California Gold Rush: The Sacramento Grid on a self-guided Bicycle Audio Tour

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Highlights

  • State Capitol

  • Sutter's Fort

  • Sac Valley Train Station

  • Old Sacramento

  • the Stanford Mansion

Summary

Cycle through the history of Sacramento and the Californian gold rush

Tour info

Duration
2 hours - 2 hours 30 minutes
Group Size
Pricing (From)
Voucher Access Code: (6-99 years)
$7.99
Commentary
English
Meeting Point

1305 10th St, 10th St, Sacramento, California, 95814

Dropoff location

Why take this tour?

How did Sacramento come to be California's capital city?

What was the city's founder, a Swiss named Johann Sutter, doing here in what once was Spanish territory?

How did his efforts to expand a fort here at the confluence of two rivers lead to the discovery of gold and the rush to come get it?

Learn the answers and more by taking this 2-hour self-guided tour by bicycle. The tour departs and finishes at the Capitol, stopping along the way at markers and structures that tell us about the founding of this city and the Gold Rush of 1849. Bikes can be rented in Old Sacramento at Practical Cycle. Also, at bike racks throughout the city from a bike share program lock them if you leave them.

The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

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What’s included?

  • Lifetime access to this self-guided tour in English

  • VoiceMap App for Android and iOS

  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

  • Smartphone

  • Transportation

  • Food/Drink

  • Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Things to know

Before you book

  • This is a self-guided audio tour.

  • Entrance fees to all attractions mentioned on the tour are excluded from the price.

Before you go

  • Install the VoiceMap app beforehand and use the code included with your ticket to download the tour.

  • Remember your headphones, unless you've booked a driving tour.

  • Charge your phone's battery. The way VoiceMap uses GPS to play audio automatically can be battery intensive.

Redemption information

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    YOUR CODE: CGRS4912
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    TO USE IT:
    1. Install VoiceMap from the Apple App Store or Google Play
    2. Create an account
    3. Select Tour Codes from the menu, then select Enter Codes
    4. Enter the code CGRS4912 then select Download Now
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    Please download the tour onto the VoiceMap app and charge your phone before you go. Remember to bring your own headphones. If the tour takes more than a few minutes to download, please stop the download, go to Account, select Purchased and try to download the tour from there. If you still experience issues, please contact us on [email protected]


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VoiceMap makes audio tours easy and accessible. It has a beautifully simple tour app, a straightforward publishing tool, and a team of helpful editors.

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