Contains 47 detailed maps, including a full-colour state map; the pick of accommodation options, from Margaret River chalets to Outback camp sites; hot spots for surfing, diving, climbing, hiking and cycling; a new wine and wineries guide; and a detailed coloured wildflower section.
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This Lonely Planet guide covers the whole of the Australian Outback, from the central deserts to tropical Cape York. Paul Harding offers traditional travel information and looks at the culture of the Aboriginal people. The guide includes details of how to balloon over the Blue Mountains, surf in Sydney, glam it up on the Gold Coast or get outdoors in the Outback.It also contains accommodation options from busy backpackers to exclusive five stars and special sections on Aboriginal Australia, wildlife watching and water sports and activities.
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Lonely Planet Discover Switzerland is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Ski through fresh powder in the Swiss Alps, listen to cowbells while enjoying a picnic in a mountain meadow, or feast on fondue in Gruyeres; all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of Switzerland and begin your journey now!
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The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Discover Switzerland , our easy-to-use guide, filled with inspiring and colorful photos, focuses on Switzerland's most popular attractions for those looking for the best of the best.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Nicola Williams, Kerry Christiani, Gregor Clark and Sally O'Brien.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
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Lonely Planet Discover Great Britain is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze at the ancient stones of Stonehenge, explore the winding lanes and looming castle in Edinburgh and take in the Viking and medieval history of York; all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of Great Britain and begin your journey now!
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The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Discover Great Britain , our easy-to-use guide, filled with inspiring and colorful photos, focuses on Great Britain's most popular attractions for those looking for the best of the best.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Neil Wilson.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
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Lonely Planet's Pocket Lisbon is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at the intricacy of Belem's monastery, experience Lisbon on the golden tram, or enjoy a city view from the Castelo de Sao Jorge; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Lisbon and begin your journey now!
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The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Pocket Lisbon a colourful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can't-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
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Lonely Planet Australia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. While away the day on Sydney's Bondi Beach; explore tropical jungle in ancient Daintree Rainforest; and experience the unique Indigenous culture of the Tiwi Islands; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Australia and begin your journey now!
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The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Australia, our most comprehensive guide to Australia, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Charles Rawlings-Way, Meg Worby, Carolyn Bain, Celeste Brash, Kate Armstrong, Brett Atkinson, Peter Dragicevich, Anthony Ham, Paul Harding, Alan Murphy, Miriam Raphael, Benedict Walker, Steve Waters.
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 in the Favorite Travel Guide category.
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This guide includes recommendations on the best places to eat and stay, hints for day and weekend destinations beyond the city limits, tips on finding bargains in this shopper's paradise, and contains a valuable Vietnamese language chapter.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
A Thorough Thoughtful Guide to a Charming City
By Priscilla Kibbee
Hanoi is one of my favorite cities in Vietnam and this compact guide will serve you well as you navigate its colorful streets. It contains 193 pages of up to date information on transportation, where to stay, day trips and other excursions as well as all the things Lonely Planet readers have come to expect. Maps, glossary of terms, language and more. Also of great use in a country which is so "foreign" to us is a section on etiquette, history and religion. Food in Vietnam is unbelievably good and the Guide includes an excellent section explaining some of the types and variety of dishes and eating etiquette. And, of course, a comprehensive listing of restaurants separated by type. Highly recommended.
Includes a special section on Copenhagen's world-famous Jazz Festival; the best and coolest places to eat and drink; insider information on how to navigate the northern nightlife; detailed activities coverage; accommodation options for every budget; and a detailed language section.
"Copenhagen" is a sophisticated yet candid traveling companion. Whether you’re visiting world-class museums, exploring the landmark Tivoli amusement park or shopping on the world’s longest pedestrian mall, this comprehensive new book will guide you through Scandinavia’s largest and liveliest city.
"Copenhagen" features
• 16-page full-color map section• the best and coolest places to eat and drink• insider information on how to navigate the northern nightlife• accommodation options that cover every budget• easy-to-follow language guide
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.Reliable guide to an exciting city!
By Mrs. H. A. Smith
This book was extremely informative, all information is clear and concise and was easy to navigate through.
We wanted an easy to use, novice guide on what to do/where to go/what to see/where & what to eat etc. for a short break in the city and this book told us everything we wanted to know & more.
This helped us to plan a full itinerary for our trip prior to us arriving - and therefore, helped us to not waste a minute of our precious holiday time!
Have nothing really bad to say about the publication - it is well written, interesting & informative; without being too detailed/long-winded.
Would appeal greatly to music lovers - as it has a special section devoted to the famous Jazz Festival.
Contains an essential historical and cultural guide to major attractions and out-of-the-way sights; detailed accommodation for every budget; the best in Saigon cuisine; fascinating excursions to the Mekong Delta and seaside retreats; and an indispensable Vietnamese language chapter.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
It's Good, It's Good
By K. Johnson
It's good it's good. Being light weight and small this edition is convenient. Plenty of useful information. The maps are accurate and comprehensive. Consulate information, and arrive/departure info. is good. The central area of Saigon is walkable and you can get some good exercise while seeing local street and shop life while admiring the nice archictecture. Some recent historical notes on what happened where in the city piques the interest. There are many listings in this LP edition for additional reading on Vietnam, and these books can be picked up here in the city, thanks to master copying abilities and black market. Changes are taking place here rapidly, but the communist government remains paranoid
A travel guide for the Samoan Islands, this text includes practical information on how to explore the volcanic peaks, discover the waterfalls, beaches and other geographic features of the area. There is a section on Samoan language, and extensive coverage of culture, politics, history and the arts.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Still going there!
By M. Buisman
Sometimes when you read a book like this your desire to go to a place lessens. But not with this one. I am definitely going to Samoa! Get the feeling it will help me there.
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Lonely Planet Pocket Singapore is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Try the local grub at one of the many hawker centres, join in the national sport and go shopping at Orchard Road, or have breakfast with orang-utans at the Singapore Zoo; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Singapore and begin your journey now!
Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Singapore:
The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket Singapore, a colorful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can't-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience.
Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet and Cristian Bonetto
About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Five Stars
By Janet m. McNally
a great guide
Relax. Lonely Planet has found the best of Goa & Mumbai for you - the freshest Portuguese-Indian dishes, the finest stretches of sand, Panaji's most picturesque laneways, Mumbai's liveliest bars and Ponda's spiciest plantations. Now just pick a spot and let our 5th edition take you to its highlights.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
In This Guide:
Inspiring trip planner helps you tour the coast your way
Expanded South Goa chapter reveals more secluded, idyllic areas
Bonus coverage of sights outside Goa, including waterfalls and ruins
LONELY PLANET aims to cater for every independent traveller, whatever the destination, whatever the style of travel and whatever the phase of the journey.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Maybe useful for a trip to Goa or Goa/Mumbai, but not for one to Mumbai
By Brian Baker
I recently took a vacation to Mumbai and picked this guide up in addition to the Lonely Planet India guidebook. I was hoping this book would have extra information on Mumbai that the India book did not have, but the Mumbai section of this book turned out to just be the Mumbai chapter from the India guide with no noticeable additions. This guidebook also lacks info about trips to take from Mumbai in Maharashtra that was in the India book.
If you are going to Mumbai but not Goa, just get the India guidebook and pass on this one.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Practical information on Goa and Mumbai
By Phil Hansotia
This is an excellent guide to practical information on the district of Goa, and the city of Mumbai. It describes both places with recommendations on hotels, sight-seeing, local customs and travel, but is short on history and other background information. The section on Goa is a bit more elaborate than the one on Mumbai. An excellent value for the price. I purchased a used volume (2009) and found it quite adequate.
Discover Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef
Pack up your 4WD and head for the end of the road at Cooktown, where happiness is a fishing rod and an Esky full of beer
Browse Kuranda's market stalls, and camp overnight in paradise when the day-trippers have left
Disappear onto an island off Cairns where the government once planted coconut palms to feed shipwreck survivors
Extend your trip by 8000 vertical feet and 15 seconds of freefall in a tandem skydive
In This Guide
Four authors, five months of research, a litre of sunscreen
More dive operators, bareboat charters and sailing options than any other guidebook
Color Highlights chapter for travelers, by travelers
LONELY PLANET aims to cater for every independent traveller, whatever the destination, whatever the style of travel and whatever the phase of the journey.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Lonely Planet is a great source for info on traveling!
By Lindsay S.
Lonely Planet is a reputable source, would recommend this book (although may be a bit outdated). It gave me information regarding what I could expect when traveling to Australia for the first time. It was a great trip and I appreciated the information in this text ahead of time. Be cautious when traveling to Australia, it is SUPER expensive! I think breakfast for two was something like $60 US dollars and that was NOT anything too fancy....eggs, spinach, toast, and fruit.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful.Missing Pages
By Pookie
I received this book with 4 completely blank pages in the Cairns section. which is the place we are going to be spending the most time!! and i have no idea which parts are missing so now i have to do separate research anyway. :(
As well as providing practical travel advice, this travel guide includes background information on Thailand's islands and beaches. To assist travellers in transit, this guide also covers Bangkok.
Destination Thailand's Islands & Beaches
If you fancy a holiday where the sun is as hot as a bird's-eye chilli and palm fronds whisper in the breeze, head to the glorious islands and beaches of southern Thailand. Close your eyes and imagine towering limestone islands, dripping with stalactites and ringed by shimmering white sand. Conjure up images of crystal-clear waters teeming with exotic fish, and steamy tropical jungles. Of course, you've seen it all a million times on postcards and tourist brochures, but Thailand is one place where the reality lives up to the ideal.
There are literally hundreds of tropical islands on both sides of the Thai-Malay peninsula. There are established backpacker hang-outs (Ko Samui) and paradise getaways (Ko Tarutao). The mainland has virgin jungles full of tumbling waterfalls and secret caverns, and hundreds of kilometres of immaculate sandy shoreline.
Other destinations may have white-sand beaches and azure seas, but where else can you combine the sea and sand with adventure activities - scuba diving with whale sharks, rock climbing on limestone sea cliffs and sea kayaking through mangrove forests and prehistoric caves?
Thailand is cheap and well organized, and the steady flow of travelers moving up and down the coast means that travel can be as comfortable or as rugged as you want it to be. If you want to escape the crowds, rent a boat to an uninhabited island and live on the beach. If you want company, head to Ao Phra-Nang's full-moon party. Add some of Asia's finest food to this heady mix and the only question you need to ask yourself is, when shall I go...?
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful.Wait for next version - No tsunami updated
By Pablo Nicolas Pecora
Despite all SE Asia - tsunami affected guides - say: "you can update online" you don't get lot of information on their website.
Practically half of the areas detailed by this book is affected by the tsunami. The information is good, but not certain due to all the problems in the area. I've been in the andaman beaches and the guide was usefull, but I would wait for next version of this book. Lonely Planet Thailand (the next version, tsunami updated) is ready in august 2005, I think. So it's worth waiting...
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.A very helpful guide to a very beautiful part of the world
By Pretzels!
Although I didn't make it to half the places in this book, I certainly enjoyed reading about them, and more importantly, thoroughly enjoyed the places I did make it to.
Remember: this is the guide to use if you're only going to LOS (the Land of Smiles) to island hop. Use the general Thailand book if you want to see the mainland as well as the beaches (it will detail quite a few of the islands and beaches as well.)
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful.A Paradise awaiting the reader and the traveler
By Dodie Cross
I started reading Loney Planet years ago when I planned my trip to Thailand and have never been disappointed. I am an author and my memoir, soon to be released, takes place in Thailand in 1993. The beauty then and now has not changed in the outer islands. I would recommend anyone visiting Thailand to read this book first to get a feel of the country and its wonderful people.
Dodie Cross, Author of A Broad Abroad in Thailand: An Expat's Misadventures in The Land of Smiles.
Discover Belgium & Luxembourg
Taste the difference between good and excellent in Brussels at the world's finest chocolate shops.
Find your favorite vantage point in fairy-tale Luxembourge City, town full of spectacular views.
Swathe yourself in the latest Antwerp fashion in hand-picked St Andries boutiques.
Get pelted wiht oranges by masked men in Binche, during Belgium's most bizarre carnival.
In This Guide:
Co-written by a native Belgian and a chocoholic - over 1300 hours of on-the-road research with two kids in tow.
Our special beer chapter will have you sampling the region's finest from divine Trappist brews to acidic lambics.
You asked for it, we researched it - more child-friendly activities, cycling information and battleground coverage.
…Lonely Planet, the intrepid traveler's bible...' --Los Angeles Times, April 2005
Who We Are
At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travelers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large.
What We Do
* We offer travelers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages.
* We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are.
* When we update our guidebooks, we check every listing, in person, every time.
* We always offer the trusted filter for those who are curious, open minded and independent.
* We challenge our growing community of travelers; leading debate and discussion about travel and the world.
* We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travelers; not clouded by any other motive.
What We Believe
We believe that travel leads to a deeper cultural understanding and compassion and therefore a better world.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Lonely Planet disappointment
By Sue and Bill
We, too, were shocked with the inadequacies of this guide, (along with the Netherlands guide). What's happened to Lonely Planet? Maps were almost unreadable, information attached to the maps was confusing, streets there were incomplete, addresses were wrong, and the tone was opinionated and unhelpful. To top it off, one of the hotels that was editor's choice cancelled our two-day booking when a full week booking came along from someone else, and we weren't told. No apology, only a remark that we wouldn't like the room with someone else in it. Who selected this place for inclusion in the book with an extra recommendation?
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.My 3 years in Belgium is ending ... this book was a big help!
By JohnnyC
All in all, in my 3 years living in Belgium, I found this a really helpful guide book. Prices are always wrong in guidebooks, but I found the contact information (web, address, phone) nearly always right, and the descriptions accurate.
You will be very challenged to find another guidebook that has this level of coverage of Belgium in its entirety, as most seem to focus on Brussels, Gent, Bruges, and perhaps Antwerp. Belgium seems to typically be an afterthought on most tourists' itineraries.
I really enjoyed the author's picks, both hotels and restaurants. What can I say to the other reviewer where the hotel unfortunately cancelled their booking because they found a group that would pay them more? Is that the authors' fault? No, welcome to Europe, and to Belgium, where the customer is always ... wrong!!
So you're browsing guidebooks, and wondering which one to get?
I would have to say, based on my experience using an earlier edition of this book for the past 3 years (I imagine they're pretty similar!), if you're swinging through Belgium for 2 days, and going to see Brussels and Bruges, this book is probably not the best for you. You'll probably do better with a thinner city-specific guidebook. But if you're going to tour around Belgium, or spend an extended amount of time in a city or two, then the in-depth coverage of this book is a real benefit.
One criticim I do have to echo: Lonely Planet, let's face it, is not known for its maps, and this book is no exception. They're good enough, and I've never NOT been able to find something, but sometimes the maps, er, well, don't necessarily reflect reality.
So all in all, this is a solid book, and if you follow my advice in paragraph 5, I think you'll be happy with it.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Usual Great Standard from Lonely Planet
By Lisa Calder
I mainly use Lonely Planet for sites to see, city walking tours and information on the history. I use Trip Advisor now for accomodation and I think Lonely Planet needs to catch up, as people can research so much now on the internet so their several pages of accommodation are getting pretty close to redundant, they need to scale this back and increase information on interests in the respective city. This feedback is general across the Lonely Planet range and not aimed at the Belgium/Luxembourg book. The information given is easy to follow, but I did find myself flipping pages to read the special box text information a lot..
Engaging accounts of Belgium's four great passions - food, chocolate, beer and biking. Comprehensive coverage of the jenever bars of Ghent, the brown cafes of Brussels and the hip clubs of Antwerp, plus hints and tips for travelling with children. Features over 30 pages of detailed maps.
With Lonely Planet’s new "Belgium & Luxembourg" in hand, you will wind your way to Brussels Grand Place, discover the country’s finest baroque guild halls, popular pavement cafes and intimate cellar restaurants and admire the zany, intellectual comic-strip-art displayed with Art Nouveau at the Centre Belge de la Bande. Tour picturesque Bruges, one of Europe’s best preserved medieval cities, glimpsing the famous relic of Christ’s blood, or bring the house down at the ‘party city’ port of Antwerp where one can find eclectic restaurants alongside a red-light district, right-wing politics next to cutting edge fashion, and baroque art and architecture flanking trendy nightclubs.
•39 detailed maps, including a full colour Brussels metro map •accommodations for all budgets, from gites d'etapes to five star hotels •comprehensive guide to the clubs and cafes of Brussels, Antwerp and Luxembourg City •cycling options throughout the region from the flat Flanders coast up into the scenic Ardennes •special sections on Belgian beer and chocolate
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
The worst Lonely Planet I have read so far !
By Jochen
As much as I am faithul to Lonely Planet guidebooks, I was shocked by reading their edition of Belgium & Luxembourg. Not only did we have to wait 2004 to have a LP guidebook for those 2 countries (which must be after about all other regions in the world, even Antarctica, Papua New Guinea and tiny tropical islands), but it's not even half satisfying.
They should have kept the previous title "Brussels, Bruges and Antwerp", as there is frankly not much about the rest of the country. For instance, Belgium has some 3000 castles, but for some reason only 2 (yes, a miserable 2 !) are listed in the Lonely Planet. Same sparsity for the abbeys. Then, the book is heavily centered on Brussels and Flanders, as if the author didn't know more about Wallonia than the average occasional tourist. No mention of towns like Huy, Ciney or Gembloux - in fact they are not even on the guide's map ! No mention of the beautiful stone villages of the Condroz and Meuse Valley. It's like if they had written a guidebook about England without writing about the Cotswolds, Mendips and the country's many castles and stately homes ! It seems that the author is more interested in finding the best pubs and clubs in Antwerp than in historical and cultural sightseeing. There is more than lots of beer and legal drugs in Belgium !
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Worked great for our trip
By Rob
Wanted to know what we could about Luxembourg & Belgium before we got there for vacation. It was help full and informative about what we could see.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Five Stars
By Morganmanx
Ok
