About us
We explore cities with our ears
We’re a team passionate about travel, sound and technology. We believe the best way to get to know a city is to listen to its stories from the people who live there.
ANDO was born in Barcelona thanks to Amelie, who had previously worked with D-TOURS, the Belgian company that created the concept of sound tourism.
Amelie took up that idea and decided to develop it in Barcelona together with Martín and Carlos. That’s how ANDO was born: an experience of unique stories told by locals, with immersive narration, music and ambient sound that together create a one-of-a-kind sound journey.
21st-century sound tourism.
Our mission
Our mission is to offer an original, sensory way to discover the city, connecting with its essence through stories told by the people who live there, and giving travellers the freedom to explore at their own pace.
Why ANDO?
Travel
We believe in being travellers, not mass tourists. We’re committed to a more conscious, authentic and respectful way of discovering the world.
Essence
In an oversaturated world, we defend the importance of reconnecting with the essence of each place, its culture and its history.
Sound
Because through our ears we travel to a lyrical universe where present and past meet.
Who’s behind ANDO?
Amelie
Amelie is passionate about travel. She never feels better than when she’s somewhere that has nothing to do with her own story. There she feels free to listen, feel, observe and learn from other realities.
She’s always liked going against the current: discovering hidden corners, meeting the people who truly live a place, and taking the time to simply be, unhurried, far from mass tourism.
This way of travelling led her to direct and produce audiovisual and sound documentaries.
Today, she’s deeply happy to see Ando come to life in the city that is her city at heart.
Martín
Martín is a graphic designer and illustrator with a background in journalism. His interest in music, sound and travel has led him to explore new ways of storytelling and of approaching places through listening. He prefers to observe calmly, to discover what lies off the usual routes, and to connect with the voices that give each place its identity. That outlook led him to sound design and to creating projects where audio and experience intertwine.
At Ando he brings his knowledge of music and sound design. He’s lived in Barcelona since the 90s, and after watching the city change non-stop, he recognises the need to offer a more conscious, intimate way to walk it: a proposal that blends narrative, local voices and an ambient soundscape that travels with you along the way. Simply, Ando.
Carlos
A digital entrepreneur based in Barcelona, Carlos comes from the marketing world and combines that strategic vision with the technical ability to build products from scratch.
Passionate about photography and cultural experiences, he’s spent years exploring cities with his eyes wide open — and growing convinced that the best way to discover a neighbourhood isn’t following a map, but listening to the people who live it.
At Ando he’s in charge of building the platform and making sure the user experience truly works, from the first click to the last step of the route.