City Surf, the series of self-paced MP3 walking tours, are downloadable guides for the traveler who is looking to experience and interact with a city's local culture and find the hidden treasure among the masses, essentially allowing you to enjoy the city as if a local friend were showing you the way. Founder Ali Karbassi is an avid traveler and found his trips to be more memorable and exciting when it is experienced as an adventure rather than an itinerary – we'll attest to that! So with the help of his writing staff, traveling band of friends, and informed locals, he brings the City Surf Toronto guides, featuring tours for St Lawrence Market, Yorkville, and The Annex, with Kensington, China Town, and Church Street soon to come. Additionally, niche tours that cover the art scene or "Afternoon Off" tours for business travelers with a few hours to kill are in the works. Chalk full of up to date local knowledge and interesting facts, and for only $9.99 each, forget the maps and the filtering of endless pages of info and use yours eyes to actually see the city by listening to City Surf!

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Toronto audio tour with City Surf

Wednesday 16 August 2006 by Edward.

City walking tours are about to change. City Surf provides self-guided audio walking tours of Toronto via the MP3 player. While you explore Toronto you listen to the audio tour and maybe find hidden treasures and get first-hand knowledge of the city’s local culture.

Several audio tours are currently offered: Flatiron Building, Philosopher’s Walk, Reservoir Lounge, The Annex, St. Lawrence Market, and Yorkville. Tours are being developed for Montreal and Vancouver. They are put together by writing and research staff, tips from friends who live in the area, people interviewed in the area, and recorded and produced by locals.

At about 30-40 minutes and C$9.00 per tour, with map, the city traveller just might learn a little more about Toronto with this companion.

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Though I personally dig the lost-looking tourist with map unfolded look, many don't. That's one reason why iPod audio tours are so genius, you could be just any other citydweller listening to music, and no one would know that those earphones are feeding you directions like some sort of radio-controlled zombie. City Surf is a new and only audio tour of Toronto that seems pretty good. For now, the tours are offered for the Yorkville, St. Lawrence Market and the Annex areas but the company plans to produce Chinatown, Little Italy and "Art Walk" tours in the future. The spots on the tour are solidly interesting ...

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Posted by Tim in City

Self-guided audio tours have come to Toronto. City Surf appears to be first on the scene and already has tours for St. Lawrence Market, Yorkville and the Annex...

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