Regent just launched a new service called iJourneys that caught my attention. It’s such a terrific idea for the active and independent traveler. An iJourney is a personal iPod walking tour hosted by Elyse Weiner, Emmy-award winning television producer.
The downloadable tours are compatible with Apple iPod or MP3 players and are available on all Mediterranean voyages starting this spring. Additional tours are under development for select ports worldwide.
"As we see more and more Regent guests traveling with digital audio players such as iPods, it seemed only fitting to harness this technology to create a personalized and fun new way to explore individual ports of call," said Darius Mehta, Regent director of land programs.
iJourneys walking tours will be available for Regent guests to purchase onboard for a variety of Mediterranean ports of call including Venice, Florence, Rome, Pompeii, and Barcelona. Each one and a half hour tour comes with a map and features insightful commentary, historical context, a touch of humor, and exclusive tips such as back entrances and shorter lines at popular attractions. For example, through a downloadable walking tour of ancient Rome, "The Imperial City in the Age of the Caesars," guests can stand at the spot where Marc Antony delivered his eulogy for Julius Caesar, enter the Coliseum through a secret ticket booth with no lines, see the ingenious Roman water system in action and sample sweet water still running from ancient springs.
Each iJourney tour is produced and narrated by Elyse Weiner, a seasoned foreign news producer who in the past has worked with such television programs as Tom Brokaw's NBC Nightly News and Peter Jennings' ABC World News Tonight.
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