Travel World guide

your guides to Slovenia and Ljubljana are some of the best Ive seen.
Ivan Valencic, Slovenia

Excellent travel guide. Very useful for all-round requirements.
JM & ME Drury, Darlington

Very clear, well presented. Pictures are appropriate.
Sue Lockett, Taunton, Somerset.

I found this guide very informative compared to others Id looked at before purchasing this book

Slovenia’s epic scenery belies its compact size. It features magnificent Alpine mountains with surging rivers, fertile plains perfect for wine production, a stretch of warm Adriatic coastline, and wild forests where bears and wolves roam free.
Slovenia: The Bradt Travel Guide has all the background and practical information you’ll need. It uncovers the country’s little-known highlights – from hundreds of caves, excellent wines, quality skiing, myriad churches and relaxing health spas through to its emerging role as one of Europe’s top adventure playgrounds.
Inside you will find:

*Best places to eat and stay
*The historic centers of Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Kranj, and Ptuj
*The Venetian towns of the Adriatic coast
*Wild escapes and green parks
*Outdoor pursuits – from gentle hikes to white-water rafting
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

A full-length Bradt guide to this secret corner of Europe; once part of the larger republic of Yugoslavia, Slovenia is now an independent country, with Alpine scenery in the north to rival Austria and charming Adriatic coastal towns. In addition to full practical information and coverage of the accessible capital, Ljubljana, the Bradt guide explores off-the-beaten-track Slovenia, and includes visits to wine-growing regions, hiking in the Julian Alps, the caves of the Karst region, white-water rafting and skiing. A strong emphasis on culture and history is combined with everything the independent traveler needs for visiting Slovenias attractions.

your guides to Slovenia and Ljubljana are some of the best Ive seen.
Ivan Valencic, Slovenia

Excellent travel guide. Very useful for all-round requirements.
JM & ME Drury, Darlington

Very clear, well presented. Pictures are appropriate.
Sue Lockett, Taunton, Somerset.

I found this guide very informative compared to others Id looked at before purchasing this book

Slovenia, 2nd (Bradt Travel Guide)

The Rough Guide to Slovenia

Norm Longley is co-author of Rough Guides to Romania and Hungary. He is also a regular updater on the Rough Guide to Europe. After working in Serbia for a few years, he returned to London, where he now lives, but returns to the Balkans whenever time allows. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

“The Rough Guide to Slovenia” is the ultimate travel companion to one of Europe’s least discovered countries with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. From Ljubljana’s vibrant nightlife to the stunning cave network at Postojnah and the Bled Castle Museum, discover Slovenia’s highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. You’ll find practical advice on getting around the country and expanded information on driving in Slovenia whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. “The Rough Guide to Slovenia” includes expert guidance on a host of outdoor activities, from mountain hikes to skiing and whitewater rafting and a crucial language section with basic words, phrases and handy tips for pronunciation. Explore every corner of Slovenia with clear maps and expert backgound on everything from the country’s history, folklore, music and wildlife to the world’s largest underground canyon at the ekocjan caves. Make the most of your holiday with “The Rough Guide to Slovenia”.

The Rough Guide to Slovenia

Every page of this hefty, handsome tome offers as much quirky, nostalgic character as its author’s Wind in the Willows-worthy name. –Passport Magazine

A nostalgic and entertaining tour of the most individual and historic pubs in the country. Some will be familiar to readers but there are many forgotten gems which still somehow survive. –Irish Independent (Best books, 2008).

A superb collaboration … Fennell’s atmospheric photography captures every nuance while Bunbury’s text reveals a wealth of social history, studded with nuggets of gold. A beautiful book.
–Sunday Business Post

Fans of Eire can relive damp nights warming up with a friendly pint in hand with The Irish Pub, a photo-driven tour by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury of Ireland’s favorite public houses, urban, rural, venerable, contemporary. –National Geographic

Evocative pictures by James Fennell and garrulous text by the historian and travel writer Turtle Bunbury … a fascinating record of a diminishing facet of community life. –The Independent on Sunday

IN the past few years, few aspects of Irish society have changed more than the pub. First it was the smoking ban and the invention of the Irish beer garden for outdoor smokers. Then it suddenly, and necessarily, became deeply unsexy to drink and drive. Such crackdowns came at a cost to the Irish pub. In the countryside, the unthinkable happened. The old pubs and shebeens have begun closing down. It’s not all about smoking and driving. We’ve changed as a people.
We haven’t time to sit about in a pub all day yakking about whatever. We don’t need to go for a pint to feel in touch; we can send an email or log on to Facebook. And besides, isn’t it just as easy to go to the supermarket, fill the trolley with cheap grog and kick back at home?
Small wonder that about 30 of our once treasured pubs are closing down every month. And for every pub that’s closing, a dozen more are whacking salt and pepper canisters on every table and putting giant plasma screens on the walls.
These are desperate times for the country pub. Traditional grocery bars are on the way out, too. Also on the line are those fundamental one-room watering holes, often owned by the same family since time began, where the drink is served from dusty bottles and the newspapers are yellower than a duck’s bill.
Let’s fast-forward to 2050, when a granddaughter sits me down and asks what made a good country pub. This is what I will say: “Sweetheart, back in the old days a good country pub was a place where you could gather your senses and then let them go again. The air was thick with tobacco smoke, the floor as dark as coal. We’d sit on mismatched chairs, perhaps by an open fire, and let the banter roll.
“Giddy fiddles and rattling tongues would light the darkest shadows as we dug in deep and lit the night and forgot about the morrows. Along the bar, perched high on stools, toothless old men, both genius and fool, guffawing and snoring and drinking too much, supping stouts and gold whiskeys instead of their lunch.”
And she will probably wonder what could have been remotely charming about being in a confined space with large numbers of drink-sozzled, chain-smoking old codgers. It’ll be a hard one to sell.
But there are many who will understand the magic and allure of these endangered establishments. The towns and cities are weathering the revolution better than the remote country pubs. The drinker is always at ease when the bed is just a walk away. God gave us pubs to get away from it all. But if a new age of country pubs is necessary, I pray it is not comprised solely of charmless venues rumbling with ear-splittingly bad music, giant plasma screens showing matches between soccer clubs I’ve never heard of and bar staff who scowl.
Modern Ireland is a multicultural, technologically advanced, cash-hungry whirlpool. The once dominant Catholic Church is all but redundant and many of the old institutions have gone with it. The Irish pub may survive the meltdown but many will disappear in the process. This book is about those some of those that we hope survive.

A perfect selection of Irish pubs that whisks readers away into the enchanting spirit of Old Ireland.

Whether you want to hide away in the Wicklow Hills, cradling a glass of beer in a wood-paneled snug; gather round a turf fire, serenaded by fiddle players; or sip quietly in the cubbyhole of a Victorian bar in the center of Dublin, this book takes you into pubs that epitomize the essential charm of Old Ireland.

In this cheerful celebration, more than 250 photographs capture the essence of pubs from every part of Ireland. The lively texts explain anything and everything of interest about each of the featured bars, from the local history and family tales surrounding each establishment’s owners to the drinks typically served and the colorful characters who gather there.

Simply structured into three chapters”Urban Retreats,” “Rural Charm,” and “Contemporary Heritage”the book’s beautiful interiors and charming stories are an invaluable chronicle of traditional Irish life. 200 full-color photographs

Every page of this hefty, handsome tome offers as much quirky, nostalgic character as its author’s Wind in the Willows-worthy name. –Passport Magazine

A nostalgic and entertaining tour of the most individual and historic pubs in the country. Some will be familiar to readers but there are many forgotten gems which still somehow survive. –Irish Independent .

A superb collaboration … Fennell’s atmospheric photography captures every nuance while Bunbury’s text reveals a wealth of social history, studded with nuggets of gold. A beautiful book.
–Sunday Business Post

Fans of Eire can relive damp nights warming up with a friendly pint in hand with The Irish Pub, a photo-driven tour by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury of Ireland’s favorite public houses, urban, rural, venerable, contemporary. –National Geographic

Evocative pictures by James Fennell and garrulous text by the historian and travel writer Turtle Bunbury … a fascinating record of a diminishing facet of community life. –The Independent on Sunday

The Irish Pub

The Parting Glass : A Toast to the Traditional Pubs of Ireland (Irish Pubs)

Eric Roth has traveled the world in more than 30 years of commercial photography. He regularly shoots assignments for interior design books and magazines such as Elle Dcor, House Beautiful, Coastal Living, Inspired Home, Cape Cod Home, and Boston Magazine. He lives on Boston’s north shore.

Eileen McNamara is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Boston Globe. She lives outside Boston with her husband, Boston Globe sportswriter Peter May, and their three children.

What better way to experience the richness of Ireland’s cultural heritage than a meandering journey through its traditional pubs? The Parting Glass is a nostalgic ramble through 43 of the most inviting establishments in the cities and countryside of Ireland. Eric Roth’s warm, glowing photographs and a sparkling text by Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe columnist Eileen McNamara capture the timeless feel and flavor of this intrinsic, but disappearing, part of Irish life.

Ireland’s pubs are legendary-unique meeting places where revelers have habitually gathered to sing, dance, and share a little craic with their stout. Some of the pubs visited here are historic taverns; others are more contemporary. But all reflect the vibrancy and drama of the country’s social history. Like many traditions entering a new century, Ireland’s pub culture may now be endangered, even as the “Irish Pub” look and feel are being exported across Europe and America. This charming volume invites tourists, armchair travelers, and anyone interested in Irish history and culture to raise a “parting glass” to this cherished aspect of life in Ireland.

The Parting Glass : A Toast to the Traditional Pubs of Ireland (Irish Pubs)

‘No other guide whets your appetite quite like this one.’ The Independent –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Discover the many faces of France with this full-colour “Eyewitness Travel Guide”, from the romance of the left bank and world-class architecture of the Louvre, to the island-life of Corsica and rolling vineyards of Bordeaux. All of France is covered in exhaustive detail with the sights, beaches, markets and festivals listed town by town, and a special feature exploring the flavours of France region by region. Fully updated and expanded, the guide has hundreds of vibrant colour photographs, as well as illustrations, maps, beautiful cutaways and detailed floor plans of all the major sights. There are reviews and recommendations for hotels and restaurants for every budget, as well as enthralling walks, scenic routes and thematic tours. With a perfect balance between thriving cities and gorgeous countryside, high fashion and rustic charm, the “DK Eyewitness Travel Guide” is the essential item for your trip to France. Bon Voyage!

‘No other guide whets your appetite quite like this one.’ The Independent –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: France

Paris

“A pleasurable read with ravishing photography plus maps and plans of supreme quality.’ The Observer’ –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

DK Eyewitness Travel’s full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are the only guides that work equally well for inspiration, as a planning tool, a practical resource while traveling, and a keepsake following any trip.

All DK Eyewitness Travel Guides to cities now include a new durable, oversized pull-out map with useful transportation information, a distance chart, a street and sight index, and practical information for getting around the city.

Paris (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

This scholarly and fascinating book unravels the complex story of the most famous church in the world.
–Clover Stroud (Sunday Telegraph 20070429)

Keith Miller’s study of the great baroque basilica offers a stimulating perambulation around this vast expanse of sacred space in the company of a sophisticated guide…Keith Miller’s St Peter’s joins other outstanding titles in [the] Wonders of the World series, fast becoming something of a wonder itself, with its elegant design, its scholarly enthusiasm, and its respect for the general reader. Like the best guides, it makes one long to visit the place in question, armed with book in hand.
–Mark Bostridge (The Independent 20070429)

A finely produced and stylishly written study of ‘the greatest church in the world.’ Miller’s response to the basilica’s unparalleled architectural opulence is poised between wonder and wry irreverence at the counter Reformation intensity of it all.
–Theo Hobson (Sunday Times 20071125)

The most enjoyable book [of the year] was St. Peter’s by Keith Miller, a witty and entertaining account of the most famous church in the world, still standing firm against the tides of tourism that swirl around it. As Miller makes clear, St Peter’s has always been far more than a church.
–J. G. Ballard (The Observer )

Keith Miller is a journalist, reviewer, and lecturer living in London.

Read the Bldg Blog interview with Mary Beard about the Wonders of the World series (Part I and Part II)

Built by the decree of Constantine, rebuilt by some of the most distinguished architects in Renaissance Italy, emulated by Hitler’s architect in his vision for Germania, immortalized on film by Fellini, and fictionalized by a modern American bestseller, St. Peter’s is the most easily recognizable church in the world. This book is a cultural history of one of the most significant structures in the West. It bears the imprint of Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo, Bernini, and Canova. For Grand Tourists of the eighteenth century, St. Peter’s exemplified the sublime. It continues to fascinate visitors today and appears globally as a familiar symbol of the papacy and of the Catholic Church itself.

The church was first built in the fourth century on what is thought to be the tomb of Peter–the rock upon which Christ decreed his church shall be built. After twelve hundred years, the church was largely demolished and rebuilt in the sixteenth century when it came to acquire its present-day form. St. Peter’s awes the visitor by its gigantic proportions, creating a city within itself. It is the mother church, the womb from which churches around the world have taken inspiration. This book covers the social, political, and architectural history of the church from the fourth century to the present. From the threshold, to the subterranean Roman necropolis, to the dizzying heights of the dome, this book provides rare perspectives and contexts for understanding the shape and significance of the most illustrious church in the world.

(20070415)

This scholarly and fascinating book unravels the complex story of the most famous church in the world.
–Clover Stroud

Keith Miller’s study of the great baroque basilica offers a stimulating perambulation around this vast expanse of sacred space in the company of a sophisticated guide…Keith Miller’s St Peter’s joins other outstanding titles in [the] Wonders of the World series, fast becoming something of a wonder itself, with its elegant design, its scholarly enthusiasm, and its respect for the general reader. Like the best guides, it makes one long to visit the place in question, armed with book in hand.
–Mark Bostridge

A finely produced and stylishly written study of ‘the greatest church in the world.’ Miller’s response to the basilica’s unparalleled architectural opulence is poised between wonder and wry irreverence at the counter Reformation intensity of it all.
–Theo Hobson

The most enjoyable book [of the year] was St. Peter’s by Keith Miller, a witty and entertaining account of the most famous church in the world, still standing firm against the tides of tourism that swirl around it. As Miller makes clear, St Peter’s has always been far more than a church.
–J. G. Ballard

St. Peter’s (Wonders of the World)

The Roman Forum

Offers a compact but comprehensive course, intended for sophisticated history buffs and travelers, on the history of the Forum…To help the tourist avoid confusion, Watkin embarks on a detailed tour of the place, revealing which structures–or, rather, portions of structures–are truly left from ancient Rome and which have been additions built over the course of the years since the fall of the Roman Empire. Systematic, knowledgeable, and even enthusiastic: just the formula to completely engage the reader wanting to know more about ancient Rome.
–Brad Hooper (Booklist 20091115)

For a walk through the Forum both in space and history, choose David Watkin’s The Roman Forum…There are many books on Rome, but few as deeply urbane.
–Tom D’Evelyn (Providence Journal 20091201)

Edited by classicist Mary Beard, The Wonders of the World book series from Harvard University Press offers architecturally oriented views of various sites, ranging from the Alhambra to the Parthenon to St. Peters. The attractive books are hand-sized, cloth-bound, and illustrated with maps, photographs, engravings, and elevations, making them ideal for the armchair traveler. (Architectural Record 20091216)

[Watkin] treats readers to an incisive and insightful history of the Forum with a focus on its evolution following the fall of the Roman Empire. In The Roman Forum, he deftly illuminates the fascinating changes that this once sacred space has undergone in the last millennium, and argues that our modern perception of the Forum, dictated by archaeological pursuits, tends to obscure those aspects of the Forum that are truly impressive. The Roman Forum is the latest entry in the Wonders of the World series from Harvard University Press, which provides in-depth, scholarly explorations of very specific subjects like the Rosetta stone or the Coliseum. Watkin’s work in this volume is clearly a labor of love; his sincere appreciation for the Forum and for classical architecture at large is evident, and his expertise helps render an easily navigable portrait of the Forum in four dimensions. He traces the shifting attitudes and pivotal events that have shaped the Roman Forum from late antiquity, through the Middle Ages, all the way to the present day.
–Michael Patrick Brady (popmatters.com 20091215)

Though not strictly modern–well, not modern at all, really–the Wonders of the World series of books from Harvard Universtiy Press remains my favorite ongoing run of architectural tomes. Classicist Mary Beard is the series editor, and each of these trim volumes takes up the subject of a particular building. Ranging from Stonehenge to the Parthenon to the Temple of Jerusalem, imagine these scholarly works as biographies of buildings…[You should] race to add the newly released Roman Forum and Piazza San Marco to your collection…The well-illustrated little book traces the Forum from antiquity to today, and serves as an able roadmap to the historical eras and ideologies written across what may have been the most striking expression of Roman architecture. Popes, plunderers and preservationists all play roles in this book, and it’s an ideal stocking stuffer for those who take their architecture with a solid dose of intellectual rigor. And that the book will tuck nicely into a blazer pocket is only a welcome bonus… Be sure to pick up the entire set yourself. I’m awfully glad I’ve got mine, and can’t wait to tuck into the next one.
–Aaron Britt (dwell.com 20110326)

An entertaining combination of travel guide, history and polemic.
–Francis X. Rocca (Wall Street Journal )

One of the most visited sites in Italy, the Roman Forum is also one of the best-known wonders of the Roman world. Though a highpoint on the tourist route around Rome, for many visitors the site can be a baffling disappointment. Several of the monuments turn out to be nineteenth- or twentieth-century reconstructions, while the rubble and the holes made by archaeologists have an unclear relationship to the standing remains, and, to all but the most skilled Romanists, the Forum is an unfortunate mess.

David Watkin sheds completely new light on the Forum, examining the roles of the ancient remains while revealing what exactly the standing structures embodyincluding the rarely studied medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque churches, as well as the nearby monuments that have important histories of their own. Watkin asks the reader to look through the veneer of archaeology to rediscover the site as it was famous for centuries. This involves offering a remarkable and engaging new vision of a well-visited, if often misunderstood, wonder. It will be enjoyed by readers at home and serve as a guide in the Forum.

The Roman Forum (Wonders of the World (Harvard University Press))

Where did Sophie battle the Cacafuego? Where is Aubrey’s beloved Ashgrove cottage? What route did Maturin take with his bear? What’s so desolate about Kerguelen Island? What’s the best route from Botany Bay to Moahu? Find the answers to these and hundreds of other questions in this indispensable guide to the terrain and cartography of O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

This atlas tracks the routes taken and summarizes the plots of all 17 of O’Brian’s Napoleonic sea sagas. Featuring a redoubtable pair of British buddies, the series recounts their nautical adventures in the course of fighting the dastardly French or bumptious Americans. As Aubrey and Maturin direct their good ship Surprise around the globe at the admiralty’s beck and call, the authors present original maps that pinpoint the novels’ pursuits and battles, and they spice the graphics with contemporary drawings of significant ports and forts (like Gibraltar) that were printed in the Royal Navy’s official yearbook of those times. As a novelty spin-off, these maps by fans for fans will be popular if an individual library records steady circulation of O’Brianiana. (If so, don’t overlook a previous spin-off, O’Brian’s Men-of-War , a description of ships in the series.) Gilbert Taylor –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

This indispensable guide to navigating the well-loved Aubrey-Maturin novels has been updated, with new chapters devoted to the final books in the series. Harbors and High Seas includes maps created exclusively for each of the novels in this world-renowned series.

Where did Sophie battle the Cacafuego? Where is Aubrey’s beloved Ashgrove cottage? What route did Maturin take with his bear? What’s so desolate about Kerguelen Island? What’s the best route from Botany Bay to Moahu? Find the answers to these and hundreds of other questions in this indispensable guide to the terrain and cartography of O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin novels. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Harbors and High Seas, 3rd Edition : An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O’Brian, Third Edition

Patrick O’Brian’s Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey’s World

Both visually impressive and highly informative, this large-format introduction to Napoleonic naval warfare focuses on Patrick O’Brian’s splendid Jack Aubrey saga, which it presents as a major work of English literature. In fact, parts of this book (including the material on Lord Cochrane, the original model for Jack Aubrey’s character) will be more useful to O’Brian’s fans than to the lay reader. However, the book also depicts, in words and pictures, the political background of the Napoleonic Wars, the development of the major navies, the sailors’ life at sea (where weather and disease killed far more men than battles did) and the design and construction of the wooden sailing warship. The volume also details the training of officers, fleet actions, frigate actions (prominent in the career of both Cochrane and his avatar) and the role of piracy, slave trading and mutiny in the maritime history of the era. Although not uniformly well reproduced, the illustrations are outstanding, including many period items, and the book as a whole makes a fine treat O’Brian’s many fans.
Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From the moment that Master and Commander, the first of Patrick O’Brian’s sequence of 20 novels about the 19th century British Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleague Stephen Maturin, was published in 1970, critics hailed his work as a masterpiece of historical recreation. Called “the best historical novels ever written” by the New York Times, the books have sold millions of copies. This first full-color illustrated companion to the Aubrey-Maturin series, timed to coincide with the release of the blockbuster Twentieth-Century Fox film adaptation starring Russell Crowe, explains the fascinating physical details of Jack Aubrey’s fictional world. An in-depth historical reference, it brings to life the political, cultural, and physical setting of O’Brian’s novels. Annotated drawings, paintings, and diagrams reveal the complex parts of a ship and its rigging, weaponry, crew quarters and duties, below-deck conditions, and fighting tactics, while maps illustrate the location featured in each novel.

Patrick O’Brian’s Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey’s World

The Washington Post says, The map guide lets you be inconspicuous: its as small and light as a novella, and its flip-out maps could pass as a flyer to a cool club.

Make sure you never lose your way in a strange city. Each of the Knopf MapGuides captures its citys pith in a package as small as a passport wallet Real Simple

Knopf MapGuides are handy, practical and perfect for those of us who are slightly impaired when it comes to map-reading. You dont have to search a huge crackling sheet with a microscopic index for one of 10,000 dots on the mapThe extraordinary quality of the books beautiful hues and heavy paper also give these $8.95 guides an evocative quality that stands apart from the glossy, garish look of most travel books. Marin Independent Journal

A good, handy portable item for a quick trip San Francisco Chronicle

We love Knopfs smart new map guides. Travel & Leisure

This opening fold-out contains a general map of Paris to help you visualize the 8 large districts discussed in this guide, and 4 pages of valuable information, handy tips and useful addresses.

Discover Paris through 8 districts and 6 maps

For each district there is a double-page of addresses (restaurants listed in ascending order of price cafs, bars, music venues and stores) followed by a fold-out map for the relevant area with the essential places to see (indicated on the map by a star *). These places are by no means all that Paris has to offer but to us they are unmissable. The grid-referencing system (A B2) makes it easy for you to pinpoint addresses quickly on the map.

Transportation and hotels in Paris
The last fold-out consists of a transportation map and 4 pages of practical information that include a selection of hotels.
A thematic index lists all the sites and addresses featured in this guide.

The Washington Post says, The map guide lets you be inconspicuous: its as small and light as a novella, and its flip-out maps could pass as a flyer to a cool club.

Make sure you never lose your way in a strange city. Each of the Knopf MapGuides captures its citys pith in a package as small as a passport wallet Real Simple

Knopf MapGuides are handy, practical and perfect for those of us who are slightly impaired when it comes to map-reading. You dont have to search a huge crackling sheet with a microscopic index for one of 10,000 dots on the mapThe extraordinary quality of the books beautiful hues and heavy paper also give these $8.95 guides an evocative quality that stands apart from the glossy, garish look of most travel books. Marin Independent Journal

A good, handy portable item for a quick trip San Francisco Chronicle

We love Knopfs smart new map guides. Travel & Leisure

Knopf MapGuide: Paris (Knopf Citymap Guides)

Knopf MapGuide: London

The Washington Post says, The map guide lets you be inconspicuous: its as small and light as a novella, and its flip-out maps could pass as a flyer to a cool club.

Make sure you never lose your way in a strange city. Each of the Knopf MapGuides captures its citys pith in a package as small as a passport wallet Real Simple

Knopf MapGuides are handy, practical and perfect for those of us who are slightly impaired when it comes to map-reading. You dont have to search a huge crackling sheet with a microscopic index for one of 10,000 dots on the mapThe extraordinary quality of the books beautiful hues and heavy paper also give these $8.95 guides an evocative quality that stands apart from the glossy, garish look of most travel books. Marin Independent Journal

A good, handy portable item for a quick trip San Francisco Chronicle

We love Knopfs smart new map guides. Travel & Leisure

This opening fold-out contains a general map of London to help you visualize the 8 large districts discussed in this guide, and 4 pages of valuable information, handy tips and useful addresses.

Discover London through 8 districts and 8 maps

Westminster/ Whitehall
Covent Garden/ Soho/ Bloomsbury
City/ St Pauls
Southwark/ Tower Bridge
Southbank/ Waterloo
Mayfair/ Marylebone
Chelsea/ South Kensington/ Belgravia
Kensington/ Notting Hill

For each district there is a double-page of addresses followed by a fold-out map for the relevant area with the essential places to see . These places are by no means all that London has to offer but to us they are unmissable. The grid-referencing system makes it easy for you to pinpoint addresses quickly on the map.

Transportation and hotels in London
The last fold-out consists of a transportation map and 4 pages of practical information that include a selection of hotels.

A thematic index lists all the sites and addresses featured in this guide.

Knopf MapGuide: London (Knopf Mapguides)

Pat Liddy is a writer, broadcaster, inveterate walker, and one of Dublin’s most renowned exponents of his native city’s heritage.

Walking Dublin unfolds, as never before, the riches and diversity of one of Europe’s most fascinating cities. In twenty-four meticulously planned, original walks the streets and byways of Ireland’s capital city yield myriad surprises from impressive Stone Age remains to Celtic reminders, and Georgian architectural gems to contemporary landmarks, each walk offers a tour of discovery, revealing the city’s hidden secrets as well as its famous sights. Experience, too, the buzz of Temple Bar’s nightlife, the noisy sociability of the ubiquitous pub, and explore the breathtaking mountain and coastal scenery at the city’s edge. All this and more is evocatively presented by Pat Liddy, Irish Times columnist and one of Dublin’s bestselling writers. With affection and enthusiasm he reveals Dublin as a truly cosmopolitan capital whose culture and citizens have enriched the world.

–Twenty-four original and easy walks, carefully chosen to show Dublin in all its glory

–A wealth of detail on both literary and historic Dublin as well as insight into the city’s lively social scene

–Personal recommendations for traditional Irish pubs and bars, including those frequented by Ireland’s most famous literary figures

–Easy-to-follow route map for each walk

–Practical information on transport and opening times

–Full-color photographs, and delightful drawings by the author

Walking Dublin: Twenty-Four Original Walks in and Around Dublin (Interlink Walking Guides)

Lonely Planet Dublin

Lonely Planet guidebooks are, quite simply, like no others.’ –New York Times
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Explore Dublin

Explore the places that inspired Dublin’s literary greats – Swift, Yeats, Beckett and Joyce
Enjoy the art then relax on the Zen rooftop terrace at the Chester Beatty Library
Shout yourself hoarse at a game of hurling or Gaelic football
North side? South side? You decide over a drink on each side of the Liffey

In This Guide:

One Dublin-resident author, over 500 hours of research, and over 300 shopping, eating and drinking recommendations
Full-color coverage of Dublin’s highlights
Insights into city life, from a local fashion designer’s shopping tips to a food critic’s top restaurant picks.

Lonely Planet Dublin (City Travel Guide)

A beautifully illustrated and informative tour of Britain’s beautiful and historic towns, and a taste of the extraordinary and diverse national heritage of the British Isles.

Organized geographically, this book is a unique photographic tour of the most beautiful towns in every region of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The towns of Britain’s countryside are among the most charming and unchanged in Europe’s history, steeped in heritage that reflects at once an unexpected diversity of purpose and a ubiquitous loyalty to longstanding tradition. From the Norman castle towns of the south-east to the spectacular Roman architecture of Bath and St. Albans, and from Celtic cottage farms in the Scottish lowlands to the stone, coal, and iron towns of the Welsh borders and the industrial north, 101 Beautiful Towns in Great Britain is as much about the history of the Isles as it is about their beauty today.

Tom Aitken’s eloquent and informative text not only draws attention to aesthetic, natural, and architectural points of interest in every region, but also brings to life the history of each place, from Shakespeare’s Stratford to the royal Hampton Court, the monastic abbeys of Yorkshire to prehistoric Ireland, and from the Pagan past of the Scottish Highlands to the legends of Roman Britain. A thorough appendix provides travel tips and details and locations for hotels, restaurants, and shops of interest in all the towns.

Tom Aiken is a writer, poet, editor, theater director, musician, and critic. A cultural historian of Britain and Europe, he is a past winner of the Lincoln Memorial Essay award, author of two young adult novels, and has contributed to the Times Literary Supplement, The Guardian, and The Spectator.

A sequel to the highly successful One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Italy and One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in France, this book is a unique photographic tour of the most beautiful towns in every region of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The towns of Britains countryside are among the most charming and unchanged in Europes history. Readers will want to roam the countryside: from the Norman castle towns of the southeast to the spectacular Roman architecture of Bath and St. Albans, and from Celtic cottage farms in the Scottish lowlands to the stone and iron towns of the Welsh borders and the north, One Hundred & One Beautiful Small Towns in Great Britain is as much about the history of the Isles as it is about their beauty today. Tom Aikens eloquent and informative text not only draws attention to aesthetic, natural, and architectural points of interest in every region, but also brings to life the history of each place, from Shakespeares Stratford-on-Avon to the royal Cowes, the monastic abbeys of Yorkshire to prehistoric Ireland, and from the Pagan past of the Scottish Highlands to the legends of Roman Britain. A thorough appendix provides travel tips and details and locations for hotels, restaurants, and shops of interest in all the towns. Whether youre an armchair traveler or an Anglo-phile planning yet another trip, this volume is the guide to the varied heritage and hidden treasures of Britain.

One Hundred & One Beautiful Towns in Great Britain (101 Beautiful Small Towns)

The Most Beautiful Villages of England

“Enchanting . . . Hugh Palmer’s work is exemplary, painting each location in its very best light.”

Villages are the very embodiment of Englishness. Honey coloured cottages from peaceful Cornwall communities; splendid thatched roofs sweeping over eaves and windows in the villages of Hampshire; half-timbering, flint and limestone giving Suffolk hamlets their characteristic appearance; and limestone, sandstone and millstone grit giving a darker look to those of Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. This volume records the richness and diversity of the English village in photographs and commentary. Grouped by area and sub-divided by county, this is a celebration of the most beautiful villages of England.

The Most Beautiful Villages of England

The holiday-makers’ favourite guidebook series The Sunday Times Travel Magazine

“The Rough Guide to the Cotswolds” is your definitive handbook to one of the most beautiful and diverse holiday destinations in the UK. From stately homes and wildlife parks to modern art galleries, country walks and adventure sports, the full-colour section introduces all of the regions’ highlights. For every town and village, there are comprehensive and opinionated reviews of all the best places to eat, drink and stay to suit every budget. It brings the Cotswolds bang up-to-date; out go musty tearooms and chintzy B&Bs and in come the best of the area’s new contemporary restaurants, boutique-styled hotels and top-rated country pubs. There’s plenty of practical advice and a special focus on the region’s gastronomy with features on specialist farmers’ markets, local farm shops, gastro-pubs and country restaurants. The guide also comes complete with easy-to-use maps for every area making sure you don’t miss the unmissable. Make the most of your time on Earth with “The Rough Guide to the Cotswolds”.

The holiday-makers’ favourite guidebook series The Sunday Times Travel Magazine

The Rough Guide to the Cotswolds: Includes Oxford and Stratford-Upon-Avon.

Cotswold Way: British Walking Guide: planning, places to stay, places to eat; includes 44 large-scale walking maps

‘The Trailblazer series stands head, shoulders, waist and ankles above the rest. They are particularly strong on mapping…’ The Sunday Times (UK)

The Cotswold Way is a 102-mile National Trail that runs from Chipping Campden to Bath, following the beautiful Cotwold escarpment for most of its course. The trail leads through quintessentially English countryside with little villages of honey-coloured stone to the well-known town of Bath.

Cotswold Way: British Walking Guide: planning, places to stay, places to eat; includes 44 large-scale walking maps (Trailblazer Guides)

Authoritive, practical, and refreshingly direct, Rough Guides can’t be beat Chicago Tribune

Jonathan Bousfield is co-author of Rough Guides to Austria, Bulgaria, Poland and the Baltic States. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

“The Rough Guide to Croatia” is your ultimate travel guide to one of Eastern Europe’s most beautiful countries with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best Croatian attractions. From the hustle and bustle of Zagreb to the undulating hills and charming villages of the rural Zagorje, discover Croatia’s highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. Find detailed historical coverage of the must-see sights and practical advice on getting around the country whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. “The Rough Guide to Croatia” includes two full-colour sections on Croatian cuisine and Croatia’s beautiful Islands and a crucial language section with basic, words, phrases and handy tips for pronunciation. You’ll find up-to-date information on excursions around the country, including sea kayaking in Dubrovnik and trips to the ancient Pula Amphitheatre in Istria. Explore every corner of Croatia with expert background knowledge on everything from stone masonry to local pungent fungi! Make the most of your holiday with “The Rough Guide to Croatia”.

Authoritive, practical, and refreshingly direct, Rough Guides can’t be beat Chicago Tribune

The Rough Guide to Croatia (Rough Guides)

Rick Steves’ Croatia & Slovenia

Rick Steves is on a mission: to help make European travel accessible and meaningful for Americans. Rick has spent 100 days every year since 1973 exploring Europe. He’s researched and written 24 travel guidebooks and hosts the public television series Rick Steves’ Europe, now in its seventh season. He also organizes and leads tours of Europe and offers an information-packed website (www.ricksteves.com). Rick lives in Edmonds, WA, just north of Seattle, with his family. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling to Croatia and Slovenia. With this guide, youll explore charming towns and undiscovered natural wonders. Stroll atop the walls that encircle romantic Dubrovnik, wander through the Roman ruins in the heart of bustling Split, and set sail to the islands of Korcula and Hvar on the glimmering Adriatic. Feel the spray from the waterfalls at Plitvice Lakes National Park. Drive mountain passes in Slovenias idyllic Julian Alps. And take side-trips to Montenegros dramatic Bay of Kotor and the Turkish-flavored city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ricks candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. Hell help you plan where to go and what to see, depending on the length of your trip. Youll get up-to-date recommendations on whats worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.
Rick Steves’ Croatia & Slovenia