App Shopper: London: Top 3 Guides & Audio (Travel)

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London: Top 3 Guides & Audio

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SHORTLISTED FOR BEST TOURISM EXPERIENCE IN BT VISIT LONDON AWARDS 2009

At St Paul’s Cathedral:
• Discover there's not one dome but three
• Experience a night during the Blitz
• Eavesdrop on a time when horses used the Nave

At the Tower of London:
• Discover why its prisoners included elephants
• Witness an infamously botched execution
• Hear how Colonel Blood was rewarded for stealing the Crown Jewels

At Westminster Abbey:
• Find out how bungling burglars stole a crucial piece of the Coronation Chair
• Re-live the emotional funeral of Diana Princess of Wales
• Take a front row seat for the coronation

and much more...

St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey are three of London’s most popular tourist attractions.

This one-of-a-kind app is the perfect companion to experiencing the attractions and their surroundings without the need for books, maps or in-house audio guides. Use it at home, on a plane, on the Tube, inside the venues - the encounter begins well before arriving and continues long after leaving.

To make the most of a visit there are ideas to consider before setting off, along with visitor information, travel planner and useful links. Afterwards there are suggestions for other things to see and do in each area, ranging from more of the same to the completely different. Points of interest and local facilities are marked on interactive offline area maps that include 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 over three hours of atmospheric audio guide to use how you want to. Enjoy before you go, listen again when at the attractions 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 the sites.

Features:

• Three Way2GoGuides apps bundled into one
• Easy navigation menus
• Zoomable area maps with tappable points of interest
• Floor plans for each attraction showing relevant features
• Locate function (when online)
• 100 nearest points of interest plotted on Google Maps (when online)
• Photo galleries
• 160kbps high quality sound
• No need to go online
• 3 hours / 36 tracks of rich audio:

St Paul’s Cathedral:

1 Introduction. 2 The Old St Paul's. 3 Christopher Wren. 4 The Dome. 5 The Decorations. 6 The Blitz. 7 The View. 8 The Apse. 9 Nelson. 10 The Icon. 11 Paul's Cross. 12 Connections.

Tower of London:

1 Introduction. 2 Building the Tower. 3 Prisoners and Executions. 4 Revolting Peasants. 5 Tourists and the Tower. 6 Torture. 7 The Crown Jewels. 8 Stop Thief! 9 St Peter ad Vincula Chapel. 10 Sir Walter Raleigh. 11 Locking Up. 12 Connections.

Westminster Abbey:

1 Introduction. 2 Thorney Island. 3 Building the Abbey. 4 The Coronation. 5 Diana Princess of Wales. 6 The Coronation Chair. 7 Henry VII's Chapel. 8 Poets' Corner. 9 Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. 10 Sanctuary. 11 St Margaret's Church. 12 Connections.

For other apps in this series search “Way2GoGuides”.