6 top phone apps for travel to Europe
We have already brought you 9 great phone apps for walkers and hikers in the UK. Here we bring you our choice of the best phone apps for walkers, hikers and visitors to European countries.
PeakFinder Alps
Platform: iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad), Android and Nokia
Cost: £2.49.
Explore the Alps and find out all the names of the mountain peaks in a 360° panorama display. It works off-line! See Peak Finder
France Castles
Platform: iPhone and iPad
Cost: $0.99
France Castles helps you to find popular places of interest throughout France including many castles, towers, gardens, churches, manors and old halls.
Dishfinders
Platform: iPhone and iPad
Cost: Free.
This is an app for food lovers. Dishfinders allows you to find and share food reviews and photos as you travel.
Lonely Planet apps
Platform: iPhone
Cost: From £2.49.
Brought to you by a leader in information a bout overseas travel, the Lonely Planet apps offers tips, advice and guides to a wealth of cities including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Moscow and Budapest.
Rick Steves’ Audio Europe
Platform: iPhone and iPad
Cost: Free.
The Rick Steves’ Audio Europe app offers a vast and varied library of audio content in geographic areas, including tips and self-guided tours for dozens of Europe's top museums, sights and historic walks. So you might tap into an audio walking tour in Amsterdam and Munich or listen to one of 39 radio features on Eastern Europe, France, Germany, Greece and many more countries.
Swiss Hike
Platform: iPhone
Scales: 1:25 000
Cost: Free.
Swiss Hike is created by Switzerland Tourism and offers access on your smartphone to 32 hikes. You can see these off-line so the app is very handy if you’re travelling abroad. Each hike comes with a description, details of the climbs and descents, duration and grading. The map is on a scale of 1:25,000. Swiss Winter Hike is ideal for visits during the snowy season.
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Written by
FionaOutdoors