Travel With The iPod As Your Guide
05.25.07 - 11:25am
When traveling through a new city it is always more interesting and fun to see the history, feel the life that was there and see some of the sights and sounds of new place, through the eyes of those who have lived there.
Unfortunately, it is not everyone that has a friend in every city who can give a personal guided tour and lets face it - joining a tour group can take away from some of the adventure of seeing things at your own pace and leisure.
Tourcaster solves these problems in elegant style by offering “tours” of different cities and countries across the world, that allow you to know about the places your touring and open your eyes to sights you may see yet not otherwise know. (It is the story of a place that makes it magical). They do this by offering downloads for your iPod that you can then walk the city with. The tours come with a map showcasing the landmarks on the audio tour and then you can listen, pause, stop as you wish.
Some of the tours are free and other such as Boston Audissey, which features original soundtrack and interviews with FBI agents, music legends, award-winning authors, and Boston locals, while you walk through Boston Mafia headquarters and hear about the Broad Street Riots, or the Margaret Mitchells Atlanta Georgia tour which takes you through her homes and to see some of the Civil War battlefields which formed the backdrop for “Gone with the Wind”, cost $10 to $15 for the downloads.
The audio tours last for 20 min. to 2 hours, with the walking tours lasting as long as 7 hours. Tours are available for the cities in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and The United States.
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