This book provides everything you'll ever need in a guidebook.It is an inspiring background read, an in valuable on-the-spotcompanion and a superb souvenir of your visit. ——微笑之国 在亲切友善的外表下，泰国人有着强烈的民族自豪感。他们为自己的文化和君王而骄傲，这种认同感让他们可以笑对人生的起伏。 泰国人口超过6600万，面积与法国相当，是英国的两倍。热带气候，一年三季，3-5月十分炎热，6-11月是季风季节，12-2月比较凉爽。泰国是一个君主立宪制国家，由民选政府管理，但民众对王室仍十分尊崇。首都曼谷人口至少有1000万，是一个国际化大都市，也是政治和经济中心。而泰国的大部分地方都是遍布稻田、种植园和森林的乡村。 泰国的历史可以追溯到千年前的暹逦王朝。富饶的资源，绝美的风光，辉煌的古代建筑，迷人的传统艺术，还有热情好客的民众，都成为泰国不可抗拒的诱惑力。

A brand new edition from Insight for smart travellers bringsyou the Smart Guide to Venice. The unique and innovative A-Z formatof Smart Guides allows you to find your way around the book withease and plan your trip according to your own personal taste. Fullyrevised and up-to-date themed headings cover over 400 amazingthings to see and do from architecture, history, cafes, churches,museums and hotels, to fashion, nightlife, restaurants, bars,shopping, theatre and much more, for a truly tailor-made,individual travel experience. Area overviews cover Piazza SanMarco, Canale Grande, Castello, San Polo, the Lido and more;conveniently highlighting the best each area has to offer,alongside beautiful photography. The front-cover flap highlightsthe 'Top Sights' of Venice, pinpointing exactly where to find thesewithin the guide and allowing you to set priorities for your trip.The guide also contains a street atlas with full index and detailedmapping which is cross-referenced to the main text for ease of use.The b

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What Will Your Amsterdam Encounter Be? Sipping cold beer andwatching canal boats float by in the Jordaan. Discovering cleverDutch design in the boutique-filled Negen Straatjes. Contemplatingthe secret annexe at the Anne Frank Huis. Sampling spicy Indonesiansnacks and caramel-filled stroopwafels at the vibrant AlbertCuypmarkt. Experiencing the convivial Dutch gezelligheid at atraditional brown cafe. Cycling past grasslands and fields of wildorchids in the Amsterdam Woods. Discover Twice the City in Half theTime. Full-color pull-out map and detailed neighborhood maps foreasy navigation. Our discerning author pinpoints the city's bestsights, museums, shops and restaurants. Unique Snapshots chapterhelps you get under the skin of the city. Meet the locals: insidertips from a food blogger, innovative bike shop owners and a culturecritic.

Take a fresh approach to Hong Kong with this "Step by Step" guide, part of a brand new, stylishly designed series from Insight Guides. Lavishly illustrated in full colour, this book features 18 irresistible self-guided walks and tours, written by a local expert and packed with great insider tips. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, whatever your interests, and however long your stay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartest way to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten tourist track. All the walks and tours come with clear, easy-to-follow full-colour maps and hand-picked places to eat and drink en route. A 'Key Facts' box at the start of each tour highlights the recommended time needed to enjoy it to the full, plus the distance covered and a start and end point; all this makes it simple to find the perfect tour for the time you have to spare. The book also recommends top tours by theme and includes a special 'Only in' feature, highlighting a number of experiences

Forged by the spirit of poetry and revolution, Nicaragua and El Salvador are Central America's hot up-and-comers, offering volcano treks, rip-roaring surf spots and tons of seldom-visited cultural and ecological treasures. Now, years after the guns were silenced, both countries are opening their doors to the world. And packed with expert advice, this comprehensive guide is your key to discovery. GET OUT- Special outdoor adventures section brings the waves, dizzying treks and wildlife hot spots to life. THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED - Get off the Gringo Trail with informed do-it-yourself content to some of Central America's best-kept secrets. FIND YOUR WAY - Custom-tailored itineraries make planning a breeze. More than 80 maps mean you won't get lost along the way. SAFE & SOUND - Thorough safety and health sections provide top tips to ensure many safe returns .

A brand new edition of the Insight Smart Guide to Salzburg.The unique and innovative A-Z format of Smart Guides allows you toplan your trip to Salzburg according to your own personal taste,with fully revised and up-to-date listings. Themed headings coverover 400 amazing things to see and do including architecture, bars,cafes, churches, fashion, history, hotels, museums, nightlife,restaurants, shopping, theatre and much more for a trulytailor-made, individual travel experience. Area overviews cover TheAltstadt, The New Town, Dachstein and more; convenientlyhighlighting the best each district has to offer. The front-coverflap highlights all the top sights to help you plan your trippriorities. This guide also contains a street atlas with full indexand detailed mapping which is cross-referenced to the main text forease of use. A transport map and city locator are also included tohelp you get around. The back-cover flap provides useful phrases tohelp you get by, along with other useful contact information.

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Take a fresh approach to San Fransisco with this "Step by Step" guide, part of a brand new, stylishly designed series from Insight Guides. Lavishly illustrated in full colour, this book features irresistible self-guided walks and tours, written by a local expert and packed with great insider tips. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, whatever your interests, and however long your stay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartest way to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten tourist track. All the walks and tours come with clear, easy-to-follow full-colour maps and hand-picked places to eat and drink en route. A 'Key Facts' box at the start of each tour highlights the recommended time needed to enjoy it to the full, plus the distance covered and a start and end point; all this makes it simple to find the perfect tour for the time you have to spare. The book also recommends top tours by theme and includes a special 'Only in' feature, highlighting a number of experience

Kuala Lumpur (KL), Melaka and Penang are fragrant melanges ofChinese, Indian and Malay culture, and whether you want to samplethem via tasty street stalls, historic temples or space-ageshopping malls, you'll leave hungry for more This revised edition includes an expanded focus on Kuala Lumpurand increased coverage of food, nightlife and shopping. This guidebook has been fully updated! * Intuitive layout and new text styles make it easier to read,scan and find information at a glance * New visual design and structure improves navigation withoutsacrificing depth or quality * Expanded planning section helps travellers plan by time,season, interest or region * New map design improves map legibilty for easy navigation

Lonely Planet Knows Ireland. Gentle mountains, rugged ridges,wild moorlands, warm hospitality and the infamous Irish weather:taking to the trail in Ireland is never dull. With routes acrossthe most spectacular landscapes of the Republic and NorthernIreland and highlights of the Waymarked Ways, this guide has hikesfor every ability level. Our resident Irish authors share the bestof their walking experience, including the rolling WicklowMountains, the spiky summits of Connemara, the sandy beaches of theDingle Peninsula and the dramatic coastal cliffs of the northwest.In This Guide: Everything you need to know to get prepared.Listings for sleeping, eating and facilities along the way. Adviceon equipment, health and safety.

Michelin publishes a series of touring guides known as THEGREEN GUIDE, the perfect travel companion: a discerning andup-to-date source of information. Practical and comprehensive, itoffers suggestions on what to see and what to do, background onhistory and cultural heritage and a selection of hotels andrestaurants. An ideal guide for the independent tourist, THE GREENGUIDE explores destinations both near and far. Sights are rated-*** "worth a journey", ** "worth a detour" and * "interesting".Maps and itineraries make planning easy, whether visiting thehighlights or venturing off the beaten track. Travel with THE GREENGUIDE for an exciting and memorable experience in Alsace.

Think Los Angeles and Southern California and you're feelinggolden warmth and a coastal breeze. This culturally vibrantand ethnically diverse area is equal parts movie makers, high-techtrailblazers, dreamy ocean drives and scorching desert.Throw in campy Palm Springs and some serious wine country and we knowyou'll be hooked. This revised edition includes special planning chapters forDisneyland, "Beaches Outdoors", "Travel with Children",and more road trips and scenic drives for touring holidays. This guidebook has been fully updated! * Intuitive layout and new text styles make it easier to read,scan and find information at a glance * New visual design and structure improves navigation withoutsacrificing depth or quality * Expanded planning section helps travellers plan by time,season, interest or region * New map desiegn improvs map legibilty for easy navigation

Berlin is the exciting, brand new title with the A-Z SmartGuide format that allows you to find your way around the book withease and plan your trip according to your very own personal taste.Special chapters and themed headings cover over 400 things to seeand do from architecture, cafes, museums and hotels, to fashion,nightlife, restaurants, markets, shopping and much more, allowingyou to set your own priorities for a truly tailor-made andindividual travel experience. The front-cover flap highlights allthe top attractions and pinpoints exactly where to find thesewithin the guide, for quick and easy reference at a glance. Thishandy-sized guide helps you explore the best of the city. Our areaoverviews conveniently highlight the very best each district has tooffer, including lesser known sights and up-and-coming areas tolook out for. The guide also contains a transport map and 10-pagestreet atlas with full index and detailed mapping, cross-referencedto the main text for easy navigation. The back-cover flap

How will you see Norway? From behind a sled pulled by huskies?From the top of a glacier? Over an aquavit at Ibsen's old table inOslo's Grand Cafe? The exquisitely clear air of Lofoten Islands,colourful wooden houses, remote Svalbard...so much to see. And somany ways to see it. This guidebook has been fully updated! * Intuitive layout and new text styles make it easier to read,scan and find information at a glance * New visual design and structure improves navigation withoutsacrificing depth or quality * Expanded planning section helps travellers plan by time,season, interest or region * New map design improves map legibilty for easy navigation

Insight Guide Brazil. This 375-page book includes a sectiondetailing Brazil's history, 9 features covering the country's lifeand culture, ranging from its shocking wealth divisions to itspassion for soccer and carnival, a region by region visitor's guideto the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed withessential contact addresses and numbers. Plus over 320 marvellousphotographs and 17 maps. --This text refers to an alternatePaperback edition. 自从16世纪葡萄牙殖民者来到这里，巴西一直对外国人有着经久不衰的吸引力。先是黄金，再是橡胶和咖啡，近则是充满异国风情的风景和音乐。对巴西人来说，这也是一片神奇的土地。很多巴西人都相信，在这个国家的某个角落，有一个巨大的宝藏，问题只是要确定这个角落在哪里。 巴西人和外国人从16世纪开始在这个幅员辽阔的国家生长繁衍，孕育了1亿7千5百万人口，成为世界上多种族的国家之一。这里既有繁华的

Spring 2009 sees the publication of a new title in the series A Sense of Place , this time on France. Designed as an innovative mix of travelogue and armchair travel, the book is presented as an ideal photo album the kind of album that everyone wishes they had the time or skill to put together, without the hassle of sifting through crumpled leaflets or fuzzy photos of monuments hidden behind the heads of strangers. Packed with evocative images and perceptive texts that capture perfectly both the beauty and splendour of Frances urban centres as well as the atmosphere of la France profonde, this highly visual volume will be lapped up by anyone with a love of travel and photography.

Insight Guides present the full breadth of each nation in alarge format suitable for a thorough introduction to the people andsights, while cities and regions are presented in a portable formatideal for the discriminating urban explorer in pursuit of the bestthe area has to offer. 埃及是诗歌和文学的摇篮，是从建筑到包装的一切西方时尚的灵感来源。长久以来，这个尼罗河畔的国家对普罗大众就有着极大的吸引力。 埃及人的生死观对西方也有相当诡异的影响力。早在中世纪，关于木乃伊的神秘传说就在西方流传。到了16世纪，来到埃及的西方人对木乃伊更是痴迷，他们挖开古老的墓地，从棺椁中取出木乃伊，运回欧洲。 1821年伦敦博物馆开辟了埃及厅，展出意大利探险家GiovanniBelzoni从阿布辛贝神庙运回英国的无数珍宝，轰动全国。 1922年HowardCarter发现图坦卡蒙陵墓，震惊世界。陵墓中出土的5000多件艺术品公开展出。当这批珍宝在

Take a fresh approach to Berlin with this "Step by Step"guide, part of a brand new, stylishly designed series from InsightGuides. Lavishly illustrated in full colour, this book featuresirresistible self-guided walks and tours, written by a local expertand packed with great insider tips. Whether you are new to the cityor a repeat visitor, whatever your interests, and however long yourstay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartestway to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten touristtrack. All the walks and tours come with clear, easy-to-followfull-colour maps and hand-picked places to eat and drink en route.A 'Key Facts' box at the start of each tour highlights therecommended time needed to enjoy it to the full, plus the distancecovered and a start and end point; all this makes it simple to findthe perfect tour for the time you have to spare. The book alsorecommends top tours by theme and includes a special 'Only in'feature, highlighting a number of experiences or attraction

——古老的传奇 对历史学家而言，希腊无疑是富有魅力的国度，哲学、政治、历史、语言、戏剧、体育……几乎西方文明的所有要素都可以在这里找到它们的根。深厚的历史积淀和文化传统是希腊人引以为傲的，也是他们愿意和来访者分享的。 对旅行者来说，希腊更是一个神奇的地方。不管你选择什么交通工具，一踏上希腊的土地，你都会立刻陶醉在地中海灿烂的阳光里。从那一刻起，你就成了风景的一部分。蓝天在上，白沙在下，震撼人心的文明遗迹，风味独特的美酒佳肴，热情好客的希腊人民……所有这一切都让会让你不可抗拒地爱上这个美丽的国家。 在你踏上这片神奇的土地，开始一段摄人心魄的旅程之前，本书将是一个精彩的预演。