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Smartphone-Guided Walking Tour of University Circle Sights & Stories

Smartphone-Guided Walking Tour of University Circle Sights & Stories

By Wandering Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is $28 per traveler* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travelers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Our smartphone-guided tour brings the facts and stories behind University Circle to life because we've taken the same stops and sights we share with our friends and families when they come to town and created an interactive web-based tour for you!

Read the stories behind the city, answer questions to reveal fun facts, and experience what makes this one of our favorite neighborhoods! Purchase your tour and then navigate to our website to enter your access code and launch the tour. You can either start immediately or create an account and come back when you are ready to explore.

Please note that you and your group read the tour aloud to one another - there is no audio functionality at this time.

Activity location

  • Wade Lagoon
    • 44106, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Harrison Dillard Trail
    • Harrison Dillard Trail
    • 44106, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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Smartphone-Guided Walking Tour of University Circle Sights & Stories in English
  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 30 minutes1h 30m1h 30m
  • Opening hours: Thu 6:00am-9:00pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
$27.50 x 1 Traveler$27.50
Total
Price is $27.50

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedEasy-to-use web interface
  • What's includedWhat's includedFamily-friendly stops and questions
  • What's includedWhat's included24/7 support by phone or email

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Wade Lagoon
  • 10m
Wade Lagoon is the heart of University Circle, a site of rich history, many special moments, and a unique heritage the dedicated this land "for the benefit of all the people forever."
Severance Hall (Pass by)
The home of the 'the finest orchestra in America' according to the New York Times is not without its share of crazy stories - from a conductor who dictated mopping patterns to musical ghosts, Severance Hall has been a home to generations of Clevelanders.
Cleveland Museum of Art
  • 5m
Explore some of the lesser known sculptures in our world renowned museum's collection that sit outside its four walls - would you believe us if we told you the stories involved the Vietnam War, pipe bombs, controversial artists, and the mafia? Or take a quick gander inside this free gem in Cleveland.
Tinkham Veale University Center
  • 5m
From your vantage point see everything University Circle has to offer - topical museums, peeling carillons, medical miracles, and world renowned scholars. If you're luck there just might be a marching band in the cards for you too..
Peter B. Lewis Building
  • 5m
A modern-day Stonehenge and two famous architects collide in one location with stories of Nazi-sympathizers, a lack of right angles, and the invention of the modern day MBA.
WRUW FM 91.1 (Pass by)
100,000 records? Hidden in a basement? Well, just because you cannot touch and feel them you can still listen to them on this student-run public radio station here in Cleveland.
Hessler Court
  • 5m
Have you ever seen a road made out of wood? Hessler is perhaps the most unique street here - but most people don't come for the road they come for the June Festival that launches the summer season in Cleveland with famous lemonade - and yes it is tasty.
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
  • 5m
A building shaped like a hexagon? Check. No permanent art? Check. A wild and topsy turvy artistic experience? Check.
Uptown Avenue
  • 10m
We love this little corner of University Circle, and if you're lucky there might be some ice cream in your future here too.
Cozad Bates House
  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
The site of family intrigue, a stop on the Underground Railroad, and now the heart of heart care in Cleveland, this place in University Circle is special to many for different reasons.
Little Italy
  • 10m
Our tour ends in one of the best parts of Cleveland where the pastry shops, art galleries, and thrift stores line the road with bright red, white, and green pennants reminding everyone that the Italians rule here.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESWade Lagoon
    • 44106, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHarrison Dillard Trail
    • Harrison Dillard Trail
    • 44106, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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