Jerusalem

Medieval mapmakers drew Jerusalem at the centre of the world, the point where Europe, Asia and Africa met and every pilgrim’s road converged. The Old City still holds that pull, folding places sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims into four quarters and less than a square kilometre.

That density is both the joy and the challenge. Alleys climb, dip and double back on themselves, a shopping street turns out to follow the line of a Roman road, and the Tower of David, it emerges, was never built by King David at all.

VoiceMap’s self-guided audio tours make sense of the maze without hurrying you through it. Walk from Jaffa Gate to the Western Wall, where you’ll learn why visitors tuck notes between the stones, then follow the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Or climb onto Suleiman the Magnificent’s ramparts and look out over the Dome of the Rock to the Mount of Olives. And if the food stalls of Al-Wad Street tempt you off course, just hit pause.

Put your earbuds in, follow the map and find your own centre of the world.