10 useful apps to take with you on your Spanish holiday

Spain is a very popular holiday destination in Europe. It has the sun, the countryside, beautiful Natural Parks, a rich culture, lots of monuments, churches, castles to visit, a tasty cuisine and a great nightlife. Even after a few trips to Spain, there is always something new to visit, a new restaurant to try and a foreign language to understand. Below are some of the best apps to take with you on holiday in Spain.

1. Smart Travel Guides

Triposo (www.triposo.com ) – Your smart travel guide

The app browses through millions of travel, tourism and hospitality related websites to bring you the best recommendations to plan your next Spanish getaway. You can also personalize your trip by selecting your best restaurant, museum or sights and add them to your bucket list. Even better, you can book online. The app also introduce you to mini guides that have been put together by the community. For example, if you enter the destination Madrid, you will get to browse through  the best 8 places to shop in Madrid and get suggestions about other destinations worth a visit such as Seville, Cordoba and much more.

Minube (www.minube.net) – Your next journey in Spain  starts here

The website and app uses recommendations from travelers that have joined Minube, a Spanish speaking community. You will find a wealth of information about sites to visit. And if you don’t speak Spanish, the Google Translate app now lets you translate any app content into English. The website and apps also work as a comparison website allowing you to check the best prices for flights all over the world. They browse the best flights and travel websites to give you the information. The Minube community counts 1,725, 605 travelers so it is worth visiting to get the best travel tips for your next holiday in Spain.

Eltenedor (www.eltenedor.es) ­ – a Spanish guide to the best restaurants in Spain.

Eltenedor is a Trip Advisor company which allows you to find the best restaurants in Spain, from your location. You can book online and even get discounts on your meal. You will need to speak and understand a little bit of Spanish to use the app. There is a review section where each restaurant gets a rating out of 10 and you can also check how many people have reviewed it. You can select the restaurant depending on what you would like to eat, the number of people joining you (very good if you are travelling with a large group of people), the date and the time.

City Maps 2 Go (www.ulmon.com) – more than 7,000 maps available to download

The app allows you to download maps of your holiday destination. The maps are very accurate and will help you locate nearby hotels, restaurants, museums and more. There is an option which allows you to bookmark your favourite places. Unlike Google Maps, you won’t get directions but it is still very useful as you can download the maps before leaving and use them in the country without having to pay for roaming services.

2. Apps to speak Spanish like a boss

Duolingo (www.duolingo.com) – Learn a language for free

Use Duolingo before going on holiday or even while you are on holiday to improve your Spanish and communicate with the locals. The app is fun to use, all the lessons are different, and include speaking, translation and listening challenges. The app will motivate you to stay on track and improve constantly. And to come back home with a new skill and some great holiday memories.

Google translate (https://translate.google.com) – the quick way to get a translate in Spanish

Google translate is a quick fix to get a translation from Spanish to English if you don’t have time to get to grip with the lingo.  It is very easy to use, just hold your phone camera in front of the words you need to translate, for example a sign or a menu item, and Google will translate it for you. You can save the translation for future use too, and you can download language packages so the app works even with no internet connection.

Bravolol (www.bravolol.com) – your own translator in your pocket

It works as a phrasebook and contains about 800 commonly used phrases in different languages, such as Spanish, Italian, Greek, Portuguese and much more. This can be very helpful if you don’t know Spanish when visiting the country. So can use it to order your meal, communicate with people and in emergency situations. There is no internet connection required and you can store your most commonly used or preferred phrases.

3. Apps to enhance your travel experience in Spain

Live Trekker (www.livetrekker.com) – Your total travel experience

Live Trekker is an app that allows you to keep your travel experience in one place by consolidating all your pictures, comments, itinerary on a map. You can share all the information with friends, family and everything is shown on a very accurate map. You can change yourself into a storyteller and keep all those holiday memories real. You can store all of them on the cloud too.

Leafsnap (http://leafsnap.com/) – the app that helps you identify trees.

It is very easy to use and will be great when visiting the Spanish national parks. You just need to take a picture of the leaf in question, the app will identify it and you will get a lot of information about it.

Itansmart app – so you don’t get burnt in the Spanish sunshine

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itansmart/id399616826?mt=8

The app allows you to enter your skin type, location (ie full sun, shade…) and it will tell you when you have had too much sun, when to reapply lotion and seek shade.

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