This title describes 1000 "must-see" spots, from beaches to museums to cathedrals to bustling markets, grand hotels to backwater inns, rugged safaris to the most pampering spas. It includes addresses, phone and fax numbers, websites, costs and best times to visit with subject-specific indexes.
Famous for its shopping, theatres and entertainment, New York is the city that never sleeps. This title provides coverage of the neighbourhoods of Brooklyn. It features tips on 'New York Eats'.
Here are 500 of the greatest journeys readers could ever make, by every conceivable means of transportation: on land, air, and sea; by boat, bicycle, car, canoe, foot, helicopter, or horseback. For those who like the idea of a leisurely boat journey, "500 Journeys of a Lifetime" shows how to take a felucca down the Nile River or rent a gulet off ...
Veteran shoestring traveler Potts shows how anyone armed with an independent, curious spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel, once thought to be the sole province of students, counterculture dropouts, and the idle rich.
The ultimate guide to international behavior now completely updated and expanded! Do's and Taboos Around the World 3rd Edition "Roger Axtell is an international Emily Post." - The New Yorker "Can help you make friends [and] avoid travel trouble." - BusinessWeek "Helpful fun to read " - Steve Birnbaum The first two editions of Do's and Taboos ...
The "Rough Guide to Japan" provides invaluable advice on everything from getting there (including overland routes) to tracking down the latest and best places to sleep, eat, drink and shop. There is comprehensive coverage of all the major sights - and many off the beaten track - from the northern tip of Hokkaido down to the islands of Okinawa, ...
This guide to Alaska has been redesigned with new features and a star-rating system. It offers insights into the real Alaska, with details on whale watching, sea kayaking, hiking, salmon fishing, funky small towns, Gold Rush saloons, glaciers, and scenic drives.
This is the best little guide to the Big Apple. It is an insider's guide to the best of New York, from the Bronx (up) to the Battery (down) and how to get everywhere in between. It features: outspoken opinions on what's worth your time, and what's not; off the beaten path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions (and ...
More than ever, air travel is a focus of curiosity, intrigue and anxiety. We take to the air routinely, yet few of us understand the how and why of jetting from New York to London in six hours. Patrick Smith, an airline pilot and author of Salon.com's popular air travel column, unravels the secrets and tells you all there is to know about the ...
Nearly every culture in human history has sought to honor the sacred, the mysterious, the supernatural, or the extraordinary. These sites often become cornerstones for a culture and its people; the history of religion and spiritual sites is practically synonymous with the history of human society."Sacred Places of a Lifetime", a lushly illustrated ...
A common-sense approach to traveling with kids, which focuses on the budget. It also gives tips on how to help kids adjust to different foods, how to cope with family tensions that develop, and other useful information.
This handy and informative how-to is based on consultations with experts in a variety of fields such as stunt-car driving, alligator wrestling, and medicine. It tells you how to survive, escape from, or otherwise deal with extreme, unforeseen situations that are often life-threatening--such as how to fend off a shark attack or what to do when your ...
The "Smart Traveller's Passport" isn't just about the best travel experience at the lowest price - it's also about traveling "the right way." Their philosophy, "Vacations for real people" has lead them to listen their readership for guidance, and this collection of their readers' best 393 travel tips over the past several years will be a great ...
This handbook provides readers with straightforward information on the potential perils of moving to a new country, such as culture shock, stereotyping, misperceptions and misunderstandings, and provides the tools needed to overcome these obstacles and prepare for a rewarding experience. There is a chapter for families moving abroad which focuses ...
Campground/RV park listings include facility descriptions, driving directions, camping fees, telephone numbers, pet restrictions, phone/modem hookups at sites, handicap accessibility, county information, park e-mail addresses, and more.
Get the scoop on pet-friendly hotels and attractions, border crossing procedures, animal clinics, and packing suggestions from Traveling with your Pet: The AAA PetBook. Updated annually, the AAA PetBook features more than 13,000 hotels and campgrounds in the United States and Canada that accept pets. Practical tips on border crossings, what to ...
In this follow-up to his "New York Times"-bestselling book "The Complete Travel Detective Bible," Greenberg offers his expert, hard-won knowledge of where not to go and why.
The third edition of the award-winning "National Geographic Student Atlas of the World" features new photographs, updated maps and graphics; and completely updated essays and statistics. Specially designed for middle-and-high-school students, this compact, fact-filled atlas will put the world at your fingertips. It is chockfull of maps, charts, ...
Marvel at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican or the take a gondola ride through Venice at dusk. Sunbathe on the Amalfi Coast or walk the streets of Pompeii. Find the latest fashions in Milan or enjoy an opera amid the ruins of a Roman Amphitheater in Verona. See magnificent cathedrals and architecture or get caught up in the intrigue of Sicily. ...
Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), "Frommer's Las Vegas" features lavish full-color photos of the spectacle that awaits you. This is simply the most frank, funny, outrageous guide you can buy and it's much more up-to-date and indepth than its competition. Our author is completely on top of the latest developments in ...
This new edition is the definitive source for geographical information. This invaluable guide contains key data about the countries, cities, and natural features of today's world. More than 48,000 entries and 252 maps provide population, size, economic data, historical notes, and more. Contains pronunciations, and a table of foreign terms used in ...
The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture presents a global survey of the most outstanding works of contemporary architecture from around the world completed in the last five years. Organized geographically and illustrated with global, regional and sub-regional maps locating each building, the book illustrates more than 1,000 completed ...
The Unofficial guides are the "Consumer Reports" of travel guides, offering candid evaluations of their destinations' attractions, hotels, restaurants, shopping, nightlife, sports, and more, all rated and ranked by a team of unbiased inspectors so even the most compulsive planners can be sure they're spending their time and money wisely. Each ...
This fact-filled, accessible guide - packed with maps, quizzes, statistics, and information of all kinds, is dispensable, up-to-date references for all ages. In the tradition of Kenneth C. Davis's best selling "Don't know Much About..." series, Everyday Geography makes research easy and learning fun. The United States book includes in-depth ...
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