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Lonely Planet's Kauai is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Zip around sea caves on the Na Pali Coast, absorb Grand Canyon vistas in Waimea Canyon, and surf in Hanalei Bay; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Kauai and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Kauai: Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak. Color maps and images throughout. Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests. Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots. Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices. Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss. Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, landscapes, wildlife, cuisine, politics. Covers Lihu'e, Kapa'a, Hanalei, Po'ipu, Waimea Canyon and more. The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Kauai, our most comprehensive guide to Kauai, is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences.

• Publisert: Aug 2024
• Utgave: 5
• Antall sider: 208
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
  

Lonely Planet's Maui is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Watch the sunrise at Haleakala National Park, twist and wind around the roller-coaster road to Hana, and snorkel at 'Turtle Beach'; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Maui and begin your journey now! 

• Publisert: Juli 2024
• Utgave: 6. utgave
• Antall sider: 240
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
  
• ISBN: 9781838691578

Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak. Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout. Highlights and itineraries help you tailor a trip to your personal needs and interests. Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots. Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices. Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss. Convenient pull-out Seattle map (included in print version), plus over 21 colour neighbourhood maps. User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organized by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time. Covers Downtown Seattle, Pike Place, the Waterfront, Pioneer Square, the International District, SoDo, Belltown, Queen Anne, Lake Union, Capitol Hill, Fremont, Green Lake, Ballard, Georgetown and more. The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Pocket Seattle an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Seattle with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city. 

Forfattere: B. Sainsbury
Publisert måned: Des
Publisert år: 2022
Utgave: 3.utg
Sider nr: 160

Lonely Planet's Pocket Hobart is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Explore the Salamanca Market's delights, climb the imposing Kunanyi/Mt Wellington and relax in a sunny beer garden; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Hobart and make the most of your trip! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Hobart: Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak. Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout. Highlights and itineraries help you tailor a trip to your personal needs and interests. Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots.

Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices. Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss. Convenient pull-out Hobart map, plus over 11 colour neighbourhood maps. User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time. Covers MONA, Northern Hobart, Battery Point, Sandy Bay, South Hobart, Salamanca Place, the Waterfront, Central Hobart and more.

• Forfatter: Charles Rawlings-Way
• Publisert: Mars 2022
• Utgave: 2. utgave
• Antall sider: 160
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781787013902

Pocket Havana is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take in the dramatic sweep of the Malecon, observe Havana's mosaic of art deco and colonial baroque architecture, and explore the rehabilitated Habana Vieja -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the best of Havana and begin your journey now! 

• Publisert: Desember 2023
• Utgave: 2. utgave
• Antall sider: 160
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781787013759

Lonely Planet's Pocket Vancouver is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stroll around dramatic Stanley Park, peruse deli treats at Granville Island Public Market, and walk high among the trees in Capilano Suspension Bridge Park - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Vancouver and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Vancouver: Full-colour maps and images throughout. Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests. Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots. Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices. Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss. Free, convenient pull-out map, plus over 21 colour neighbourhood maps. User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organized by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time. Covers Downtown, West End, Gastown, Chinatown, Yaletown, Granville Island, Fairview, South Granville, Kitsilano, University of British Columbia, and more.

• Publisert måned: Jan
• Publisert år: 2024
• Utgave: 5.Utg
• Sider nr: 160

This latest edition of Lonely Planet's Experience Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic country with all the tools you need to create your own unique trip. Discover amazing local experiences from climbing to the top of Hooiberg, Aruba's tallest mountain; to kayaking among the mangroves at Bonaire's Lac Bay; and snorkelling along the coral-covered cliff bases at Curaçao's Kleine Knip beach. Build a one-of-a-kind trip with Lonely Planet's Experience Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao travel guide: Our Experience guidebook format is led by local experts who provide in-the-know tips so you can plan the ultimate 1-2 week adventure. Easy-to-use regional and activity-based itineraries help you get off the beaten track and tailor a trip to your interests. Insider scoop on the best festivals, secret hangouts, hidden locations, tantalising local food scene and photo-worthy views. Vibrant photography and maps Connect with local traditions and trends through fun insights from learning to speak the language of Papiamento, to becoming the ultimate bird-spotter, and getting to know the story of the Antilla – the sea's third largest submerged wreck Practical information on money, getting around, unique places to stay and responsible travel, plus handy seasonal calendars on where to go, when to travel and what to pack. QR codes unlock extra digital content, know-how and travel secrets. Covers: Aruba, Oranjestad, Aruba Resort Area, The Northern Coast, The East Coast, San Nicolas & the South Coast, Bonaire, Kralendijk & South End, North End, Curaçao, Willemstad & the Southeast, Westpunt.

• Publisert: Des. 2025
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 226
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781837586790

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Belize. Discover Belize's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from swimming with nurse sharks and stingrays at Hol Chan Marine Reserve, to hiking to waterfalls at Mayflower-Bocawina National Park, and seeking out rare jaguars and tapirs at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary. Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's Belize travel guide: Our classic guidebook format contains the most comprehensive level of information for planning multi-week trips. All-new structure and design that's easy to use so you can navigate Belize effortlessly. Exciting itineraries help you create your perfect adventure with suggestions for extended journeys, day trips, walking tours and activity-led excursions. Expert local recommendations on eating, drinking, nightlife, shopping, accommodation, festivals, when to go and more. Vibrant photography and maps. Get fresh takes on must-visit sights from the Museum of Belize, to Lamanai, and the Split. Essential information toolkit containing tips on arriving, transport, local etiquette, using money, LGBTIQ+ travel advice, useful words and phrases, accessibility and responsible travel. Connect with Belize culture through stories that delve deep into local life, history and traditions. Covers: Belize District, Northern Cays, Northern Belize, Cayo District, Southern Belize, Tikal & Flores (Guatemala).

• Pubisert: Des. 2025
• Utgave: 10. utgave
• Antall sider: 256
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781837584062

 

 

Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's Great Britain's Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 36 amazing drives, from 3-day escapes to 3-week adventures. Explore the majestic Welsh mountains, gaze at the mysterious Stonehenge and cruise grand Scottish moors . Get to Great Britain, rent a car, and hit the road!

Lonely Planet's Great Britain's Best Road Trips is perfect for exploring Great Britain via the road and discovering sights that are more accessible by car. Planning a Great Britain trip sans a car? Lonely Planet's Great Britain, our most comprehensive guide to Great Britain, is perfect for exploring both top sights and lesser-known gems.

• Publisert: Okt. 2023
• Utgave: 3. utgave
• Antall sider: 296
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781838697914

Lonely Planet's Pocket Las Vegas is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Explore the casinos, ride the Slotzilla zipline, and learn how the Mafia shaped Sin City at the Mob Museum; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Las Vegas and make the most of your trip! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Las Vegas: Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak. Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout. Highlights and itineraries help you tailor a trip to your personal needs and interests. Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots. Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices. Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss. Convenient pull-out Las Vegas map, plus over 18 colour neighbourhood maps. User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time. Covers the Strip, east of the Strip, west of the Strip, Downtown & Fremont Street, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam & Lake Mead and more.

• Forfattere: Ashley Harrell 
  
• Utgitt: Aug 2025
  
• Utgave: 7.utg
  
• Sider: 180
  
• Engelsk

Lonely Planet's Pocket Washington, DC is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighborhood by neighborhood. Tour the White House, admire the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials and wander through charming Georgetown; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Washington, DC and make the most of your trip! 

• Publisert: Januar 2025
• Utgave: 5. utgave
• Antall sider: 160
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781837583195

Lonely Planet's Pocket Valencia is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Stroll around the bustling Mercado Central, explore the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, and sample tapas in Russafa; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Valencia and make the most of your trip!

• Publisert: Feb 2025
• Utgave: 5. utgave
• Antall sider: 160
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781837583324

"Backpackernes bibel" er ofte en sikker vinner, også for Australia. Her får du det aller meste av informasjon du kan komme til å trenge, i en grundig og oversiktlig guide. Lonely Planet-guidene inneholder anbefalinger i flere priskategorier, og tar for seg et stort spenn av aktiviteter, steder og attraksjoner, og er dermed et godt valg for de fleste reisende. Guidene inneholder få bilder, og er dermed først og fremst en informativ, heller enn en inspirerende guide - men den er likevel garantert å vekke reiselysten i deg. 

• Publisert: Desember 2021
• Utgave: 8. utgave
• Antall sider: 288
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781787016514

 

"Backpackernes bibel" er ofte en sikker vinner, også for Europa. Her får du det aller meste av informasjon du kan komme til å trenge, i en grundig og oversiktlig guide. Lonely Planet-guidene inneholder anbefalinger i flere priskategorier, og tar for seg et stort spenn av aktiviteter, steder og attraksjoner, og er dermed et godt valg for de fleste reisende. Guidene inneholder få bilder, og er dermed først og fremst en informativ, heller enn en inspirerende guide - men den er likevel garantert å vekke reiselysten i deg. 

• Publisert: Januar 2022
• Utgave: 4. utgave
• Antall sider: 1248
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781788683906

This guide covers 34 day walks and one long-distance route in the wild and remote hills of galloway. Although there are some shorter and easier routes, many of these hill walks are long and on rugged terrain, so are more suitable for experienced walkers. The walks cover the evocative areas of the merrick, the awful hand, the rhinns of kells, the minnigaff hills and cairnsmore of fleet, among others.

the guide uses os 1:50,000 maps with detailed route descriptions and inspirational photos accompanying each route. Key information such as distance, time, and ascent are given. A 'harshness' grade gives an indication of how rough the ground is expected to be, and suggestions of variants, shortcuts and ways to extend each walk are also given.

Plenty of background information is given on the region's fascinating and important history. If you like your wild landscape really wild? If you like your lakes to have whooper swans in the middle and no ice-cream vans around the edge? If you like to have one foot on bare rock and the other one deep in a peat bog? If you like your granite with goats on? Then Galloway is the place to go.
 

• Publisert: 2019
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• Antall sider: 202
  
• ISBN: 9781786310101

Guidebook to the Camino Ingles and Ruta do Mar camino routes through north-west Spain to Santiago de Compostela. The 116km Camino Ingles begins in Ferrol in Galicia and takes around a week to complete. It offers reliable way-marking, pilgrim facilities, and the opportunity to earn the Compostela certificate on completion.

An alternative start in A Coruna gives a walk of 73km. The Ruta do Mar from Ribadeo provides a 190km coastal link between the Camino del Norte and the Camino Ingles. A newly recovered camino, its pilgrim infrastructure and way-marking is less well developed, but for those seeking solitude it offers striking scenery along a wild coastline.

The book also includes an overview of a continuation route from Santiago to 'the end of the world' at Finisterre on the Atlantic coast. The guidebook presents the route in stages of a day's walking. In addition to the route description, there is full information on facilities, food and lodging, 1:100,000 scale maps of the route and town maps for key locations.

With notes on preparation and planning, travel and equipment, a list of useful sources of information, and a glossary, the book is an indispensable companion for any one walking these caminos.

• Forfattere: Dave Whitson og Laura Perazzoli
• Publisert: Juni 2019
• Utgave: 3. utgave
• Antall sider: 145
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781786310064

This new guide to Northern Greece, written by Greece expert and long-time travel writer Dana Facaros, is the only guide available to the region and includes the areas of Epirus, Thessaly, Macedonia and Thrace, complete with their five dramatically beautiful national parks, the country's highest peaks and mountain lakes, rushing rivers and the world's deepest gorge, and (this is Greece, after all) long sandy beaches. Sections on background and practical information are followed by an easy-to-follow breakdown of the area offering detailed coverage in 12 chapters, from Greece's second city, Thessaloniki, to Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia, Thrace, Western Macedonia, Epirus (including Ioannina), Thessaly and Magnesia, the Pelion Peninsula and the Islands, plus a short chapter on Athens, the gateway for many visitors to Greece. Greece is becoming more popular by the year and this area in particular offers the more natural, authentic experience that many travellers seek.

Bradt's Northern Greece focuses on just this relatively unknown but up-and-coming region and is an ideal companion for travellers of all ages, budgets and interests, from culture lovers to wildlife enthusiasts, history buffs to archaeologists, foodies to wine connoisseurs. Holidays in the great outdoors are covered, too, including mountain climbing, skiing, white water rafting, rock climbing, sailing, canyoning and sea kayaking, not to mention those who just want to sit on a sandy beach and dance the night away.

• Forfatter: Dana Facaros
• Publisert: Januar 2020
• Utgave: 1. utgave
• Antall sider: 384
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781784776312

This new title continues Bradt's coverage of lesser-known but increasingly popular Italian regions and is the only guide available to Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region that forms the major part of the hinterland of Venice (but does not - despite the name - include Venice itself), and which is a convenient and fascinating place to spend time on the beach, in the Alps or relaxing in the country. It is notable also for its wines and distinctive cuisine, which, with touches of neighbouring Austria and Slovenia stirred in, are starting to attract attention around the world. Written by long-time travel authors and Italy specialists Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, background and practical information are complemented by ten easy-to-follow chapters, covering Trieste, its coast and the Carso, the Friuli coast, Gorizia and the Collio, Udine, Pordenone and Western Friuli, and the mountains: the Friulian Dolomites, Carnia and the Julian Alps.

• Publisert: Aug 2019
• Utgave: 1.utg
• Antall sider: 280
  
• Forfattere: Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781784776299

This new, thoroughly updated third edition of Bradt's Falkland Islands remains the only detailed and wide-ranging standalone travel guidebook to this British Overseas Territory and is ideal for independent, cruise-ship and tour-group visitors alike. It includes all recent information needed for a smooth trip, including on restaurants and hotels in Stanley, conservation issues, wildlife-watching trips, history and how to explore beyond the capital. The main islands - East and West Falkland - are covered, as are the smaller Bleaker, Kidney, Sea Lion, Pebble, New, West Point, Carcass, Saunders, Keppel, Weddell, Staats and Beaver islands.

Situated in the South Atlantic Ocean, over 500 km from South America, the Falkland Islands are one of the world's truly wild places, full of unspoilt scenery and wide vistas. A photographer's delight and a must-visit location for those interested in the wild outdoors, the islands are home to major populations of albatrosses, penguins, dolphins, seals and other wildlife plus 3,600 people. It's not all about penguins, though, as the islands' spectacular scenery, comfortable accommodation, good wholesome British food and welcoming people create a wonderful place to visit.

The thriving city of Stanley gives way to the wild open spaces of camp (rural areas) with its scattered settlements, long sandy beaches, isolated islands and rocky outcrops. History enthusiasts will be in their element, visiting sites ranging from the islands' first British settlement to areas that were significant during the 1982 war. With Bradt's Falkland Islands you can plan how to fly between islands, drive across the camp in a 4x4 vehicle, visit multiple penguin colonies (where these charismatic birds behave as if you are not there), sample smoko (a wide range of cakes and biscuits, served during a morning or afternoon tea break), watch black-browed albatrosses at their nest, be investigated by 'Johnny Rooks' (curious birds of prey), spot dolphins in the shallows, visit the magnificent collection of artefacts from around the islands at Stanley's Historic Dockyard Museum and learn from local residents about life in this wildest of places.

Whatever your interest, this is the essential guide for a successful trip.

• Forfatter: Will Wagstaff
• Publisert: November 2024
• Utgave: 3. utgave
  
• Antall sider: 198
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781804692042

This new guide to the idyllic and popular county of somerset from expert author and somerset resident norm longley is ideal for both visitors and locals alike with its mix of visitor information, history, culture and anecdote, not to mention coverage of wildlife, birdwatching, walking, cycling and other outdoor activities. Accommodation and restaurants - and cider - are covered, too: As longley himself says, he often spends weekends 'roaming the somerset countryside in search of exciting and/or novel things to do - or at the very least, hunting down good food and drink.'divided into seven easy-to-explore geographical regions, from bath and north somerset through wells and the mendips to exmoor national park and international dark sky reserve, this is an indispensable companion for everyone from culture devotees to outdoor adventurers, birders to beach lovers, transport enthusiasts to event-goers, families to foodies. The somerset levels are covered, and so too are quantock and blackdown hills, the coast, and east and south somerset.

Somerset is consistently seductive: Windswept marshes and wild moorland, enchanting upland areas, iron-flat lowland terrain, limestone gorges, and a forty-mile long stretch of coast with rocky coves, fossil-filled cliffs and a tiny offshore island. And, of course, there's the unesco world heritage city of bath, with its beautifully preserved roman baths, graceful georgian architecture and enticing gastronomic possibilities. Bradt's somerset covers all this and more, from the glastonbury festival to the american museum and gardens, carnivals to quirky local customs, the longest heritage railway in britain to england's first designated area of outstanding natural beauty, and a good dash of legend and myth too, from king arthur at avalon and camelot, to the country's third largest complex of standing stones at stanton drew.

Publisert måned: April
Publisert år: 2025
Utgave: 2.utg
Sider nr: 304

This new title from Bradt forms part of its distinctive 'Slow Travel' series and is the only title available to cover the Chilterns and Thames Valley in depth. The Chilterns and the Thames Valley do not correspond to the specific boundaries of one county or region, old or new. Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire all have a share.

Divided into six easily manageable sections, Bradt's The Chilterns and Thames Valley lifts the lid on what makes this area so distinctive. Chalk grasslands, beech woods, streams and wooded valleys provide a perfect landscape for walking and are easily accessible from London. About half of the area has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - the closest such area to London.

Rare plants such as fleawort and numerous orchid varieties, and birds including red kites, lapwings and skylark flourish. The Thames Valley follows the route of one of the world's most famous rivers. You can find key sites of monarchical and parliamentary power such as Windsor Castle and Chequers, the location of Magna Carta's sealing at Runnymede and the birthplaces of men and women who have led dissent down the ages.

Publisert år: 2025
Sider nr: 280

Bradt's Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir remains the only standalone guide in English available to this stunning region of mountain wilderness and lush valleys. Although Ladakh is becoming an ever more popular destination, Zanskar, the Kashmir Valley and Jammu are still off the beaten path and full of wonders waiting to be discovered. This book is the ideal companion to these contrasting and spellbinding regions whether you want to white-water raft on the Indus, travel in a jeep along nerve- wracking mountain roads, relax on a houseboat, explore Buddhist culture in tucked away Ladakhi monasteries or hike over the high passes.

Fully updated, this new edition includes chapters on background and practical information and a dedicated chapter on trekking, with nine easy-to-follow chapters covering the whole area, including Leh, The Suru Valley and Zanskar, Srinagar and Gulmarg, The Kashmir Valley and Jammu amongst others. New for this edition are additional trekking information and trekking maps, plus new travel routes. Ladakh, Zanskar and the Kashmir Valley have long astounded visitors with their epic Himalayan beauty.

Marvel at the views from the roof of the world at the breathless Khardung La mountain pass, stroll through Eden-like Shalimar gardens, trek remote mountain trails through Ladakh and Zanskar, take a shikara ride across the lotus bedecked lakes of Srinagar and join the Buddhist monks at Thiksey Monastery for early morning prayers by candlelight. Other highlights include, the Buddhas of Kargil, the Mughal Road, Mubarak Mandi and the houseboats of Srinagar. Whatever your interest, Bradt's Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir is an indispensable guide.

Forfattere: Ibbotson & Butler
Publisert: Juli 2025
Utgave: 3.utg
Sider nr: 256

New from Bradt is the thoroughly updated second edition of The Vendée, the only English-language guidebook to focus on this part of Pays de la Loire. Also covered in this guide to an increasingly popular French region are Nantes, Pornic, La Rochelle and the Île de Ré. Written by Angela Bird, who for almost 50 years has owned a home in the region, and award-winning travel writer Murray Stewart, and updated by adventurer Ed Cooper, Bradt's guidebook offers comprehensive coverage of a beguiling area, detailing everything from family holidays to walks, cycling, local cuisine and history.

The Vendée offers all the benefits of a destination that is well established with both French and British visitors, with easy access and short drive times via UK ferries adding to its appeal. Popular with campers and self-caterers, the Vendée's sunny climate and 140 km of sandy beaches, plus its tree-lined canals and open marshland, make for a diverse outdoor playground. Bradt's The Vendée includes suggestions for walks and the best places for birdwatching.

This goes hand in hand with a new regional policy of promoting recreation premised on nature and wellbeing. Thanks to the authors' rich personal history with the area, the guide also reveals the quirks and themes which give the Vendée its own distinct character, as well as straying just beyond the area's boundaries to incorporate La Rochelle and Nantes, both entry points for those arriving by air and both offering urban distractions for the occasional rainy day. Although the region has no true cities, or even large towns, the guide includes details of the many local museums which provide easily accessible insights into the bloody history of an area which has, at times, been central to the evolution of modern-day France.

New elements in this edition of Bradt's The Vendée include expanded coverage of France's most dazzling son-et-lumière show and new restaurant listings that reflect the region's growing reputation for wine and Michelin-starred eateries, as well as its long history as a paradise for seafood-lovers.

forfattere: Angela bird
Publisert måned: sept
Publisert år: 2024
Utgave: 2utg
Sider nr:264

This innovative new title from Bradt is the first of its type to focus specifically on the vast array of wildlife-watching opportunities found in Europe. Written by expert James Lowen, author of the best-selling 52 Wildlife Weekends: A Year of British Wildlife-Watching Breaks and award-winning A Summer of British Wildlife: 100 Great Days Out Watching Wildlife, this unique guide is packaged into 52 weekend-sized breaks highlighting the best of European wildlife including mammals, reptiles, amphibians, flora, butterflies, dragonflies and birds. We may think of snow-covered Antarctica, South American jungles or African savannahs as holding the world's most plenteous and special wildlife, yet Europe heaves with wildlife wonders year-round, many of which can be seen in a simple weekend break.

Publisert måned: Apr
Publisert år: 2018
Utgave: 1.Utg
Sider nr: 264

This brand new title in Bradt's acclaimed UK regional Slow series is the only full guide to Cheshire, a county known for its abundance of black-and-white timbered buildings and which was put firmly on the map in the 1990s thanks to then-resident stars Posh and Becks. Cheshire is a county that confounds expectations, from the Cheshire Plain to the hills and moors of the Pennines and Peak District in the east and surprisingly dramatic sandstone ridges in the west, not to mention the Wirral Peninsula, flanked by the major estuaries of the rivers Mersey and Dee flowing into the Irish Sea. Home to premier league footballers it may be, but it is also a largely rural landscape and an area of farm shops, forests and falconries; meres, marinas and marshes.

There is industrial and scientific heritage, too, ranging from Bronze-Age mining sites to the internationally important astronomical observatory and mighty Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank. With this new Bradt guide, discover all of this and more: the county town of Chester with its fascinating Roman history, unique double-decker medieval shopping arcades and the most complete city walls in Britain; ruins of ancient castles; and reminders of the salt and silk industries that have been so important in the past. For a truly slow experience, Cheshire also offers a network of canals, perfect for waterside strolls or pootling along in a narrowboat, while Bradt's Slow Cheshire details information for walkers and cyclists, too.

Forfattere: K.Simon
Publisert måned: Mai
Publisert år: 2025
Utgave: 2.Utg
Sider nr: 352

Since Bradt first published a guide to Benin over 10 years ago, the country has become more popular with visitors to West Africa. Bradt's Benin remains the original and one of the only comprehensive guides in English to this French-speaking country, arguably the region's best wildlife destination and the birthplace of the much maligned and little understood religion of Vodou (voodoo). This new edition includes coverage of the growing range of eco-travel and community based tourism options that have sprung up in recent years.

Also included is more information on the wildlife and national parks of the north which are becoming more popular with general safari tourists, including the Parc National de la Pendjari (now under African Parks Management), increasingly recognized as the closest place to Europe easily to see lions and elephants. A dedicated chapter on Cotonou ensures the capital is covered in full detail, including up-to-date recommendations for places to eat and stay, while the rest of the country is divided into five easy-to-follow chapters, each replete with listings, hotels and restaurants, background and historical text, as well as recommendations on what to see and entertainment. Bradt's Benin also includes a field guide to gods, ghosts and dead people: after all, it's easy here to arrange to have a cup of tea with a wizard and buy spells to make someone love you.

And what makes Benin so special from a visitor's perspective is that such characters are a visible part of day-to-day life and encounters with them may well form the backbone of a Benin adventure. But there is more than just storybook magic to this country. It has a huge and varied array of birdlife and two of the finest parks this side of the continent and it is a place in which heart-in-the-mouth encounters with buffalo, elephant and lion are day-to-day events.

• Publisert: Mai 2019
• Utgave: 2. utgave
• Antall Sider: 256
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781784770600
  
  

 

This is the first detailed guide to the Bosnian part of the new Via Dinarica hiking trail that carves its way through the Dinaric Alps, one of Europe's least explored mountain ranges and last true wilderness frontiers, connecting the seven nations of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, and Albania. In total, this trail system will span over 1,350km, 350km of which is in Bosnia Herzegovina.
The Via Dinarica consists of three routes - White, Green and Blue - and this guide focuses primarily on the White Trail through Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the natural flow of the highest peaks of the Dinaric Alps. Detailed descriptions of each of the 13 stages of the White Trail through Bosnia and Herzegovina are included, along with maps, altitude charts and helpful tips, as well as recommendations for waypoint visits and nearby highlights. Also included are an overview of the flora and fauna of the region, details of accommodation for each step of the way, and information on local public transport, culture, food and language.
The natural and cultural wonders of the Dinaric Alps are the best-kept secret of the Balkans, a region with some of the wildest, most impressive natural beauty in the world. All of the countries along the Via Dinarica boast beautiful mountains, alpine lakes, karst caves, forest preserves and pristine rivers that have forged extraordinary canyons and gorges. Here, there is also an abundance of enduring mountain communities that maintain their traditional ways of life and sustainable reliance on the land.
Although the Via Dinarica is primarily a hiking trail, there are opportunities for many different outdoor adventure sports along the way, such as rafting, skiing, mountain biking, rock climbing, canyoning, caving, etc. The Via Dinarica White Trail in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 350km long, takes an estimated 125 hours to complete, climbs the highest, often snow-capped mountains of the Dinaric Alps, and passes through or near over 5 national parks and many nature preserves, as well as one of the two remaining European rainforests, the Perucica primeval forest. With this handy, portably guide, you can discover it all.

In this new, thoroughly updated edition of Bradt's The Cotswolds (Slow Travel series), resident expert author Caroline Mills shares more of her favourite places in a region that remains as popular as ever. The area covered includes: the Cotswold AONB, the Cotswold escarpment, hills and valleys, the Wiltshire Cotswolds and the area known as the Four Shires, along with the lesser-known 'hidden' fringes of the Cotswolds. Also included are the three Cotswold 'gateways': Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath and Oxford.

Caroline Mills has lived and worked in the region for over 40 years and writes in an entertaining and engaging first-person narrative combined with authoritative information. Organised in such a way to encourage you to slow down and make it easier to discover smaller areas in greater depth, the guide includes features such as interviews with locals who bring character to the region, activities to try with children, personally selected places to eat, drink and stay, coverage of the Arts & Crafts movement, and plenty of options for car-free travel: walking, cycling, river boats and local buses and trains. Cotswold Farm Park, home of Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, is also included.

Featured within the guide are quirky events such as the Cheese-Rolling competition and Tetbury's Woolsack Races; numerous and distinguished breweries and micro-breweries, including the famous Hook Norton Brewery, Bath Ales, Uley Brewery and Stroud Brewery; Oxford University, the world's oldest, and the source of England's longest river, the Thames. The Cotswolds' rich and diverse man-made heritage includes many famous castles and country houses: Blenheim Palace, Sudeley Castle, Chavenage and Kelmscott; well-known abbeys such as Prinknash, Hailes; and gardens and estates including Painswick Rococo Garden, Westonbirt Arboretum and Highgrove. Roman history is covered, too, notably in Bath and Cirencester, together with the Fosse Way, one of the most important Roman roads in the country.

The Cotswolds continues to endear itself to anyone who visits - its harmonious combination of quintessentially English villages, charming provincial market towns, interesting and appealing countryside and a wealth of local food-and-drink producers makes it an all-year-round destination, whether for a day trip, a quiet weekend away or a multi-week holiday. The region offers an incredible array of accommodation from unique country-house hotels to delightful farmhouse B&Bs on working farms, luxurious self-catering cottages to glamping and camping in secluded countryside. Visitors that have a particular passion or interest for gardens, the Arts & Crafts Movement, historic buildings, walking, horseriding or rural pursuits are well provided for within the Cotswolds.

• Publisert: Mars 2024
• Utgave: 3. utgave
• Antall sider: 374
  
• Innbinding: Heftet
• Språk: Engelsk
• ISBN: 9781804691717