Virtual Guide: St. Petersburg with Dostoevsky app for iPhone and iPad


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Developer: Video-Book World
2.99 USD
Current version: 3.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 25 Jul 2012
App size: 355.06 Mb

Virtual guide: exploring St Petersburg. You will see 9 squares situated in the centre of the city and know the most interesting things about 30 sights of Petersburg. Detailed descriptions included into interactive panoramas. Videos accompanied with fascinating off-screen commentary in English.
The route includes places associated with life of Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoevsky. It begins at Vladimirskaya Square near writer’s apartment. Then we pass by the crossroad called Five Corners and reach Fontanka River. These places are filled with atmosphere of Dostoevsky’s works, where the narrow streets and granite embankments are the scenery for the drama of everyday life. Here, at this very place, cross Rossi Street, another Petersburg begins; it is the ceremonial and joyous Petersburg. Ostrovskogo Square, Manezhnaya Square, pass the Engineers Castle, to Iskusstv Square and Nevsky Avenue. Here in the very centre of the city you can see everything that Russian culture gave to the world during the last three centuries.

1. Virtual Tour! Participation effect
You can not come to Petersburg? Or every time you come here Venice of the North meets you with rain and snow? Then you will like this virtual tour with photos of the sunny and ceremonial Saint Petersburg very much.

Unlike many other city sightseeing applications or web-cites here you can find a lot of interesting things:
✓ Commentary of a tour guide recorded by professional announcer (in Russian and English).
✓ Specially made high-quality photos and videos.
✓ Spherical panoramas of each of the eighth stops on the route with description of over than forty buildings and monuments.
✓ Design with HD support for iPhone 4 and newiPad + support for earlier versions including iPod.
✓ Interesting facts interestingly presented. And much more!

2. Walk down the offered route!
A professional tour guide developed a comfortable route for your own walk tour.

You won’t get lost thanks to handy photo guide to the tour route. The photo guide includes 200 photos made through the entire route. You won’t miss the turn you need and your route will be the most fascinating.
✓ Don’t overpay for a traditional guided tour of the city in overcrowded groups with an unknown guide!
✓ All the data for the application are downloaded during the initial setup. You won’t need internet connection during your stroll.
✓ Offline map + route on Map (with geolocation).
✓ Multilingual support (Russian and English voiceover)

Enjoy your journey!