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Dublin Literary Walking Tour app for iPhone and iPad


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Travel Navigation
Developer: GPSmyCity.com, Inc.
1.99 USD
Current version: 6.2.1, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 27 Jan 2011
App size: 88.96 Mb

This tour takes in many of the places in Dublin made famous by their literary associations with some of the greatest Irish writers such as James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats and Oliver St John Gogarty. In particular, Joyce’s “Ulysses” is considered the definitive book on Dublin as it was in the Edwardian era, the early years of the 20th Century.

This audio narrated walking tour comes with a detailed tour route map and powerful navigation features to guide you from one tour sight to the next. Tour sights included in this application are:

* Finns Hotel
* Swenys Chemists shop
* Oscar Wilde house
* Oscar Wilde statue
* Dermot Morgan seat
* Michael Collins bust
* W. B. Yeats House
* Leinster House
* National Gallery
* Huguenot Cemetery
* Oliver St John Gogarty
* Shelbourne Hotel

All the data used in this app is built into the software; hence, no Internet or Data Connection is necessary. The app works offline, so you will not need to pay the costly roaming charges when traveling to foreign cities. The app works with your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

The powerful navigation assistance includes:

* Touring route clearly displayed on map.
* Precise turn-by-turn walking directions from one sight to the next.
* The "FindMe" feature displays your exact location, while an auto tracking feature displays your movement on the map, so you always know if you are moving in the right direction (this feature is not supported by the iPod Touch).