Rough Guides, 2005. - 207 p.
The sunniest, highest and leafiest capital city in Europe, Madrid has a lot to take pride in. Indeed, its inhabitants, the Madrileños, are so proud of their city that they modestly declare desde Madrid al Cielo: that from Madrid there is only one destination left – Heaven. While their claim might be debatable, this compact, lively and fascinating...
Rough Guides, 2005. - 198 p.
With its sunny climate, sparkling waters and clutch of sandy beaches, as well as lively bars and
plentiful restaurants offering top-notch modern Mediterranean food, the Maltese islands are generally thought of as a classic resort destination. But there’s a lot more than just sun and sea on offer here – the chequered history of Malta, Gozo and...
Rough Guides, 2005. — 748 p.
In many ways, Poland is one of the success stories of the new Europe, transforming itself from communistbloc one-party state to parliamentary democracy and European Union member in a remarkably short period of time. More than a decade and a half of non-communist governments have wrought profound changes on the country, unleashing entrepreneurial...
Rough Guides, 2005. — 225 p.
It’s tempting to say that there’s nowhere quite like Barcelona – there’s certainly not another city in Spain to touch it for sheer style, looks or energy. The glossy mags and travel press dwell enthusiastically on its outrageous architecture, designer shopping, hip bars and vibrant cultural scene, but Barcelona is more than just this year’s fad....
Rough Guides, 2005. - 222 p.
Proudly apart from the rest of the United States, New Orleans is intoxicating and addictive, the product of a dizzying jumble of influences. It’s a place where people dance at funerals and hold parties during hurricanes, where some of the world’s finest musicians make ends meet busking on street corners, and fabulous Creole cuisine is dished up in...
Rough Guides, 2005. - 219 p.
Washington DC is a monumental city on a grand scale, filled with lovely Neoclassical buildings arrayed along triumphal boulevards, war memorials honoring centuries of fallen soldiers, some of the finest museums in North America , and scads of high-powered politicians, lobbyists, and bureaucrats charting the course of the country, as well as the...
Rough Guides, 2005. — 225 p. — ISBN: 1-84353-419-3
With some of Europe’s best sandy beaches, idyllic rocky coves, fresh seafood and picturesque
fishing villages, the Algarve is justifiably the most popular region in Portugal for both overseas visitors and the Portuguese themselves.
It’s a year-round destination, with bright, mild winters and long, balmy summers; it’s rare for...
Rough Guides, 2005. - 237 p.
Surrounded by the warm seas of the Atlantic some 600km off the west coast of Morocco, Madeira is an island of wild mountains, precipitous valleys and sheer cliffs – including the second-highest sea cliffs in the world at Cabo Girão. The island’s dramatic scenery makes for some fantastic walking, and it also boasts a diverse array of colourful...
Rough Guides, 2005. — 208 p.
The lush, sun-speckled Dominican Republic is the most popular tourist destination in the Caribbean. Prime beachfront stretches along the coast of the verdant island it shares with Haiti, some of it lined with megaresorts and other facilities to handle the crowds, but much of it still remote and unspoiled. Short, inexpensive flights from the US...
Rough Guides, 2005. — 183 p.
Most people come to Prague because they’ve heard it’s a beautiful place, and they’re rarely disappointed. With some six hundred years of architecture virtually untouched by natural disaster or war, few other European capitals look as good. The city retains much of its medieval layout and its rich mantle of Baroque, Rococo and Art Nouveau buildings...
Rough Guides, 2005. — 193 p. — ISBN: 1-84353-344-8
In 1896 the novelist and playwright Arnold Bennett complained, «The difference between Bruges and other cities is that in the latter you look about for the picturesque, while in Bruges, assailed on every side by the picturesque, you look curiously for the unpicturesque, and don’t find it easily».
Rough Guides, 2005. - 197 p.
Commonly perceived as little more than sun, sex, booze and high-rise hotels, Mallorca is – to
the surprise of many first–time visitors – often beautiful and frequently fascinating. The island’s
negative image was spawned by the helter-skelter development of the 1960s, which submerged
tracts of the coastline beneath hotels, villas and apartment...
Rough Guides, 2005. - 231 p.
Rome is arguably the most fascinating city in the world, an ancient place packed with the relics of over two thousand years of habitation. You could spend a month here and still only scratch the surface. Yet it is so much more than an open-air museum – its people, its culture, its food, make up a modern and vibrant city that would be worthy of a...
Rough Guides, 2005. — 225 p. — ISBN: 1-84353-439-8
The most unfairly maligned stretch of coast in Europe, the Costa Brava has long been derided as a packageholiday, chips-and-sangria destination, an image based solely on two or three towns at its southernmost tip. The truth is that this diverse region matches extraordinary natural beauty with a rich cultural heritage, an...
Rough Guides, 2005. — 209 p.
Laid out over a series of volcanic hills and with its jagged skyline topped by the craggy castle, few European cities can boast Edinburgh’s dramatic impact. The cobbled medieval closes, steep stairways and hidden courtyards of the labyrinthine Old Town, along with the wide thoroughfares and grand Neoclassical facades of the eighteenth-century New...
Rough Guides, 2005. - 207 p.
After decades of negative publicity that branded the island as little more than a budget-level ravers’
paradise, Ibiza is rapidly reasserting itself as one of Spain’s most cosmopolitan corners – an affluent, selfconfident island with a fascinating heritage and a vibrant, home-grown music and fashion scene of global reach and importance.
Rough Guides, 2005. — 280 p.
Australia’s second-largest city and capital of the state of Victoria, Melbourne prides itself on being a place that knows how to live well. It may lag behind Sydney in terms of population and prestige, but its less brazen charms offer a quality of life which other Australian cities fi nd diffi cult to match. Magnifi cent landscaped gardens and...
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Rough Guides, 2005. - 207 p.
Shimmering from the desert haze of Nevada like a latterday El Dorado, Las Vegas is the most
dynamic, spectacular city on earth. At the start of the twentieth century, it didn’t even exist; a hundred years on, it’s home to well over one million people, and still growing fast.
Rough Guides, 2005. - 204 p.
Thanks to its superb beaches, ravishing tropical scenery, an exhilarating range of activities, and
magnificent hotels, the island of Maui can justly claim to be the world’s most glamorous destination. The slogan Maui No Ka ‘Oi – Maui Is the Best – may gloss over the fact that it’s both the second largest and the second youngest of the Hawaiian...
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