Celebrating May Revolution Day In Buenos Aires With A Free Walking Tour

May 26, 2009 - PRLog -- Geogad has released its latest free mobile walking tour that is also its first tour in South America. This Geogad Mobile Tour of Downtown Buenos Aires is now available for travelers celebrating el Día de la Revolución de Mayo or the May Revolution Day on May 25. As the Porteños, as the residents of Buenos Aires are known, celebrate their hard-won freedom from Spain almost two centuries ago, travelers can now celebrate their freedom from tour groups and heavy guidebooks with Geogad Mobile Tour of Downtown Buenos Aires on their favorite mobile device. Leveraging the best technologies of the Internet, the mobile web and portable mobile electronics, today's traveler can stream or download this audio tour with its included photos and maps to their mobile phones, MP3 players and GPS-enabled Android smartphones for free. As they explore Buenos Aires on their own schedules and in the style that works best for them, travelers can move confidently through the city with the supplied directions delivered discretely through their headphones without attracting attention as tourists.

The tour provides a great overview for first time travelers to Buenos Aires. With individual audio tour stops that together total almost an hour and a half, this Geogad Mobile Tour covers twelve important sites around the downtown. The tour begins in Plaza San Martin as it discusses the earliest days of the Spanish explorers in the new world. As the tour moves to more recent history, it discusses the Falkland Island War Memorial which shares the park with a tower that was donated a century ago from the British businessmen who helped build Argentina. The tour winds its way past other famous backdrops to Argentina's greatest struggles. The tour also includes lighter moments as it takes in the best shopping areas, cafes, nightclubs and parks that Argentina offers. After the tour, travelers will have had a through introduction to the people of Buenos Aires and their lives.

Maybe the best part of the Geogad Mobile Tour of Downtown Buenos Aires is not its in-depth audio narration, its detailed maps or its dozens of photos. Best of all, this tour is free. To get it, just log into the Geogad website at http://www.geogad.com, stream the tour to your computer and download the full tour to your MP3 player. Travelers can also take the tour for free on their mobile phones by entering the URL of Geogad's mobile web site, http://m.geogad.com, into their phone's mobile browser. Geogad also has an free application on the Android Market for travelers with GPS-enabled phones to take advantage of the latest in dynamic maps and directions. Travelers get off the beaten track and can now truly roam as they want.

Exploring Buenos Aires has never been easier with the great tools and multiple options that Geogad provides for free to travelers. No longer are travelers restricted to exploring only during predetermined hours set by some tour guide nor do they need to waste their limited and valuable vacation time pouring through books researching the city's history. This latest Geogad Mobile Tour acts like a personal tour guide that is always on and easy to understand. Check out this free tour on your next trip to Buenos Aires.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

The Geogad Mobile Tour for Downtown Buenos Aires is available for free at the Geogad website including sponsored advertisements. 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.

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Geogad helps travelers explore the world by making digital tours that are fun and easy to use and can be taken with the mobile devices that they already carry with them. Geogad is changing the way that people travel.