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Castle in France uses iPods for audio tours
A reader notes that Chenonceau Castle in France has started to use iPods for its audio tours. Visitors may borrow an iPod featuring two tours in varying lengths in eleven languages narrated by one of France’s famous actors, Michaël Lonsdale.
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We visited Chateau Chenonceau a few days before the official iPod April 3 iPod launch and used the iPod for our tour. We didn’t know at the time it was so new. It’s a great idea for audio tours.
Posted by Greg Moore on April 5, 2004 at 5:27 AM (PST)
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surely a tour cant be THAT long?
Posted by silver_haze20 on April 5, 2004 at 6:43 AM (PST)
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a castle not too far from me has a tour totaling 4 hours long - its only an ickle castle too :-s
Posted by Blue Frog on April 5, 2004 at 8:37 AM (PST)
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Gotta love the translation…
Posted by esra in PA on April 5, 2004 at 12:13 PM (PST)
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Very cool - but seems very expensive, although I don’t know what the standard audio tour system costs.
I wonder if they got some kind of co-marketing deal with Apple.
The Museum of Sex in NYC has a great audio tour (seriously, it does), and the iPod would be a sexy way to listen!
Posted by altcountryman on April 7, 2004 at 4:18 PM (PST)