New city sightseeing coach tour operator launches mobile app
The City Sightseeing coach tour operator has launched a brand new mobile app which allows customers to book tickets and find information on coach tours across the world.
The free application can be downloaded on to iPhone and android devices and used by travellers and tourists on the move. If you’re embarking on a gap year travelling the world, or planning your summer holiday, downloading the new City Sightseeing app will provide you with a wealth of information during your travels.
The app has a number of special features which will be especially useful for tourists and those researching city coach tours in various cities around the world. As well as the obvious information such as tour times, and ticket booking details, the app also flags up all point of interest on your chosen tour and gives background information and the history of certain sights.
You can also share your coach tour with friends and family at home as the coach tour app enables users to take a picture of them enjoying the trip which they can send to any friend as a virtual postcard.
The City Sightseeing tour covers five continents offering tours in 90 different locations including London, Los Angeles, Sydney, Hong Kong plus many, many other locations across Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America.
Coach plunges into the River Seine in Paris
Forget the Eiffel Tower, the crowds were gathered last week in Paris to watch a luxury coach being hauled out of the famous River Seine after the vehicle accidentally fell in.
The Austrian coach had been carrying tourists to the French Capital when the driver parked the vehicle in car park, a stone’s throw from the city’s most famous landmark, the Eiffel Tower.
However it’s believed that the coach driver forgot to put the hand brake on, which resulted in disaster. With no brakes on, the coach began to roll backwards, one eyewitness said he saw the coach mount the curb, and then topple backwards, plunging into the Seine River below.
Luckily all of the passengers travelling onboard the Austrian coach had left the vehicle, no one was hurt in the incident.
A team of expert divers were called in to assess the wreckage and prepare the coach before it was hauled out of the water. Fire crews were also present to assist in pulling the coach back onto land again.
A crowd gathered to watch the spectacle with many people recording the bizarre sight on their phones and video cameras. Footage taken just after the coach fell into the river has been posted on a new site. There were a large number of holidaymakers in the tourist hotspot as the summer holidays are now in full swing.