Rick Steves Audio Europe: An Ancient Seduction in Athens

Warning: This video includes ancient nudity and general horniness! Along with updating my guidebooks when I travel, I enjoy giving my audio tours a “road test”. My audio tour co-author Gene Openshaw and I are always looking for ways to make the 45 tours in our Rick Steves Audio Europe™ app smoother and easier than ever. In Athens this past week, I’ve listened to myself whispering in my ear for four tours, and they all work great. As much as I love guidebooks, a museum or sight is much easier to enjoy when you can listen while gazing at what you came to see, instead of looking down and reading from a book. Here’s a two-minute sample (recorded on my iPhone) starring Aphrodite, Pan and Eros.

In April, we improved and expanded our free Rick Steves Audio Europe app. If you’ve got the old one, be sure to update it with the latest version (2.2 Apple; 2.0 Android) before your next trip! You can find the app here: ricksteves.com/audioeurope

Lots of people are making audio tours these days. What audio tours have you used? Where? Which ones have been most helpful for you?

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2 Replies to “Rick Steves Audio Europe: An Ancient Seduction in Athens”

  1. Recently returned from a trip to Greece and enjoyed Rick’s audio tours of Athens–acropolis, ancient agora, city walk, and archaeological museum. I listened and shared highlights with my companions. I liked how Rick drew attention to small details we might overlook, e.g. the kore statue in the Arch. Museum where she tugs at her skirt to show movement and the signature Archaic smile on the early korai/kouros statues. Also, had a great visit to Kardamyli later in the trip, highlighted by Rick and visited the man who owns the nature shop with olive oils, olives, and all kinds of herbs from the hillsides.

  2. I hope you do a video show on classical art. I shared this video with a few people and they were amazed. So much of the Rennaissance can be attributed to classical statues, metopes, amphora etc and continues in Impressionism and modern art. The blueprint was set in the classical era, just seeing the Medici Venus and then looking at Botticelli’s Birth of Venus is unbelievable. Wow. P

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