting point
- Buddy's on Broadway pizzeria
- Season
- available year-round, start anytime
- Groups and private tours
- self-guided app tour, solo or in pairs
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What tours do they run?
Detroit's Spirit and History Tour
Starting at Buddy's on Broadway, Kristin's narration guides you past the Guardian Building, Hart Plaza, and the Penobscot Building.
- Price
- $9.99
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
WalknTours isn't a Detroit company, it's a self-guided audio tour app covering cities across the country, but they built a dedicated Detroit route too. You start at Buddy's on Broadway, the pizzeria that invented Detroit-style pizza, then the app carries you past the Guardian Building, Hart Plaza, and the Penobscot Building. Kristin, the local narrator, tells the stories as you go, so you can stop and snap photos as much as you like. No group, no schedule, just you and your phone.
- Self-guided walk, your own pace
- Starts at Buddy's on Broadway
- Works offline once downloaded
How to book and where to meet
Buy the tour through the app or at walkntours.com; it's a one-time purchase you download and start whenever you're ready. No booking window needed, works great solo or with one other person.
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