Medina Highlights Audio Tour: Sacred Legacy

Explore Medina at your own pace

Beneath the shimmering heat of the Medina sun lie stones that have witnessed the rise of empires and the fall of kings. History here is not tucked away in archives. It pulses through the streets and lingers in the shadows of ancient prayer halls.

Unlock the secrets of the city with this self-guided audio tour. Navigate the silence of the Al-Ghamama and Omar Ibn Al-Khattab mosques to uncover the hidden political scandals and forgotten rebellions that shaped the landscape.

Why was a single cloud the deciding factor in a desperate moment of survival? What whispers remain from the political clashes that once rocked these quiet plazas? Which specific architect vanished after finalizing a hidden chamber in the Abu Bakr mosque?

Photo: Helmi Tan, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 2 hours 1 minutes, entirely at your own pace

• Distance: around 7.1 km (4.4 miles)

• Stops: 8 landmarks, including Al-Baqi Cemetery, Al-Ijaba Mosque (Medina), The Prophet's Mosque

• Audio: up to 20 minutes of narration

• Starts at: Al-Baqi Cemetery

Map data by Mapbox and OpenStreetMap contributors

How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.

• Buying for a group? Choose one ticket per person: you get one code that works on every phone in your group.

• Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.

• Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.

• Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

• Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop

• An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks

• Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal

• Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like

• Lifetime access - your code never expires

Photo: Bangkit, Unsplash

Where you will stop

• Al-Baqi Cemetery

• Al-Ijaba Mosque (Medina)

• The Prophet's Mosque

• Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque

• Al-Ghamama Mosque

• Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque (Medina)

• Hejaz Railway Museum

• Al-Anbariya Mosque

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

• Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary

• Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere

• At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want

• Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

• This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.

• It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.

• The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.

• You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.

• Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Helmi Tan, Bangkit, MD ENAMUL HAQUE TETU, ekrem osmanoglu, Jumanh Jammaz (Unsplash); AudaTours.