Telluride Afoot

Audio Walking Tours of Telluride

Make the most of your visit with an historic walking tour

• Explore at any time
• Discover in any order
• Learn at any pace
• Download map & brochure here

Select from three ways to tour:

MP3 Tours

For MP3 tours, click here to purchase & download individual tours. 
You will be asked to enter your credit card information to purchase a tour.
 
MP3 tours are powered by Rocky Mountain Audio Guides, Inc.
For assistance with this service, email tours@rmaguides.com.

Cell Phone Tours

For cell phone tours, dial 703-637-6420 and when prompted, use the phone keypad to enter the number of the tour you wish to take. You will be asked to enter your credit card information to purchase a tour.

Because normal airtime and roaming charges are not included, we recommend that you disconnect and re-dial between stops to conserve airtime minutes.  Audio tour minutes are preserved while disconnected. Audio tour access is available for a 72 hour period after initial activation. For best results, use of a cell phone headset is highly recommended.

Additional charges are not common as most wireless plans offer unlimited weekend and a large number of pre-paid minutes.

Cell phone tours are powered by Spatial Adventures. For assistance with this service call toll free 866-858-2133.

Minidisk Tours

Visit Telluride Realty, located at 333 West Colorado Ave. in downtown Telluride to borrow a complimentary minidisk player.

Telluride Realty provides minidisk tours at no charge and has graciously financed the cell phone and MP3 conversion of the Museum’s Audio Walking Tours. The Telluride Historical Museum is grateful for their generous support.

Call Telluride Realty at 970-728-4000

Available Tours:

Tour 1:

Main Street Historic Businesses, Aspen St. to Willow St. (1 HR, $9.95)

Delve into Telluride’s commercial district, full of colorful history & colorful stories. A well preserved area, many of these buildings played significant roles in the town’s evolution.

Tour 2:

Working for a Living, the Depot to Popcorn Alley (1 HR, $9.95)

Enter Telluride’s working world through the Denver & Rio Grande Southern Railroad Depot, working class ethnic neighborhoods like Finn Town & Swede-Finn Town, the warehouse district, the now infamous red-light district with the cribs of “Popcorn Alley.”  The area is filled with considerable history and engaging stories.

Tour 3:

Historic Homes, Main St. (1 HR, $9.95)

Discover Telluride’s highest concentration of historic residences from the late 1800s and early 1900s between Aspen and Davis Streets and hear memories of childhood, celebrations and pastimes in early Telluride.

Tour 4:

Historic Homes, Sunny Side to St. Patrick’s Church (1 HR, $9.95)

Study Telluride’s historic architecture through structures associated with individuals key to Telluride’s development.  Included are St. Patrick’s Church and Telluride Town Hall.  The tour is sprinkled with engaging oral histories from Telluride pioneers.

Tour 5:

Landmarks and Historic Homes, the Sunny Side (1 HR, $9.95)

Explore L.L. Nunn’s residence, the Cornell House, the old high school and smaller homes along West Columbia.  Through oral histories you will also get a sense of life in early Telluride, particularly from a child’s point of view, and listen to stories about prohibition and the social fabric of the town.

Tour 6:

Cell Phone Special - $18.95 for 120 minutes of airtime

This tour allows you to select from any of the 102 stops in Tours 1 – 5, in any order and at anytime, over a 72 hour period.

Tour 7:

MP3 Special

$29.95 for all five MP3 tours