I'll be in Cuenca, Valencia, and Mallorca in a few weeks and using public transit to get around. I was wondering if there are any apps people recommend for scheduling trains/buses/taxi or just walking directions? I find apps I use at home don't always work great for other localities.
If there are any other useful apps that aren't transportation specific, I'd be interested in that info too!
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Angleterre
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Citymapper covers Valencia and the Balearic Islands.
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Besides Google Maps for directions to everything, local public transit apps for buying tickets and passes. Bolt for 'taxi' service, based on availability and need. Renfe app for train travel. Museum apps for buying tickets. That's all I have ever needed.
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Cabify in cities where it exists.
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Ardmore
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Apple Maps was invaluable to me for walking directions. I used it without a hitch in Barcelona, Seville, Cordoba and Madrid. We also used Cabify and FreeNow. And also Lyft, if I remember correctly, in Barcelona.
We traveled by Iyro trains which were nice and less pricey than Renfe. You can book seats using their app.
I had a medical issue so a pharmacist recommended the Nexu app. It enabled me for $20 to text back-and-forth with a doctor and get a prescription to the pharmacy. Just in case you might need to talk to a doctor it’s probably worth loading that before your trip.
And we used the official apps offered by some the sites we visited including Sagrada Familia. You should also get Whats App. - it is widely used in Spain. At least one of our hotels communicated with us this way as did Orange, the cell phone service we used and recommend.