Going abroad on an Erasmus+ or Turing Scheme work, or study placement is a remarkable opportunity that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Not only will you enhance your CV, boost your future employability and make lifelong friends, but you’ll also get to live like a local in a different place and learn all about it. If you travel with TravelEdventures, then we’ll provide you with a full itinerary of activities, to allow you to explore your city while meeting other people also on the same experience as you. However, it’s always exciting to spend some of your spare time planning your own excursions and seeing the city through different eyes. Tour guides are great – but often expensive. Luckily, with today’s technology, there are some outstanding tour guide apps, some are free, some charge a nominal fee. We’ve rounded up the very best apps for you to take with you on your trip. Read on for more…
This app is especially for people looking to tailor their own tours and it offers self-guided routes. Expect to be taken to the major tourist attractions with plenty of focus on other landmarks of interest, as well as going off the beaten track. Furthermore, it’s connected to other booking platforms, so for any attraction where you need to pay for entry, you can do so through the app. It’s also highly descriptive, and you can view it in most languages. Suitable for all mobile devices, get yours here.
This is another self-guide walking app for touring and gives you plenty of exciting places to go, especially historical landmarks, colleges and universities (great for students). Read the reviews to see how others find this great tour guide app and design your own tours to suit your time, location and interests. There’s also a library of self-guided tours in a variety of places, offline maps and hidden locations that you might never have discovered without the app.
This worldwide app is available on both iOS and Android and gives the user plenty of interactive tours, along with stories about points of interest. Walk around historical landmarks, cultural locations and museums while listening to Story guide and review your experience. Super for history lovers and visitors to new cities, it’s free to download (there are in-app purchases available to enhance your overall experience). It even works when you’re offline. Get Story guide by clicking here.
Another free touring app, available on iOS and Android, this app is wonderful for cities across the world and has an abundant of features (note the in-app purchases). What we love about this app are the hidden gems, especially local landmarks that a visitor may not come across without inside information. It also details good places to eat as well as special experiences. The app is available offline too – so if Wi-Fi is a problem, the app still works well! Another bonus is the app curates tours based on what the user is interested in and there’s an in-app photo feature that captures memories as you progress through your tour. Get TripScout here.
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