SANTA CLARA, CA, February 15, 2009
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Geogad, Inc. today introduced a new Geogad Mobile Tour for Lisbon, Portugal to its collection of free self-guided, multimedia walking tours. To view the digital tour of Lisbon in its entirety, a traveler just has to sign in to their free Geogad account, and the complete tour is freely available over the Internet, over the mobile web or for download to a mobile media player. This detailed self-guided tour can be taken whenever travelers have time during their visit to Lisbon using the mobile electronic devices that they already carry with them. The tour provides detailed local history and tour information without the hassle and expense of searching for and hiring a personal tour guide.
Travelers have several options on how they can view Geogad's new tour of Lisbon. The options include the variety of formats in which the tour is available and on what type of devices travelers have to take the tour: on the Internet, on an MP3 player, on a cellphone via the Geogad mobile site or through Geogad's application for Google Android GPS-enabled phones. To determine the format that works best, travelers can sample and view all of the Geogad Mobile Tours for free from the Geogad website at http://www.geogad.com or on the Geogad Mobile site at http://m.geogad.com.
Geogad's Mobile Tour of Lisbon, Portugal is a great introduction for both first time visitors and frequent travelers to Lisbon. It explores Lisbon's most popular neighborhoods like the bohemian Bairro Alto, downtown's neoclassical Baixa and the medieval Alfama. As the traveler roams through Lisbon, the tour explains how Lisbon's history has influenced the growth of the city since the time of the Romans.
This tour mixes different characteristics of Lisbon for travelers to get a great overview of the city. It combines stops among Lisbon's best locations for shops and cafes with quiet stops at peaceful gardens and out-of-the-way squares. The tour leads travelers to the latest clubs to listen to Lisbon's traditional Fado music, a Portuguese original. The traveler learns about both the myths and the reality behind Lisbon's most popular destinations, such as the Castelo de São Jorge with its ancient castle and its lovely views of the Lisbon sunset.
This new Geogad Mobile Tour focuses on the locations that are easy to reach via the Lisbon's public transportation and its elegant and unique elevators that makes the hills of Lisbon more manageable. The tour itself consists of almost two hours of audio narration and can take five hours or more to walk, assuming no breaks.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The Geogad Mobile Tour for Lisbon, Portugal that include sponsored advertisements is available for free at the Geogad website. The Geogad Mobile Tours are also available without advertisements at a U.S. list price of $9.99. The tours can be downloaded and purchased directly from the Geogad website at http://www.geogad.com.
ABOUT GEOGAD
Geogad, Inc. is a private company based in Santa Clara in California's Silicon Valley. Geogad helps travelers explore the world by making digital tours of popular travel destinations that are fun and easy to use. News and information about Geogad are available at http://www.geogad.com.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Georgi Dagnall
Geogad, Inc.
Phone: (408) 868-4653
E-mail: news@geogad.com
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