Los Angeles, double-decker bus tour adds an app
LOS ANGELES – For many residents of Los Angeles – like me, born and raised in the sights of Hollywood – without the Hollywood Walk of Fame and his crazy, celebrity impersonators and tchotchke shops comes with the territory jaded Angeleno. But there was a spring day recently, tourist-chic in a wide-brimmed hat, navigating the area on a red double-decker bus tour and enjoying the heck out of myself, with the help of iPhone app City Sightseeing. The free application for iPhone or Android phone is an application around the world for more cities that host the City Sightseeing bus tour. The application for Los Angeles City Sightseeing coincides with local Starline Tours’ Hop-on Hop-off Double Decker City Tour, with routes in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles The application allows you to purchase tickets for the tour bus and get information on where and what are the stops. There is also a way to e-mail "postcards" of photos taken during the tour. "The application City Sightseeing Mobile offers an advanced solution with more features and functions through a multi-platform solution that no travel company has, in particular Bus other bus operators," said Mandy Gaughan, Director of City Sightseeing marketing and sales. "The application consumed all the technology that smartphones were available, including, GPS, camera, video, audio." Once the application is downloaded from the iPhone App Store or Android (search for City Sightseeing), and the city’s location is selected, the screen shows the cards to book tours, view photos of various tourist hotspots, send postcards and sliding the stop list and details of the tour. I have chosen, through the application of Los Angeles, Starline stops to try some of Hop-On Hop-Off Blue Route, which runs from Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Walk of Fame at the nearby Universal Studios, and Red Road, which extends from the Walk of Fame to the swanky Beverly Hills and back. You can change your driving routes on the page by pressing the plus sign next to the name of the route. Clicking on a symbol of the underlying type highway, next to "View Stop" shows a list of all stops and stop numbers on that route. After getting the hang of it, I scroll through multiple points of interest listed for each route. Each step lists the different landmarks and attractions such as the Comedy Store on Sunset Strip and stop No. 4 on the Red Road, in West Hollywood. tour stops and nearby attractions are marked with a red dot and green on a map, with brief descriptions and photos offered as well. Jumping on open-top two-level red bus route to its first stage, Grauman’s, I was happy to discover that 12 points of interest, the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood Guinness World of Records Museum, were listed, each with a concise summary. An automated transmission tour in English and American accents from the speakers on the bus added even more tidbits of information and anecdotes about celebrity-filled. ___ If You Go … STARLINE TOURS: http://www.starlinetours.com. City Sightseeing Hop-on Hop-off double decker bus has four rings with various points of interest. Red Cycle Route to Hollywood and Beverly Hills stops at the Kodak Theatre, Rodeo Drive and Sunset Strip, among other landmarks. Tickets good for 24 hours, adults, $ 35, children 3 to 11, $ 20. Tickets valid for 48 hours, adults, $ 50, children $ 30. CITY SIGHTSEEING: http://www.city-sightseeing.com. new free application coincides with Starline tours, available for download on the iPhone App Store or Android (search for City Sightseeing).
