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BaladoDécouverte app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 7760 ratings )
Travel Entertainment
Developer: Cinax inc
Free
Current version: 3.0, last update: 6 months ago
First release : 08 May 2013
App size: 44.67 Mb

Discover Canadas largest network of self-guided tours, offering thousands of stories from hundreds of regions, free of charge and commercial-free!

Beyond the anecdotes, enjoy captivating experiences: BaladoDiscovery offers real guided tours that take you off the beaten track. Explore suggested points of interest at your own pace, depending on what interests you, and enjoy unforgettable walks on the spot, even without Internet access.

Includes: interactive maps, points of interest, suggested itineraries, GPS position tracking, audio, photo and video files, texts. Explore an unsuspected cultural heritage through popular walking tours of city streets and anecdotes associated with their historic districts. Discover incomparable, little-known themes at your own pace!

Your favorite themes can be explored at will, without having to pre-load them one by one in the App. Then, the Preload option will make them fully accessible without an Internet network in the field.

Most discovery tours are located in North America (Canada, USA), from Quebec City to Lafayette (Louisiana), via Sherbrooke and the Canadian West Coast! They can also be found in Europe and Africa. These tours are presented to visitors as travel experiences to be enjoyed on the spot. The smartphone becomes the travelers virtual guide to the destination, sometimes offering a sound portrait podcast in the form of an MP3 audioguide, sometimes old before-and-after film extracts in the form of an MP4 videoguide, as well as the geolocation of each point of discovery.

For your viewing pleasure, there are no advertisements on BaladoDiscovery, whether when you open the App, on the maps or elsewhere.

This French-language explorers guide is also available in English and Spanish (set via the About menu). Some tours are available in multiple languages.

As the worlds leading provider of guided tours on smart devices, Balado offers you the opportunity to move, be entertained and discover professional-quality tours. The stories surrounding each heritage discovery are as authentic as possible, told by people from the local communities to be visited. Archives and stories from the world of yesteryear are based on precise standards. Each tour is approved by a recognized local organization, then submitted to and evaluated by a moderation service before publication. These conditions are essential to ensure that BaladoDiscoveriers benefit from a quality offering. It is also possible to report inappropriate and/or copyright-infringing content.

In addition to the application, the entire offer is available on the BaladoDecouverte.com website.

Since 2011, hundreds of regional partners have benefited from a management interface that enables them to create historical guides from A to Z in total autonomy. They are in the best position to talk about the history of the places around them. These creators design the multimedia content that BaladoDiscovery verifies and offers to a wide audience. Walkers have access to concrete on-site itineraries, as well as being offered new suggestions for their surroundings. Creators and explorers alike appreciate what makes BaladoDiscovery so unique: its the Experience that counts!

The BaladoDiscovery network owes its existence to the hundreds of regional partners who contribute to the success and sustainability of the platform. The content is offered free of charge thanks to these partner-contributors.