The Future of Educational Travel:

The Award-Winning StoryApp iTinerary

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School groups and family travelers tired of traditional tour books now have a new way to explore the world’s historic destinations with their iPhone or iPod Touch: The award-winning interactive StoryApp iTinerary, narrated by the murderers, gravediggers and celebrity photographers of Time Traveler Tours. Targeted to youth -- and the young at heart -- these self-guided tours combine the traditional power of story telling with the latest in mobile technology to bring history and culture to life.

The first iTinerary in the coming series by Time Traveler Tours is a fully bilingual interactive voyage to Paris, France, during the French Revolution, told through they eyes of 24-year-old murderess Charlotte Corday in the moments before she is to have her head lopped off at the guillotine. It’s entitled Beware Madame la Guillotine, A Revolutionary Tour of Paris or Gare à la guillotine ! Une visite revolutionaire de Paris, depending on whether your device default language is English or French. Now available for worldwide download at USD5.99/­­­4.99€.

As Charlotte spins her yarn, explaining why and how she stabbed radical propagandist Jean-Paul Marat as he soaked in the bath, she takes you on a personal journey into the sights and sounds of Paris at the time of the Revolution. Orientation games, scavenger hunts and brainteasers, as well as practical information such as maps, directions and sidebars -- even a restaurant recommendation -- make learning about one of the most seminal moments in history effortless and fun.

Listen to the narration in one language while reading along in another; or disable the text altogether and let Charlotte’s story unfold. This app is certain to be a hit with French and English language learners, story lovers and history buffs the world over.

Beware Madame la Guillotine is already a favorite of teachers and librarians, whether or not they are planning a trip to Paris. The English-only version of the app launched in July 2011 to rave reviews:

It remained in the US App Store's New & Noteworthy throughout the summer and has been consistently present in the US What's Hot Top 120 apps in the travel category ever since. In December 2011, Beware Madame la Guillotine earned two Top 10 distinctions:

Next to come from Time Traveler Tours: two London itineraries (in development) as well as three more Paris tours:

  • Day of the Dead, in which fictional gravedigger Jean-Philippe Toulier takes you to the Catacombs and the Montparnasse cemetery during the time of Emperor Napoleon;
  • Long Live the King's Garden, a visit to the gardens of the ancien régime’s Chateau de Versailles enlivened by the adventures of France's true-life Indiana Jones; and
  • In Focus, the story of Nadar, the world's first portrait photographer, and the late 19th century boom that made Paris the envy of the world.

Time Traveler Tours is a web-based app developer and publishing start-up, founded in 2009, focused on teaching history through story. Its #1 mission is to provide great mobile content for educational tourism. Time Traveler Tours interactive StoryApp iTineraries are ideal for the ever-increasing numbers of young people traveling with their school groups and families. But they also offer a fun complement to related high school and home school curricula.

Extensively researched and engaging, Time Traveler Tours interactive StoryApp iTineraries are the essential travel companion for anyone with an iOS mobile device, sturdy walking shoes and a love of discovery.

Put the past in the palm of your hand. Discover history with those who made it!

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If you'd like to obtain more information, schedule an interview, or request a promo code for a free download, please contact Sarah Towle at 302/261-2644 or stowle@timetravelertours.com.