Saturday, July 6th, 2013 (14:00) | Lisa van der Velden
Where are we again? Does anyone know a nice restaurant in your neighborhood? Or a hotel for tomorrow? These kinds of questions are now also to answer without lugging or angrily geblader in the guidebook. There are plenty of apps with a click of a button to see a good guides on the screen. Download Just before departure or at the hotel and after that to see all the information. Always and everywhere offline The offer is far apart from guides that are written to guides that are created from established names or unknown promoters. By locals by professional editors iCulture put in this episode of the Holiday Special iCulture five best and most useful travel apps for you in a row.
iCulture advises: Triposo
developers Triposo have information from sites like Wikitravel, Wikipedia, World66 and OpenStreetMap cast in a smart way in a concise and complete reisgidsapp. The free guides are available for an infinite amount of countries and cities. Within the app you need to download once your guides, then you can consult spot them offline. Triposo has helpful maps, a travel diary, the possibility to book hotels and contains quite a few phrases to make you in a strange city heard. But the most attractive feature is the GPS feature of the app, which shows where you are and gives great results in your viewing direction. What is really behind that big building in Prague? You no longer need a map to find. When displaying results Triposo gives some suggestions for activities and align it at the time. If you have just visited a museum you are likely to poke for a coffee. But at ten o’clock in the evening you may have more meaning in theater or a pub. Also handy: when giving the tips the app consider the opening hours of all attractions
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Download: Triposo (free, universal, iOS 5.1 +)
Other guides: Triposo the App Store
TripAdvisor Offline City Guides
TripAdvisor has known for some time now offline city guides in the App Store. Downloading the guides takes time, but you get a lot of information in return. Of course the famous reviews of hotels, attractions, restaurants and more, as well as walks and tours that you can book right away, plus the ability to send a card. Each site has a “Point me There’ button, which designates the direction when you tap it. Especially the maps of TripAdvisor guides are very useful. You can specify which layers you want to see on the map: saved places, underground stations, attractions, hotels, restaurants, and more. For this app you need a single Internet connection. With the Internet you load one or more guides free to view. Thereafter offline If you are anywhere Wi-Fi receives journey you can occasionally load the latest reviews, but there are more than enough reviews to go on. Without those updates In contrast to Lonely Planet brings TripAdvisor just as many restaurants, ho tels and attractions in the map, so for travelers who prefer to choose less have the offer might be a bit overwhelming.
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Download: TripAdvisor Offline City Guides (free, iPhone, iOS 5.0 +)
100% travel guides
popular 100% City Guides are a good option if you like to read travel magazines in the Dutch language. The apps are designed in the same way as the paper guides of Mo ‘Media, and that means a nice design and concise descriptions of all the highlights. The offline city guides are divided into four tabs: a city guide with all tips by category or district, a map with all locations on the near feature that all sorts remote and more-tab. There you will find sites and other attractions that you yourself have marked as a favorite or tipped. By the makers On the maps you can see the underground connections and is useful in several ways: you see immediately which sites along the Metro lines are so practical and can plan routes. That way you can take the subway to sore feet. In addition, the guides include hiking trails and 200 convenient short sentences in the language spoken in that city. You can also stream the senses. The app is free to download, but then you have only a guide of Amsterdam. Good to see if you like the guide. Other cities cost € 6.99 each via an in-app purchase.
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Download 100% Stedengiden (free, iPhone, iOS 4.3 +)
Also available: 100% other guides in the App Store
Spotted by Locals
acclaimed guide apps Spotted by Locals are actually mini blogs with tips from local residents. There are plenty of apps that guide users hidden gems off the beaten path promise, but Spotted by Locals know this promise to solve. All “Spotters” who are their favorite spots in town write manually selected and visited before they can participate. Therefore, the sites that are recommended often original and authentic for that city, without plastic menus in all languages ??of the world and throngs of tourists. Unless it stands the same app in your pocket of course. The app is ideal for relaxing afterwards tips, but highlights as the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre you will not find here. Spotted by Locals began as a blog about Amsterdam, but has grown into an international network of 51 cities. The official language is English and every city costs € 3.59 via an in-app purchase. You can download the guides before departure, then they are offline.
Download: Spotted by Locals (€ 3.59, iPhone, iOS 5.0 +)
Lonely Planet
Most guides in the App Store are actually city guides. The established Lonely Planet, which of course could not fail in this list, offers one of the few country also guides its apps. Opinions are quite divided. About the app itself Some just find it a digital version of the book, but others are lyrical. It is certain at least that the apps like the paper guides are very complete. You can see on a map which places are worth visiting, and you can read about the history. More on location The maps used are stored offline, so you need to consume in order to find your destination. No data The guides cost € 3.59 per city, € 8.99 and € 5.99 per country per region. You can travel apps from countries, cities and regions separately search the App Store and buy, but also purchase from the free Lonely Planet app library. In this app you will immediately ‘Best-of’ guides Barcelona, ??London, New York and Paris gift. Those are rather brief, but give a good idea of ??th e look of the paid apps.
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Download: Lonely Planet (free, iPhone, iOS 4.3 +)
Other apps with guides:
- Capitol (€ 6.99, iOS 3.1.3 + iPhone) – The richly illustrated Capitol Guides for seven cities also available in the form of an app. In the apps stands for every budget a top 10 things you must see and work with me a surprise feature that provides recommendations based on your current location. The apps cost € 6.99 per city. See the example apps from London or Paris. Or view the full range of travel guides Capitol.
- Time Out (free, iPhone, iOS 4.0 +) – The famous Time Out guides with up-to-date events, concerts and club nights to famous cities like New York or Paris available, but also more exotic destinations such as Zagreb or Kuala Lumpur. The complete range of Time Out can be found here.
- Gogobot (free, iPhone, iOS 5.0 +) – Gogobot the new TripAdvisor called and that’s not for nothing. The app is also a guide based on reviews, but has some nice extras, such as a digital passport with travel temples and many options to share and follow other users.
- Trip Wolf (free, iPhone, iOS 5.0 +) – Each Tripwolf travel guide includes maps, attractions and entertainment tips, from Marco Polo and Footprint travel guides. In addition, the apps augmented reality feature that lets you look around in the area. For a city or region you pay about 4 to 6 euros via in-app purchases, an unlimited package costs € 24.99. In addition, there are always changing in the app offers and free cities available.
- CityZapper (€ 0.99, iPhone, iOS 3.0 +) – Known from the paper guides. Very complete guide apps that you can control with a virtual scroll wheel. The apps cost 0.99 per city. For example, a preview to Antwerp or Paris. Or view the full range of CityZapper guides.
- BohoGuides (€ 2.69, universal, iOS 5.0 +) – Practical guides based on Wikitravel. The lite version of BohoGuides is a trial version. You can download a guide in there. The paid version can be bought for € 2.69, after which you can download. Infinite guides Please read our previous article on BohoGuides.
- mTrip (€ 4.49, iPhone, iOS 5.0.1 +) – Popular app with augmented reality, which you can also send via Facebook or email cards. See, for example Berlin or Prague. Or view the full range of mTrip guides. The guides are regularly on offer.
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