Augmented reality, geo-tracking, trails for visitors, videos, photos, family games, theme-based history of the town, more than 100 sites to be discovered... With the « Visit'Blois » application, the town's secrets will be yours. Intuitive, practical and free, it represents another way to put Blois at your fingertips... Application available at App Store (requirement: Nécessite iOS 6.0)and Google Play (requirement: Android 3.0)
How would you like a tool leading you through a town, and yet leaving you free to proceed at your own pace?
By offering a choice between a standard itinerary and an unconstrained visit, this application is especially suitable for persons who prefer to refrain from traditionally conducted guided tours. With Visit'Blois, users can come and go as they please; they can stroll nonchalantly, stop when and where they want, and discover the town's cultural heritage as quickly or slowly as they wish.
Visit'Blois is designed not only to simplify your visits, but also to render them more lively and entertaining. At each point of interest, you can have fun with the question and answer games featured in the applications, and you can do it alone, with your friends or as a family. Throughout your visit, you can also enjoy the many slide presentations and videos available. Visit'Blois shows you the town from another angle; with more than 400 photos and illustrations including archival pictures and photos of interiors and places closed to the public, a whole new universe opens up before your eyes -- on this application only.
With a geo-tracking system, you will receive useful indications suited to wherever you may be. You will enjoy instantaneous access to all sorts of practical and patrimonial information on the monuments or gardens you shall discover as you move along. And at over 100 stopping points, the application will allow you to perceive virtual elements, which will be superimposed on the real image of the cityscape, as it is seen on your screen.
Helping to modernize the image of the town, Visit'Blois provides users with a new perspective on the sites. As you visit you will be introduced to the gastronomic, river-centered and architectural heritage of Blois. You will become aware of how vitally important it is to preserve this living environment. Available in English as well as French, Visit'Blois is a pole of attraction, a magnet for tourists wishing to plan their stay by discovering the most iconic sites and spots to discover.
Visit'Blois : Blois sur votre smartphone ! from Ville de Blois on Vimeo.
The application facilitates discovery of more than 100 points. The fact sheets contain 400 photographs and illustrations. The application proposes a game comprising 150 questions.
The Chateau is currently open from 10am to 6pm (last admission at 5:30pm)