Unanchor: There's plenty to love - self-guided tour itineraries for 50+ cities

If you've traveled a fair bit you'll know that the best way to discover a new city is to talk to local people. There's no better way to come to grips with a city that to discover it's underbelly and to go where the locals go and not so much where the tourists go. Unanchor is a travel and social app that was developed after a year long trip through Asia and much ploughing through Lonely Planet guides to find the more interesting side of a city that isn't normally seen by travelers. It features detailed guides written by locals and seasoned travelers who have logged their day-to-day adventures for the benefit of other visitors.

Unanchor is a free travel app more geared to the self-guided traveler than the tour bus tourist. It provides cheap (mostly under US$10) self-guided tour itineraries for over 50 cities worldwide including prioritized sites, maps and directions and insider information to let you start enjoying your holiday rather than spend half of it researching your travel destination. These PDFs, written by knowledgeable contributors, plan out a whole day (or two) of sightseeing in cities like Florence, Singapore, and San Francisco and include tips, photos, and easy-to-follow maps. Self-guided tour itineraries are your personal tour guide and each itinerary provides prioritized sights and attractions based on your interests and specific directions on getting from one sight to the next. To get to the under side of the city Unanchor gives you general insider advice and tips on your travel destination from local experts. You can follow your itinerary from start to finish to make the most of your travel whilst saving time and money on transport and attractions.

The thing that sets Unanchor apart from other travel apps is not the incredible up-to-date details of current prices or its snappy design to suck you in. It's more the incredible detail that it offers that could only come from a traveler that has fallen in love with a city and wants to share it with a new friend. The level of detail is astonishing with maps, instructions for getting from one place to another and photos with arrows pointing out your exact destination, Unanchor makes it hard to get lost. The itineraries also end with the authors’ contact information, so you can email them with questions.Oh, and if you consider yourself an interesting writer and you love to travel Unanchor is looking for writers to expand the network of cities covered here...so get in touch. You can even follow Unanchor on Twitter too if you like. There's plenty to love in Unanchor.