London City Guide
The Olympic Games or simply the beauty of the old city of London may be enough of an incentive to want to get to know it. And, of course, there is an application to make it easier for us to visit it. It's called London City Guide and it comes from Tripadvisor, a well-known Internet search engine With it we can find all types of establishments and places to visit in a simple way and with a great amount of informationWhatever the type of tourism we are going to do, this application can be of help.
It has a simple and most intuitive design Thus, despite the fact that it is an application with buttons, menus and content in English, we can easily handle it thanks to its icons It also doesn't have too many screens, taking the user directly to where they want to go. Highlights of London City Guide the ability to download an extra packextra pack of information Three actually , which represents an expansion in the detail of the maps of the application, having thousands of photos of different placesand reviews to know in advance the rating of certain places.
As we say, this is a complete guideThus, when starting the application we find different menus depending on the activity or place we want to find: Restaurants, Hotels, Attractions (museums, theaters, etc), Suggested itineraries, Nightlife (discos, bars ”¦) and Shopping It also has two attached menus: Background Information, which offers information about different aspects of the city, and Metro Stations Nearby that shows us on a map the nearest metro stations to our current position. A great utility for moving around the city.
Thus, when choosing any section we find the same operating scheme for all of them. Just filter the results to find the best in all of London, theclosest to our position or the best in a neighborhood, whatever it is that we are looking for.After this a list appears, being able to do a second filter, for example looking for a gay bar , a Chinese restaurant or some other specification. All this to find what best suits our needs. After finding the right place, we can see a complete file with images, reviews and ratings In addition, it is possible to save the place as bookmark and have it handy on the main screen of the application, without having to search for it.
But the most curious thing is the Point me there! option that transforms our terminal into a compass , indicating the direction in which we should walk and the distance to which we are. Although, if we prefer, it is possible to click on the Maps button and access a map to find out the ruta between our position and what we are looking for.The option of Suggested itineraries is also interesting, where we can find step-by-step commented and recommended routesto find out all the details and discover the city.
But, without a doubt, the best thing about this application is that it allows offline browsing to Internet In this way we can travel without worrying about increasing the cost of our data rate or looking for a public connection. Plus, it's completely free, with no need to pay for any content. The London City Guide app is developed for Android and iPhone and iPad, and can be downloaded via Google Play and the App Store
