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5 GPS WALKING TOURS IN COLOMBIA, JUST BYOD:
BYOD means
“bring your own device” and in
Colombia you can use your mobile to do GPS
tours at Bogotá and Cartagena de Indias.
It is a new trend for worldwide touristic
destinations, to use the technology of GPS already loaded on the mobiles of the
tourists, to deliver stories thru the location aware system that is available
with no data need all around the planet.
Now with the GPS
and the App technology tourists can download a city tour, a museum
guidance, bike rides, and many other uses with their own phone.
I want to share with you my stories of Bogotá (founded in 1538), the city where
I was born and some of the history related to the sites where we will go in the
tour. There are 3 Bogotá GPS audio-tours
that will guide you by the capital of Colombia, a city where almost 10 million
people lives.
Colonial Bogotá, La Candelaria
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You can begin the GPS adventure with this Colonial Bogotá, La Candelaria tour starting at the Plaza de Bolívar; the history of my country can be told in this plaza, see the Capitolio (congress), the presidential house, Casa de Nariño, go to beautiful colonial churches, walk like a local, get to know how to walk in the altitude, check the Botero Museum, have a coffee at García Márquez Cultural Center and finish your journey at the famous Museo del Oro (The Gold Museum). You can pause if you want to or start at the moment you chose.
And there are 2 more GPS Walking tours, one of them
goes by Traditional
Bogotá , in this tour you will know and see how a small village grew into a
big a vibrant city. Know the first Spanish Language academy in the Americas,
the building where García Márquez, the Nobel prize literature recipient worked
as a journalist. Have a coffee or a beer at a traditional Café, walk by the
Séptima the avenue where all Colombia can be seen and finish at the Modern Art
Museum and the National Library.
What about starting the other one at La Macarena, "La
Macarena to Parque Nacional Tour" the bohemian neighborhood of Bogotá
with such good restaurants to explore, go into the Torres del Parque, a
beautiful red brick apartments complex building that dives into the Parque
Centenario and the Centro Internacional finishing at the Parque Nacional a
natural oasis in the middle of the city.
More Bogotá tours are on the making.
In Cartagena I
have 2 tours that describe what happens and happened in the Old city and
into the walls.
This is the touristic
gem of the country and people from all parts of the world are coming to
this Caribbean destination where history, beaches, islands, nature and fun
blend together.
You can take the Cartagena
de Indias. Into the walls of the city GPS audio-tour" where you will get
into the murallas (walls) by the Torre del Reloj (Clock Tower) entrance. Here
you are going to know how Cartagena converted into one of the richest cities of
the America’s and why it was so important for the Spanish crown and for the
pirates of the Caribbean. Also you will get to discover why Cartagena is the
reason for Latinos to speak Spanish instead of English. Many secrets are in
this colonial treasure declared World
Heritage by the Unesco in 1984. There are some miracles in the way by the
Saint Peter of Claver, the so called “Slave of the Slaves”.
And by the other side of the walled city we start the India
Catalina to Plaza Santo Domingo GPS tour from the most famous monument of
Cartagena into the centro you will get to walk on the top of the walls while
listening to stories and history of how the Spanish defend themselves against
invaders. You will know about hotels that were convents and finish relaxing at
the famous Plaza de Santo Domingo
where the voluptuous sculpture of Gertudris made by Fernando Botero will give you a picture perfect opp.
So you now know you can download and make the GPS
walking tours at Colombia. The cost is just US $2.99 and you will support me
with some funding so I can go on travelling my country to do many more.
But the first one is on the house when you download
the Voicemap app with this link Free Colombia GPS Audio-Tour
Remember that you don’t need data when doing the tour,
only to do the download to your device.
Please if you do the tour leave me your rating and
also some comments to see what you think about GPS Touring.
BYOD and be happy.
Journalist:
Néstor Meléndez Soler
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