Learning Center

Last modified: April 01, 2021

This section contains helpful guides and “how to use” contents to help you start planning your next journey.

Overview

Mobile Application: Welcome!

Gurmex mobile application allows you to carry your trip experience with you. Whether you are near or far away, whether you are traveling alone or with friends, we are at your side with our easy-to-use and simple interface. Before going on a trip, let’s learn what the Gurmex application can do.

Note that all of the sections reviewed below can be accessed from the Timeline, Map, Explore and Profile sub-navigation menus in the app!

Create an Account

Signing up for a free Gurmex account is easy. It allows you to find interesting places nearby, save them, view our featured travel guides and plan a trip.

Go to the Profile section in the Gurmex mobile application, tap the Sign Up or Login buttons. To sign up for the app, you need to manually enter a username (min 5 characters), name, surname, email address and password.

PROFILE

After signing up and logging in, the first thing you see is your profile page. You can add photos to your profile and  you can update your personal information in here. Also, you can save your favorite Place, Blog, Post and Routes to your profile. If you have an approved account, your comments to the Places, Routes, Blogs, Posts and content you add to the application are shown on the profile page. If you have an approved account, you can add new places to the map by tapping the (+) button in the upper left corner of the profile.

Profile Settings

You can access the profile settings by tapping the “Gear wheel” button in the upper right corner of the profile page. The settings section is where you use to manage various options. You can edit the user information on your profile and change your password from the settings. You can change the map style of the map view, turn the traffic situation and flavor map on or off by default. Chain places and Themes will be active in future versions.In units section, you can select the currency (TL, EURO, USD) and Distance type (KM, MIL) according to the country you will be tripping to.

To access profile settings in iOS or Android, you should follow the steps below.

1- Open the Gurmex application on your mobile device.
2- Go to the Profile section from the bottom navigation menu.
3- Tap the “Gear wheel” button on the top right of the profile page.

You can manage a number of settings for your account from this section! You have to make sure you scroll down to see all the options.

On the Edit Profile page; You can edit your profile photo, name, surname, phone, profession, blog, Instagram username, biography, date of birth and gender.

You can change your password on the Change Password page.

In the Map Style section, you can choose between Plan (Default), Satellite and Dark (Google Maps only) styles.

You can see traffic-related road information on the Map by tapping the Traffic button. (You can also access the traffic situation from the “Gear wheel” button in the lower left corner of the Maps menu.)

You can see local flavor icons on the Map by tapping the Flavor Map button. (You can also access the Flavor Map from the “Gear wheel” button in the lower left corner of the Maps menu.)

The Allow Chains button will be active in future versions. This setting will filter chain places in each category in the future. If the filter is turned on, places for chain brands will appear while exploring categories.

Under Units, you can choose the currency (TL, EURO, USD) and the Distance type (KM, MI) according to the country you will be triping to.

Themes will be active in future versions.

Love Gurmex? You can rate us on Apple Store and Google Play stores by tapping the “Rate” button. We would be very happy if you share all your positive or negative opinions. Gurmex will undoubtedly become a much better place with your support.

By tapping the “Share” button, you can share Gurmex in social media and other applications. Thank you for helping us make our voices heard to more people.

You can report all kinds of ideas, suggestions, complaints, errors, copyright infringement, GDPR violation from the Feedback/Contact page. Our support team will get back to you quickly.

You can turn Map metrics on or off under Privacy Settings. We are using Google API as map infrastructure. If you allow map metrics in the “Privacy Settings” section, you will help us to solve the errors and problems that you experienced on the map. Map metrics are not kept or backed up by Gurmex, but transmitted directly to Google.

You can browse the “Terms of Service“, “Privacy Policy” and “Acknowledgements” pages for the use of Gurmex. The “Terms of Service” and “Privacy Policy” may be updated from time to time. We will definitely notify you whenever there is a change.

In the More section, there are Foodie Application Form, Learning Center, Who are we?, Support, Delete Account and Sign Out buttons.

For rating places and upload photos, you can fill out the Foodie Application form and send it to us.

You can tap the “Support” button to go to our help center where you can find tips and answers to frequently asked questions about using Gurmex.

Finally, you can log out of your account by scrolling to the bottom and tapping Sign Out.

Foodie Application Form

In order to have an approved account in the Gurmex application (to be a Foodie), to rating the places, to upload photos, you can apply by completing the Foodie Application Form in the Profile> Settings section. It is totally free!

How to Apply for Foodie?

If your application is approved, you can reach “Foodie” level up to 100 places you have added, and “Gourmand” after +100 places. The pins of the “Foodie” and “Gourmand” levels are shown in yellow on the map. All fields are required except Twitter, Facebook and Website/Blog fields. Gurmex approves applications that are knowledgeable about gastronomy and they think will be really beneficial to end users. We recommend that you carefully fill in all fields so that we can learn more about you and confirm your account.

Foodie Application Form; It consists of a total of 17 sections: Name Surname, Phone, E-Mail, Twitter Username, Instagram Username, Facebook Username, Website/Blog, Gastronomic History, Education Status, Biography and 6 specific questions. This private information you transmit to us is not used, shared or backed up for commercial or other purposes, either inside or outside the application. All records are provided for the approval process only.

Place Pages

Every place has a place page in Gurmex. Place pages are added by the writers. All reviews and ratings on the place pages are created entirely by approved accounts that are ranked as Foodie, Gourmand and Gurmex Writer. The place that is not on the map may not have been added due to it has not been visited by an writer yet. Those pages provide detailed information, including opening hours, menu, price range, phone, parking, disability availability, children’s playground, wi-fi availability and more. From those pages, you can add places to your trip route, get a route directly to places, save them to your profile or share them with your friends.

Let’s examine what place pages can offer us!

Photos of the Place are located at the top of the place page as a slider. You can view photos uploaded by approved accounts(Foodie, Gourmand levels) by swiping left or tapping on them. End users (non-Foodie accounts) cannot upload photos to the gallery!

The profile shows the name and surname of the user who added the place to the map and the date and time the place was added to the map by the user.

Place Name and price range are at the top of the page.

In the buttons section, there are “Call” for call the restaurant by phone, “Route” where you can do operations such as adding the location to the route you created or directly taking a route to the place, “Location” where you can see the location of the place on the map, “Navigation” where you can use for entegration to favorite navigation apps such as Google Maps, Yandex, Apple Maps buttons that provide synchronization.

In the preliminary information section, the Covid-19 Information text, Province, District, Country, Cuisine type and the opening and closing hours of the place on weekdays/weekends.

The Restaurant menus are shown under the Menu heading, if added by the writers.

Under the Features heading, there are detailed information about the place such as payment types, suitability for families, groups, disabled people, children’s playground, pets, parking, high chair, wi-fi availability. You can tap any icon to see its meaning.

Under the title of Rating, there are points given by the writers according to criteria such as Cleaning, Taste, Service, Atmosphere and Price Performance. You can see the total number of reviews in the below. End users (non-Foodie accounts) cannot rate to places!

Under the heading of the Summary, there is an rating analysis. We don’t recommend to go 0-2 points, 2-3 You may be regret, 3-3,5 It’s okey, 3,5-4 goable, 4-4,5 we can try, 4,5-5 You should go definitely. Average rate is expressed as Gurmex Star.

Under the title of Review, there is a detailed article written by the writer who added the place to the map. End users (non-Foodie accounts) cannot write reviews!

Under the title of Recommendations, there are products that are recommended to eat directly in that place. End users (non-Foodie accounts) cannot recommend products!

Comments are an area where all Gurmex app users can express themselves. This section is designed so that users can leave tips, experiences and reviews. So you can get an overview of the place by reading the comments made by people who have been there before.

MAP

The map opens taking into account your location. You can zoom in, zoom out and move it in any direction in the map. You can change the style of the map from the Settings menu in the upper right corner of your profile page. We have 3 styles, Plan (Default), Satellite and Dark.

In the map menu, there are Start, Search, Settings, Current Location and Add Place buttons (visible only for Foodie or higher level accounts). After creating a route, 4 more buttons appear on the map screen which name are List, Route, Filter and Navigation. In addition, every time you create a route you can see the window of places. Places from the closest to the farthest are located according to your location. After navigating the map, you can tap the “Location” button in the lower right corner for return to your current location.

Categories (Kitchen Type)

Places in Gurmex are assigned categories that make it easier to discover and find new places. You can find everything about your eating and drinking experience in nearly 60 categories covering a wide range of places. Almost any area of interest can be searched within our categories.

For example, if you want to search a breakfast or late breakfast place on your route, choose Start > Set Start and Destination > Breakfast and Late Breakfast category. Pins representing the categorized places will appear on the map according to the colors of the recommended writer.

Choosing a Category

1- Tap the “Start” button at the bottom of the map.
2- Set the starting and destination point.
3- Choose the categories you are interested in.
4- After tapping one or more categories, the “Create Route” bar will be active.
5- You can choose more than one category on the map at the same time. With the “Select All” button, you can show places in all categories on the map.

You will see places and Local flavors appear as pins on the map. You can zoom or move the map to view only specific areas. You can tap the “List” button at the bottom right of the map to see it in list view.

Create Route

You can quickly create a trip by choosing your current location as the starting point from the Maps menu. To start a new journey, you have to press the green “Start” button. You can set Start point and Destination point then you can choose the types of cuisine you want to see on your route and tap “Create Route“. You can select and explore as many categories as you want. Due to Gurmex content is produced by users, we may not have any content in some cities and categories. While creating a route, we recommend that you select all categories and create routes during our Beta release. The “Route Information” screen will appear on the map, containing the time, distance and average fuel consumption according to the fastest route. The route you created appears as a line on the map, with the best places and traditional flavors close to the route. When you press the “Start” button, the map will be closer to the starting point and your journey will begin. You can end your journey whenever you want with the “Finish” button.

You can review shared routes in the timeline to use ready-made routes. You can browse the routes that users have saved by entering their profiles. In our official Gurmex profile, we will be sharing ready-made experiences such as Vineyard routes, Cheese routes and Local flavor routes from time to time. You must be following the profile to see the favorite selections of different users.

Location Pins on the Map

By tapping the “Filter” button in the upper right corner of the map, you can show the places on the map according to the writer level. Yellow pushpin refers to Foodie and Gourmand level users, Blue pushpin refers to Gurmex Writers, Black pushpin to Sponsors, and Red pushpin refers to the places recommended by Gurmex Official Account.

After select a category, the places along the route appear as colored pins on the map.

1- The locations shown are determined according to the part of the map displayed and the rating of the place.

2- There is a limit to how many places can be seen at the same time on the map. Therefore, if you zoom in more, the more places you will see in a given area.

3- When you are zoom out the map, only the places in Turkey are displayed with numerical expressions.

4- By tapping the “Location” button in the lower right corner of the map, you can get closer to your location and see more places in your immediate vicinity.

For example, you are zoom in Istanbul after that you can see more pushpins of different colors appear. You can add or remove these pins from the filter screen.

Place Window

When you tap the pushpins on the map, the relevant locations are displayed as a window at the bottom. The place window includes the Place Name, City, User level, Type of cuisine, Price range, Average score, Distance, Average fuel consumption and Discount rate (if any). You can go to the place page by tapping on the place window, and you can zoom in to the location of the place on the map with the “Zoom” button.

Navigation

In the upper right corner of the map, just below the pushpin filter button, there is the “Navigation” button. You can continue your journey with different navigation applications such as Google Maps, Yandex and Apple Maps if you want.

Search on Map

You can search for places by tapping the “Magnifying glass” button in the upper left corner of the map.

Adding Places to Routes

You can add places to routes from the place window, place pages, “List” button or “Route Planner“. When you create a route with start and destination locations by touching the start button from the map menu, the “List” button appears in the lower right corner of the screen and the “Route Planner” button in the lower left corner. With your route open on the map, tap the “List” button in the lower right corner to open the list view. After opening the list view, just simply tap the open/close button to add a place to the route.

If the list view of places is open, you can tap anywhere in the window to go to the Places page. You can use the “Zoom” button to zoom in on the location.

From the Place Window

If you’re looking at the map, you can navigate through the places listed in the below. You can see the place at the bottom of the screen by tapping any pin on the map. From there, just tap to go to the place page. Then you can add the place to the route with the route button on the page.

List Button

The “List” button will be active after you have created a route. It is located in the lower right corner of the map, just above the place window. When you tap the “List” button, the best places on the route you created will be listed by distance to your location. You can filter by User, Alphabetical, Rating and Location while choosing the places. You can add the places you decide to visit during your journey to your route with the help of the on/off button.

Route Planner

The Route Planner button will be active after you have created a route. It is located in the lower left corner of the map just above the place window. You can give a name to the trip on the user-specific trip route screen, also see information such as distance, duration, average fuel consumption of the trip. All places added to the route are displayed on this screen. You can delete any places you want to delete from the route by taping the “Lock” button. You can add new place to the route by taping the (+) button in the bottom right corner. It is possible to search by username, place name, city, cuisine type and category from the filter field on the All Places page. If your route is ready, you can save it to your profile and you can share this experience with your friends via Gurmex app.

Manually Adding a Place

If you can’t find a place in our categories; You can manually enter the name of the place, city, district, cuisine type or even its writer. Note that this method will only add places to your trip route, not Gurmex categories or our list of places!

Mobile “Route planner” is the first thing you see in the lower left corner of the screen after selecting a saved trip from your profile or creating a route from the map. After switching to the “Route planner” screen, just tap the “+” button at the bottom right to open the “Add place” search field. By typing the name of the place you want to visit, city, district, cuisine, and even the user who added it, a list appears that suggests places based on what you wrote.

New Place (For Foodie or Higher level Only)

Foodie Accounts can add a new place to the map by tapping the “New Place” button in the upper left corner of the map menu. A place can be added to the map by only one user. In order to prevent a place from being added more than once by different users, the place and blog articles are published after they are approved by an editor. We recommend that you search and check by tapping the “Magnifying glass” button in the “Map” menu to find out if the place you want to add has been added before. If your favorite place has been previously added by a different writer, you can go to the page of the relevant place and upload photos of your experience, update the menu, give a rating or share your comments.

How to Add a New Place? (For Foodie or Higher level Only)

It is mandatory to fill in all the fields on the “Add new place” page.

You must write the name of the place in the Place Name section.

In the Detailed Review section, you can write your article about the place with a maximum of 3000 characters. You can also write your review in English for English version users by switching between the Turkish-English pages.

In the recommended products section, you should write the names of the products that must be tasted at the place.

You must add the phone number of the place to the phone section.

In the location section, if you are currently in the place, you can tap the “Use Current Location” button. If you want to add a place you have visited before, you should mark the map location of the place by tapping the “Select Location from Map” button. Information like Address, Country, City, District are automatically written to the page when you mark the location.

In the Photos section, you must upload the exterior photo of the place to the Place 1 area, and the photos of the products and food to the Food 1 and Food 2 areas. In the Menu 1, Menu 2 and Menu 3 areas, you must upload the menu photos of the place. We allow you to upload 3 photos and 3 menus on the first registration screen. But if you have more photos and menus of your experience, you should save the place first then you can upload more photos by tapping the “Camera” button on the upper right corner of the Place page. All photos and menus uploaded to the place as a gallery are displayed when you touch the “Camera” button. You can upload other menu photos of the place from the “List” button in the upper right corner. You can upload other food photos of the place from the “Camera” button. There is a “Menu” note in the upper left corner of the menus you have uploaded. Please make sure the photos of the places are in the Place gallery, and the menu photos are in the menu gallery! If you accidentally upload a photo of the place to the menu gallery or the menu photo to the place gallery, you can delete it by touching the “X” button in the upper right corner of the photos on the same screen.

In the Working Hours section, you must enter the opening/closing hours on Weekdays and opening/closing hours on Weekend.

In the Price Range section, you should choose one of the unit sets of ₺, ₺₺, ₺₺₺, ₺₺₺₺, ₺₺₺₺₺ and determines the estimated amount to be paid for 1 person.

You should choose the most suitable kitchen type for the place you add from the category section. Only one category can be selected for places. Make sure you choose whatever the main service category of the place is! Ex. It may be that breakfast is served in the steakhouse restaurant, and even breakfast may be the best option in the restaurant. But since the area of activity of the restaurant is Steakhouse, you should choose “Steakhouse” as a category. You can specify options such as Breakfast, Vegetarian, Vegan options in the features field.

Features section is one of the most important and critical sections of the application. We will be glad if you carefully select all the features of the space you add because the advanced filtering options in the application benefit from this area. The artificial intelligence technology that we are working on allows us to offer more detailed suggestions to users according to the options entered in this field and to highlights you. For instance, If there is no credit card available at the place, you should make sure that you check the “Cash Only” and “No Credit Cards” options. We have 60 features for now. However, we constantly renew this section, which we follow very dynamically, and develop it according to the needs.

The evaluation section is the area where you will rate places based on 5 criteria: Cleaning, Taste, Service, Atmosphere and Price Performance. We believe that it will act honestly and objectively in this important area that will guide other users and affect the rankings while rating.

After filling in all mandatory fields and checking for the last time, you can complete the registration by taping the “Confirm” button in the top right corner of the template. When the information message pops up at the top of the screen, it means that the registration has been successfully completed. It will release after an editor’s approval.

You will automatically receive a notification when the your new added place is approved. You can see in the timleline. Also, The place is saved in the “Places” area on your profile. You can go to the approved place page and upload the photos of the new place and menu you want to add. If there is incorrect information, you can edit the page by tapping the “Pen” button in the upper right corner, and revise the points you have given in the rating area.

Flavor Map and Traffic

You can turn Flavor Map and Traffic status on and off from the “Gear wheel” button in the bottom left corner of the map.

The flavor map will cause the map to run slower. After browsing the flavors, we recommend that you turn off the “Gear wheel” button.

TIMELINE

Timeline works with the same logic that you are familiar with from all social media applications. The most important difference of the Gurmex timeline is that only Foodie or higher level can post shares. End users can only like, comment, share outside of the application or save the shares of Foodies.

You can edit or delete it by tapping the “three points” button in the upper right corner of each post. You can report inappropriate content to our community. Again, if you get any errors on the page, you can report this error to us.

EXPLORE

The Explore menu consists of 2 components, Blogs and Nearby. This is the perfect place to visit for travel inspiration! Check out our travel guides and find our best and most adventurous road trips as well as trips closest to your location.

Blogs

In the blogs section, there are food-based travel experiences produced by Fodies or high levels. Based on its understanding, we would like to express with regret that the Blogs component is not ready yet. We have a lot of shortcomings in the blogs section and we continue to improve constantly. But rest assured that our blog section will be the most perfect place you can visit for travel inspiration anytime soon! In the blogs section, we will show you the closest travel guides, road adventures and top restaurant lists.

Traditional Dishes

You can access all the geographically marked products attached to the flavor map on this page. Currently, we only included the flavors of Turkey. However, we believe that all the flavors of the world will come to life on our map with your support.

Can I Add Flavor to the Map?

Users cannot add flavor directly to the map. However, they can advise by filling out the proposition form on the Flavors page.

1- Tap Explore> Blogs tab.

2- Tap the Flavors button.

3- Tap the (+) button in the upper left corner.

4- Fill in the flavor template and send it to us.

In the Flavor Suggestion Form, there are a total of 9 fields, 7 of which are mandatory, that we expect you to fill in completely.

You must write Turkish and English name of the Flavor. If it is available, you must specify a geographical indication number. You must mark the location on the map.

You should give scientific and gastronomic information such as what is it, how it is used, what are specialities in the field of detailed information about flavor. (You can sample the existing flavors attached on the map.)

The flavor image you upload should have vivid colors, clear, square (500*500pixels) and clear. The background of the picture in PNG format should be uploaded as transparent. (You can clear the backgrounds of the pictures from remove.bg)

How many restaurants in the city/town/village can this flavor be eaten in? (You have to answer by giving names of places.)

How many businesses in the city/town/village can this flavor be bought in? (You must write the names of the shop, market, store, vendor.)

You must specify the source if available. It is ot a required field but Resources will speed up the approval process for your proposed flavor.

Nearby

In Nearby section, there are the places closest to its location that added by Foodie and higher-level writers. You can discover the best places closest to your location from the Nearby section.

TRIP PLANNING

Starting a New Trip

Ready to plan your epic journey? There are a few simple options for creating a trip in the Gurmex app.

From the Map Menu

The map menu is the second button in the lower navigation bar.

1- Tap the start button.
2- In the screen that opens, enter a starting location or start from your current location (default option). You must enter a destination in “Where are you going?” You can search for an address, city or place (For Example: Bursa Culture Park Open Air Theater). The matching options available on our map appear as a list while you are just typing.
3- Determine the categories by selecting one, multiple or all.
4- Then tap the Create Route button! A trip will be created and opened automatically on the map.
5- The Route Information window includes the distance, time, average fuel consumption to the location you want to go. Gurmex application creates the fastest route to the point you want to go on the map.
6- You can swipe left and right before you start on the map. You can browse traditional flavors. You can open and close the flavor map from the window that opens when you tap the “Gear wheel” button in the lower left corner. The flavor map slows down the speed of the application, we recommend that you turn it off during the journey.
7- If you tap the “Start” button again, the map will approach your current location and your journey will start. You can cancel the trip by tapping the “Cancel” button.

From the Nearby Section

The Nearby section is in the Explore menu.

1- Tap the “Go” button in any place window that you have set as your destination.

2- The application takes you to the map screen and the journey starts when you tap the “Start” button.

3- You can go back to the Nearby section and add the places you want to add to the route by tapping the “Add to Route” or “Remove from Route” buttons.

4- By tapping the map “List” and “Route Planner” buttons, you can see the places added to your trip and make changes.

From the Search Map Section

Trips can also be created from the search results by tapping the “Magnifying glass” button in the upper left corner of the map menu.

1- Go to the Map menu in the application.

2- Tap the Search and Explore button with the “Magnifying Glass” icon on the top left.

3- You can try to search for a city, address, place or writer name of interest while the Search and Explore menu open. The matching options available on our map appear as a list while you are just typing.

4- Tap the result when you see a match for what you’re looking for then the place page going to open.

5- You can get a route directly to the place by tapping the “Create route” button. If the route is already open on the map, you can add the location to this route. When you switch to the map menu, a trip with the new location will be created and opened automatically.

From Place Pages

Finally, the new route can also be started from a place page. When there is no active route on the map, tap the “Create route” button on the place page to create a route (if you already have an active route on the map, tap the “Create route” button and you will see the place added to your route).

The new trip route will open on the map for the location you are browsing as the destination. Make changes to the starting point if necessary and tap the Start Journey button. A route will be created and opened automatically on the map.

Adding Waypoints to Your Journey

Once you’ve set your destination, it’s time for the fun part like finding and adding stops along the way. After tapping the “Route Planner” button, tap the “+” button at the bottom right of the itinerary to manually add waypoints. City, Town, Place name, Cuisine type or even Writers name can be entered here!

Explore our categories with over 5000+ selected best places only to find the places you want to browse!

Editing Waypoints

You can remove a waypoint by tapping the on/off button next to the waypoint you want to delete, or by going to the location page and tapping the “Route” button.

Trip Statistics

Once you have navigated the route, your journey statistics will appear at the top of the “Route planner” screen. This screen, which is specially designed for you, includes information such as Trip Name, Number of Stops, Estimated Distance, Estimated Time and Average Fuel Consumption.

Travel statistics are automatically updated as changes are made to your trip. If you have saved the route in your profile, it will also appear under the “Routes” heading.

Set Distance and Route Diameter (Future Versions)

Route diameter; It is an option where you decide on the tastes and places you want to see around you during your trip, which can be expanded or narrowed by distance adjustment. The distance setting shows how far along the route you want to travel to visit the destinations. Limits the number of miles/km places are shown on the map when planning a trip or exploring our categories.

When you update the distance setting, only the tastes and places that are within the distance you specified are recommended. For example, if the distance slider is set to 5, all places are 5 km or less from the route.

Customizing the Trip Settings

To open the trip settings, follow the steps below.

1- Go to the Profile section in the app.

2- Go to the routes saved in the profile.

3- Tap to select the trip you’re working on.

4- Tap the “See on Map” button on the screen that appears.

5- When your trip is uploaded to the map, you will see the “Route Information” window.

6- Tap the “Start” button and switch to travel mode.

7- Tap the “List” button in the lower right corner of the map.

8- Sort places by rates, alphabetically, location and even by writer from the “List” screen that opens.

9- Tap the on/off button next to the places you want to add to the travel plan.

10- Then tap the “Route Planner” button in the lower left corner of the map.

11- Optionally edit the name of the trip on the screen that opens.

12- Add new places to the route by tapping the “+” button in the lower right corner.

Remove or Rearrange Places Added to Journey

You can remove the places you want to delete by touching the on/off buttons on the “List” page. You can delete the places you have added to the route by tapping the “Lock” button on the “Route Planner” screen.

Travel Routes and Guides

There are several different types of Travel Routes in Gurmex. Gurmex Official account, routes created by Foodie, Gourmand, Sponsor, Gurmex Writers, guides and personal travel routes created on your own trips!

Featured Routes (Upcoming Versions)

The featured routes are those that highlight some of our best, most adventurous road trips with plenty of food and drink, selected from the Gurmex team and our writers. You can browse these for a road trip inspiration or even use that ride on your own travels!

You can view the featured routes from user profiles and from the Discover> Blogs tab.

You can customize it further and save it to your own profile while viewing a trip. You can always access these journeys from the “Routes” screen on your profile. You can see all the stops attached to the route.

Personal Routes

You can now add more information about your journey. You can create your own sightseeing route directly from road trip plans. This allows each user to tell their own story about their journey.

Trip routes are created for each trip that is created and updated as changes are made. You can add your trip to the map to view your own route, and you can access these routes from your profile whenever you want.

Moments (Future Versions)

In future versions, writers will be able to add travel notes and stories for locations and points added to the routes. The annotated sightseeing route will be a great way to make it a public guide for the rest of the Gurmex community to share and use on their trips.

Photos and text moments are a great way to provide detailed information about your trip via your personal sightseeing route. Whether you want a photo taken at your favorite place with your family at the dinner table, or a funny memory that you don’t want to forget. “Moments” make it easy to add these pleasant and private information. As you add your memories, you’ll be able to drop a pin exactly where that moment happened on the map. With the upcoming update to add travel articles, you will be able to easily create memories and travel guides.

Saved Places

Saving places in Gurmex is a great way to keep a list of interesting points that you can easily refer to later. You saw a great place, but don’t have any excursions planned right now? In that case, save it so you can remember it later!

How to Save Places?

Simply tap the “Save” button on the gray bar at the bottom to save it while viewing a place page.

How Can You See Your Saved Places?

1- Tap the “Profile” button from the sub menu.
2- Tap the “Location” button to see a list of saved locations!

Search

The search is used to find places in Gurmex categories when the name is known, rather than general keywords like “coffee” or “restaurant”. Instead of searching for a place like this, use categories to explore places nearby or along your route.

In addition to searching for a place, you can also search for the name of the place, city, district, cuisine type or even its writer. As you type in the address of the place you want to visit, a drop-down list will also appear suggesting locations based on what you have written.