Fun Technology for Paris

We all know how useful mobile phone applications are when we’re at home, but you can take these fun and useful applications on the road with you too! There is a wealth of new travel applications for your mobile device that will enrich your travel experience. From museums to restaurants, shopping to sites, these new applications will have you cruising the streets looking like a local, rather than fumbling with a guide-book like a lost looking tourist.Paris, known as The City of Lights and the world’s most romantic city, is of course at the cutting edge of these fun new travel applications. One of the best new applications is called Monument Tracker and is available either for your iPhone or your Android device. Monument Tracker not only provides maps to famous destinations you won’t want to miss, but if you happen to be walking past something you weren’taware of, it will alert you to the cultural importance of lesser known sites and buildings. It is like having your own personal tour guide, without the cost and the hassle. 115 monuments are covered in this application, spanning history from the 1st century through present day. Complete with pictures, anecdotes, little known facts and interesting tidbits, Monument Tracker will give you at your fingertips information and local perspective that you won’t find in a bulky guidebook!Aside from Monument Tracker, there is a wealth of travel applications springing up to make your trips more fun, entertaining and spontaneous. Travel applications are the new hot item to have–impress your friends and feel like a local, while picking up a few new facts. Since Paris is one of the worlds most coveted destinations, and most visited cities in the world, Paris specifically has a wealth of travel applications to choose from. Everything from history, popular places to dine and shop, to translation applications, adding one of these to your mobile device will help you get the most out of your visit to this famed city.Free Paris: Exactly as the name implies, this gives you a list of over 70 things to do in Paris that are free! Paris is an expensive city, and you can quickly feel priced out of your budget. This guide gives you the inside scoop of free sites and activities, and will keep you on budget, without sacrificing anything.Metro Paris Subway: Paris is a walking city, but to get to those farther flung sites, or from one end of the city to the other, you’ll want to jump on the metro. Rather than spending hours standing in front of the metro map in the station, looking like a lost tourist, you’ll know exactly where you need to go ahead of time with this easy to use application. It gives you station- to-station directions, as well as walking directions to get from one place, site or monument to the nearest metro. Never feel lost in Paris again–Magnifique!Paris City Speaker Audio Guide: This is the crème de la crème of Paris city guides. If you are the type of person who likes a guided city tour, this is the application for you! This application will guide you to Paris’ most famous monuments, giving you detailed history and anecdotes straight to your headphones, as well as navigate you through charming neighborhoods and back streets. You’ll blend right in with this application–locals will think you’re just listening to some cool tunes through your headphones, but really you’ll be soaking up all the sites and history this wonderful city has to offer.Cool Gorrilas Talking French Phrasebook: Yes, they do speak French in Paris, and despite the fact that most Parisians speak English; you don’t want to rely on that default presumption. The locals truly appreciate it when you make an attempt in their mother tongue, and this application will help you do that. Filled with useful everyday words and phrases to help you navigate your days through this city, there is both text and audio, so you can see what a word looks like, as well as hear how it sounds and should be pronounced. And if you’re unsure about your pronunciation you can always point to the text, so the waiter knows to bring you chicken for dinner, and not pigeon!Zagat: Want to find a top rated restaurant and make a reservation in minutes, tryZagat To Go. It is a great way to find a gourmet restaurant or fun bistro in seconds, including informative reviews. That is a delicious way to travel! To GoThese travel applications are all reasonably priced–from $.99 -$4.99, and some are even free! Cheaper than a guidebook and much easier to carry.This fabulous Paris info is brought to you by Barge Connection, experts in luxury barge travel. 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