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Feel@Home

eMinds
Free
100+ downloads

About Feel@Home

You have just arrived in Martina Franca and don't you know what to visit and what to do first? No worries! Download the "Feel at home" app and let yourself be guided by an enthusiastic "angel" who will come with you hunting for free experiences. You'll discover amusing and unique food and culture activities. Finally you'll enjoy experiences beyond the well-beaten tourist trails, that are often left hidden, but that will allow you to come into direct contact with the “spirit” of the places. Such as, adventuring on the Itria Valley unspoiled nature to discover, riding around on a bicycle or motorcycle among candid hamlets deep in centuries-old olive trees, or putting your hands on clay and curd cheese.

Add your preferences with a few clicks, or start a chat with a local "angel" and you will get customized routes to follow on your own - meeting new people each time you'll choose which experience to make -.

Our "angels" have been attentively selected and are encouraged by a great passion for their own territory. They are awaiting you to share with your their precious tips as they want to make your visit simply unique and alternative! You are in the "participatory tourism" area.

Which type of experience do you prefer to make? Do you love cycling, are you a lover of good cuisine, are you a wine expert or do you prefer to discover unexplored places? There is something for all tastes! You should only download the App and connect with one of our "angels" that not only will guide you but also assist for any needs (doctors, mechanics, etc. who can speak your language, and any other requests).

What do you need to do once you have downloaded the "Feel at home" app?

- Discover how many activities you can during your stay in Martina Franca and surroundings.
- Inform the app of your available time, the time slot during which you what to do the tour and which are your interests; immediately you'll have been generated a customized tour that will have taken into consideration the "angels" available in that specific time slot.
- Alternatively, choose one of the "angels" and enjoy with him an experience according to your wishes.
- Activate the route and follow the instructions.
- For each free experience you need to register your presence and your approval rating in order to be awarded with a prize at the end o your tour.
- Alternatively, you can book easily more in-depth experiences with guaranteed assistance or ask for specific purchases you need to make after having enjoyed the free of charge proposals.

You won't feel yourself a foreigner anymore!

Further info about the app:

Feel at home is the outcome of the partnerships among Sud Sistemi, a company based in Bari specialized in software solutions for the innovation of companies' management processes, eMinds, a firm from Bisceglie which deals with complex software algorithms for the distribution of the tourist products as regards travels, and the Information Technology Department of the University of Studies of Bari. Its goal is to create a real connection and an experience of meeting between residents and those guests who visit Martina Franca and the Itria Valley area in order to support the tourism potential of the territory.

The feature of the project is its ethical dimension, which consists in involving the local community that put together their energy and enthusiasm in order to bring to life the territory – by offering visitors authentic and unique experiences – and activates, almost unconsciously, virtuous processes of new ways of sociality and active participation that, thanks to several innovative tools that are available in this exact historical period for our society, become a tangible opportunity for the visitors.

The project is co-funded within the POR Puglia FESR-FSE 2014-2020 - Sub- Innolabs Call Action 1.4 B “Support for the creation of innovative solutions aimed at specific problems of social relevance” - Feel at Home Project cod. UIKTJF3.

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