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Intended for the first-time visitors and China travel veterans alike, this guide offers advice on hotels, sights and transport. It features coverage of numerous ancient fishing villages; and do-it-yourself content - needed for such a gigantic country. It provides hotel and hostel addresses in both Chinese script and English.

This authoritative A-Z constitutes an essential source of information for all who dare to venture into the imaginative hinterlands.

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.

New Zealand has become the embodiment of Middle-earth to millions of moviegoers and Tolkien readers the world over. This full-colour guidebook showcases the principal movie set locations around New Zealand as seen in all three 'Lord of the Rings' films.

From the author of The Transitive Vampire, comes an invitation to a strangely illuminated City of Light, Paris out of Hand. This seductively beautiful replica of a 19th-century travel book--replete with illustrations of sights you will never see and maps that may plummet you into a different era--guides readers through the Paris that is, that might be, and that never was. Amid the Parisian ...

Rome: Art & Architecture unfolds the magnificent panorama of the Eternal City, long recognized as the cultural capital of Europe, before the reader's eyes. Even into the twentieth century, artists from every corner of the globe were magically drawn to Rome, which served as their model and inspiration.

- Includes coverage of Paris, Normandy, Brittany, The Loire Valley, the Dordogne, the Basque Country, Languedoc, Burgundy, Lyon and the Rhone Valley, Provence and the French Riviera, and the French Alps - Features Rick's suggested day plans, walking tours, and trip itineraries

Contains recommendations for activities from hiking to diving. This work also includes a colour chapter on Vietnamese cuisine. It provides cultural coverage, including insightful interviews with locals.

A guide to the oldest tourist destination on earth. It includes coverage of Nile cruises and diving in the Red Sea and Mediterranean, as well as coverage of Cairo, with accommodation and restaurants organised by district. It highlights various places to eat, drink. It takes a look at Egypt's history and culture.

Including various developments such as Bankside and coverage to Hampstead and Greenwich, this mapguide maps and names streets and sights of London. It shows famous landmarks and places of entertainment on the maps. It is suitable for various tourists and city-dwellers.

From the seaside resort of Llandudno to Cardiff's awesome Millennium Stadium, this guide to Wales tells all about this beautiful country. A 24-page, full-colour section introduces all of Wales' highlights. It includes listings of the top places to eat, drink and stay. It offers advice on outdoor pursuits such as the mountain and coastal walks.

A guide to New York City. Covering all five boroughs - Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island - it explores New York's history and culture, and includes listings on various things from baseball games at Yankee Stadium to the city's many film festivals. It also gives practical information on transportation and accommodation.