Whether you have ever realised it, visiting a new city is a sensory experience.

Yes! You read right. Sensory!

We “feel our way” across the cobblestones of Edinburgh, the neatly manicured lawns of the White House and even over the golden warmth of sandy beaches. The smell of hops from the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, is legendary, as is the perfume of the orange blossom in Seville. And then, there are all the local delicacies to taste — mussels and Belgian fries in Brussels, thick, hot chocolate and churros in Madrid, or a typical English ale in one of Oxford’s many traditional inns.

But what about the senses of sight and hearing? If you are a traditional and conscientious sightseer, you will visit a city’s most important landmarks and pull out your guidebook or an information leaflet as you reach each one. You get so immersed in what you are reading that you are not actually looking at the amazing sight in front of you. Which slightly defeats the purpose!

Navibration, in addition to being a system of navigation by vibration, is an audio tool. It helps you to sightsee with your ears. At each stop along our routes, an audio file narrated by an important figure connected to the city will provide you with information. Our tour guides will tell you who lived there, what happened at that location or why a particular stop is important to the city you are visiting. In doing so, the distraction of reading is eliminated. Your eyes can feast on what is in front of them, which, after all, is the reason for your visit.

If you are blind or partially-sighted, we want you to enjoy sightseeing just as much as any of our other users and this feature of our app will be particularly useful for you.

We’ve listened to the opinions of lots of local people and writers to get our tours just right.

Now, listen to what we have created.

The world of Navibration awaits.