App Shopper: London: Kew Gardens Guide & Audio (Travel)

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Sep 24 '09	New App: $4.99, v1.0

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London: Kew Gardens Guide & Audio

iOS iPhone

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST TOURISM EXPERIENCE IN BT VISIT LONDON AWARDS 2009

• Discover why royal family feuding put Kew on the map
• Hear how stealing seeds changed the course of history
• Eavesdrop on a King imprisoned at the palace in the gardens
• Find out how Kew caused the infamous mutiny on HMS Bounty

and much more...

The World Heritage Site of Kew Gardens is one of London’s most popular tourist attractions featuring stunning scenery, spectacular plants and iconic buildings. Famous for its former royal occupants, Kew is now a global leader in plant conservation.

This one-of-a-kind app is the perfect companion to experiencing Kew Gardens and its surroundings without the need for books, maps or guides. Use it at home, on a plane, on the Tube, inside the gardens - the encounter begins well before the entrance gate and continues long after leaving.

To make the most of a visit there are ideas to consider before setting off, along with essential visitor information, travel planner and useful links. Afterwards there are suggestions for other things to see and do in the area ranging from more of the same to the completely different. Points of interest and local facilities are marked on an interactive offline area map that includes introduction, contact details and weblinks. When online they appear in a directory of the 100 nearest points of interest, listed by proximity and plotted on Google Maps.

Don’t forget your headphones because there’s an hour of atmospheric audio guide to use how you want to. Enjoy before you go, listen again in the gardens and keep as a lasting memento. With pristine sound quality and filled with high quality music, cinematic sound design and dramatic reconstructions it’s a captivating way to become immersed in the many fascinating stories connected with Kew.

Features:

• Easy navigation menus
• Zoomable area map with tappable points of interest
• Locate function (when online)
• 100 nearest points of interest plotted on Google Maps (when online)
• Photo gallery
• Family tree of Kew’s royal inhabitants
• 160kbps high quality sound
• No need to go online
• 60 minutes / 12 tracks of rich audio:

1 Introduction. 2 Early History. 3 Royalty Arrive. 4 Farmer George. 5 Mutiny! 6 Mad George. 7 The Palm House. 8 The Rubber Robber. 9 The Temperate House. 10 The Pagoda. 11 Conservation. 12 Connections.

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