Welcome to Hard Graft GuideS

Your time, your pace. History without the tour group hassle.

Experience the Magic of GPS Audio Walks

Explore at Your Own Pace – No rigid schedules, no waiting, no rushing.
Essential Self-Guided Tours – Discover Portugal’s hidden gems in Faro, Lagos, and Tomar.
Seamless & Convenient – Start whenever you want, pause anytime for photos, snacks, or a break.
No Crowds, No Hassle – Forget large tour groups and enjoy a personal, immersive experience.
Learn & Enjoy Effortlessly – Engaging audio guides bring history, culture, and stories to life.

€5.99/forever

90 minutes
Your time, your pace
Private Tour No Groups
Slavery - Pirates - Discovery - Earthquakes
Pause, rewind, downloadable & offline friendly.

€5.99/forever

120 minutes
Your time, your pace
Private Tour No Groups
Templar Knights - Murders - Battles - Sieges
Pause, rewind, downloadable & offline friendly.

€5.99/forever

50 minutes
Your time, your pace
Private Tour No Groups
Pirates, Moors, Crusades, Tsunami and a US WW2 Bomber
Pause, rewind, downloadable & offline friendly.

Our Tours

How It Works

After you have paid for your tour, you’ll receive an email that looks like this 👇

DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Install the VoiceMap mobile app. (Just search the Apple App Store or Google Play for VoiceMap Audio Tours.)

2. Create an account

3. Select Tour Codes from the menu, then select Enter Codes

4. Enter the code below then select Download Now

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YOUR UNIQUE CODE:

123ABC (this is an example code)

This code can be used to redeem one copy of the tour. Codes are not case sensitive.

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PLEASE ALSO NOTE:

• You can download the tour at any time, before or after your booking date. It’s best to download the tour before you set off for the starting point.

• When the download completes, you’ll see a screen with a photo of the starting point and directions to it. The red start button will become active when you are at the starting point.

• This tour follows a set route and includes turn-by-turn directions. It works best if you start it in the right place and follow the directions from one location to the next.

• The download should only take a few minutes to complete. If it takes longer, please cancel the download, go to Account, select Purchased and download the tour from there.

• Remember to bring your own headphones.

I also do a 'real' walk - LIVE

Tours That Move You

We all need something to save us time and introduce new places. I have spent too many holidays walking around with a guide book, or Googleing locations and missed everything.

My audio tours cut out the hard work of travelling and offer users a shout cut to the best a city has to offer.

Why We Build

Most Loved by the Customers

People we meet want to get off the well beaten tracks and discover new places. This is what I'm trying to build. I have three available audio guides at the moment, but I want to add lots more.

Audio Tours
COMING SOON Faro Self Guided Audio Tour
7.00 €

Lose yourself for a couple of hours as I guide you around this amazing historical gem of a city. From the church of bones to the plane crash in the Atlantic and everything inbetween.

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Audio Tours
Lagos Self Guided Audio Tour
7.00 €

Travellers, Lagos is full of world changing history, from piracy to slavery to discovering the European trade routes to Asia. Listen to my audio tour and learn all about this wonderful city.

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Audio Tours
Tomar Self Guided Audio Tour
7.00 €

A self guided walking tour of Tomar by a local Englishman. See all the sights and learn our amazing Templar history – In two hours.

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What Our Customers Say

Mark did a terrific job. Entertaining, informative, and enjoyable to hang out with for a morning stroll.

Nov 15, 2024 Mark was a great guide!knowledgeable & entertaining.everything was well paced & amazing place.If you’re curious about the Templars;I highly recommend. Only thing I didn’t get his recommendations list since I added late.

Mark was an excellent tour guide! Likeable and knowledgeable! I highly recommend his tour! We ended our walk-about at a lovely restaurant, a perfect way to end the morning!

Wonderful tour, Mark really brought the story of the Templars to life, very informative and good fun to be with! Thank you!

It was fun and informative and made our tour of a beautiful place even more enjoyable. Mark and his wife were great!!

Mark is a passionate person about history in Portugal. He is a wealth of knowledge and brings to life the history of Tomar/Portugal. Templars to synagogues, he knows and tells the stories of the past. He also knows all the nooks and crannies and places to visit. We thoroughly enjoyed his tour and his recommendations... would recommend to anyone. Good pace but there is a wee bit of stair climbing so just be aware.

Mark did a fabulous job and is a good storyteller keeping us engaged and entertained while providing some interesting historical information about the Knights Templar in this area.