London: Tower of London Guide & Audio

SHORTLISTED FOR BEST TOURISM EXPERIENCE IN BT VISIT LONDON AWARDS 2009

The Tower of London is a World Heritage Site and one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions - famous as a Royal Palace, state prison, place of execution and home of the Crown Jewels.

This one-of-a-kind app is the perfect companion to experiencing the Tower and its surroundings without the need for books, maps or in-house audio guide. Use it at home, on a plane, outside the gates, inside the Tower - the encounter begins well before the entrance gatehouse 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 inside the Tower 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 Tower. For example, discover why its prisoners included elephants, witness an infamously bungled execution, overhear a first-hand account of torture (not surprisingly there aren’t many!) and hear how stealing the Crown Jewels left one man handsomely rewarded.

Features:

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

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.

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