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GPSmyCity giveaway: Foodie travel guides now available as apps

Some of you may know I have a partnership with GPSmyCity, which is essentially an app that enables you to do self-guided walking tours of destinations all over the world when you’re on your travels. Lots of my content is on there, as well as content from other food and travel writers – so it’s a great resource!

What are the benefits of travel guide apps?

You probably read travel articles online all the time. But if you want to use that information when you get to your destination, you need to a) get online abroad (=expensive), and b) look up all of the suggested restaurants/bars/sights on a map to find them. With a travel guide app, all of that content is available offline, and GPS coordinates embedded in the app will guide you to the different places the author (in this case: me!) recommends.

Amsterdam Foodie travel guide app
My New York foodie travel guide on GPSmyCity

How does a travel guide app work?

GPSmyCity offers thousands of travel article apps in over 1,500 cities, and I’ve so far created dozens of them – several covering Amsterdam, but others covering my foodie travels across Europe, the US and further afield. Each article is a separate app that you can download for free so you can access it offline. For GPS-guided maps showing all the restaurants, bars and other points of interest, you can simply upgrade to a full annual subscription for $20.99 (there are a couple of cheaper options for partial subscriptions, too).

What’s this giveaway all about?

For two weeks, from 18 August – 1 September 2025, GPSmyCity will be giving away the following travel guide apps on the iTunes and Google Play app stores, which means you’ll be able to download the full versions for FREE!

Which other travel articles are available as GPS-guided apps?

In addition to those above, the following NEW foodie travel guides and articles are also available to download as apps from GPSmyCity (as well as all the older apps I’ve published over the past eight years of our collaboration):

How can you get a subscription to the GPSmyCity app?

Simply click on one of the foodie guides above and follow the instructions to download the GPSmyCity app. You will then be taken to the page for the article app – click on “Upgrade” and the app will be automatically linked to an offline map and the GPS navigator. Remember that that giveaway guides will be available for free for two weeks – no upgrade needed!

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