Rough Guides, 2009. — 1044 p.
The thirteen countries that comprise South America truly offer something for everyone: beach lover, adventure junky, birdwatcher and aspiring archeologist alike. Although the continent as a whole shares a common history based on its original indigenous populations, European colonization, slavery and immigration, all of its countries are fascinating...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 1016 p.
If you’re visiting Spain for the first time, be warned: this is a country that fast becomes an addiction. You might intend to come just for a beach holiday, or a tour of the major cities, but before you know it you’ll find yourself hooked by something quite different – the celebration of some local fiesta, perhaps, or the amazing nightlife in...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 708 p.
Serving as both a link and a barrier between oceans and continents, Central America’s small area belies an astounding diversity of culture, wildlife, history and terrain. Travellers here have access to a perfectly-sized package tour that’s unique for every visitor. One day’s itinerary could have you on a watertaxi ride to a surf break, an afternoon...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 344 p.
It’s tempting to say that there’s nowhere 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. It’s a...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 416 p.
Since the early nineteenth century, Florence (Firenze in Italian) has been celebrated as the epitome of everything that is beautiful in Italy: Stendhal staggered around the city’s medieval streets in a stupor of delight, the Brownings sighed over its charms and E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View portrayed it as the great antidote to the bloodless...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 716 p.
It would take a lifetime of island-hopping to fully appreciate the 123 permanently inhabited Greek islands scattered across the Aegean and Ionian seas, but many people make a first visit and are hooked. Remarkably often, the islands do actually match their fantastic travel-poster image; any other country’s tourist board would give its eye-teeth for...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 316 p.
Rio de Janeiro is undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest cities. A magnificent natural landscape of beaches, lakes and mountains complements a series of bustling city districts, each one alert to the gaze of the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer high overhead. Rio’s flamboyant Carnaval and pulsating samba scene need no introduction as some of...
Roughguide, 2009. - 528 pages. 6 edition
The Rough Guide to Cyprus explores every corner of this Mediterranean paradise, from the fine, sandy beaches and wooded hillsides to the ancient churches and buzzing bars. The guide is fully up-dated taking in the island’s entry into the EU with new colour sections offering a guide to Cyprus’s hearty traditional cuisine and its rich...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 324 p.
Brussels gets a bad press among European cities. It’s known as the home of the European Union, and has a reputation as a dull centre of business, bureaucracy and men in grey suits. Yet the EU neither defines nor dominates Brussels – it merely forms one layer of a city that since the middle of the last century has become a cosmopolitan, thriving...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 504 p. New York City is everything its supporters and critics claim: an adrenaline-charged, history-laden place that never sleeps, rarely apologizes, and works harder and longer hours than anywhere else. It’s also a town of icons, both past and present – you’ll find it hard to move about the city without encountering a view of something worldfamous, from...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 460 p.
One of America’s most beautiful cities (and one whose locals are not afraid to harp on the claim), San Francisco sits poised on the 47-square-mile fingertip of a peninsula at the western edge of America. Indeed, the city has much to gloat about, not least the breathtaking natural beauty that surrounds it – from rugged coastline and tranquil Bay...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 656 p.
Andalucía is the southernmost territory of Spain and the part of the Iberian peninsula that is most quintessentially Spanish. The popular image of Spain as a land of bullfights, flamenco, sherry and ruined castles derives from this spectacularly beautiful region. The influences that have washed over Andalucía since the first paintings were etched on...
Roughguide, 2009. - 592 pages. 4 edition
The Rough Guide to Chile is the essential travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage all the top attractions and scenic journeys along the length of this country. Discover all corners of Chile, from the vast Atacama Desert and magnificent, snow-capped Volcán Osorno to the granite spires of the Torres del Paine massif in Southern...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 271 p.
With a wonderful natural setting straddling the River Danube, beautiful architecture and flavoursome Magyar cuisine, Budapest is one of the most rewarding cities in Europe to visit. Its magnificent waterfront and boulevards invite comparisons with Paris, Prague and Vienna – as do
many features of its cultural life, from coffee houses and a love of...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 580 p.
The states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine – collectively known as New England – often regard themselves as the repository of all that is intrinsically American. And though nostalgia does play a big part in the tourist trade here, this is undeniably one of the most historic parts of the United States.
Rough Guides, 2009. — 462 p.
The Czech Republic is famous for two things: the stunning beauty of its capital, Prague, and the outstanding quality of its beer. Few visitors, however, realize that the magnificence of the capital’s buildings is also echoed in countless other towns and cities all across the country. For, in contrast to the political upheavals that have plagued the...
Roughguide, 2009. - 320 pages.
"The Rough Guide to Jerusalem' is the ultimate travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions the holy city has to offer. Find practical advice on what to see and do in Jerusalem whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best Jerusalem hotels, restaurants, bars, cafes and shops from bare-bones budget to...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 668 p. A fantastic land of gold, Peru was sixteenth-century Europe’s major source of treasure, and once the home of the largest empire in the world – the sun-worshipping Incas. Since then, the riches of the Incas have fired the European imagination; the country was home to the world’s first stone pyramids, whose genuine antiquity was only discovered in the...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 724 p.
Tuscany and Umbria harbour the classic landscapes of Italy, familiar from a thousand Renaissance paintings, with their backdrop of medieval hill-towns, rows of cypress trees, vineyards and olive groves, and artfully sited villas and farmhouses. It’s a stereotype that has long held an irresistible attraction for northern Europeans. Shelley referred...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 220 p. Boasting one of the most dramatic stretches of coastline in all of Europe, as well as some of the continent’s wildest and most beautiful mountains, tiny Montenegro is likely to confound most visitors’ expectations. Nearly 300km long, its stunning Adriatic coastline is liberally sprinkled with historic towns, lively beach resorts, secluded coves and...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 496 p.
In Siberia, they call Moscow the West, with a note of scorn for its bureaucrats and politicians. To Westerners, the city looks European, but its unruly spirit seems closer to Central Asia. For Muscovites, Moscow is both a Mother City and a big village, a tumultuous community with an underlying collective instinct that shows itself in times of...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 396 p.
İstanbul is unique. The only city in the world to straddle two continents and to have played capital to consecutive Christian and Islamic empires, its location, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, has helped it shape the region’s history for over 2500 years. Built, like its original inspiration, Rome, on seven hills, the city (in its former guise...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 316 p.
Few cities can rival London’s distinctive mix of the urban and the pastoral. Despite being the largest city in Western Europe, home to a staggering 7.5 million people, the capital preserves surprisingly extensive stretches of green space.
Rough Guides, 2009. — 492 p.
Spanning a mountainous slice of Central America immediately south of Mexico, Guatemala is loaded with incredible natural, historical and cultural appeal. As the birthplace and heartland of the ancient Maya, the country is in many ways defined by the legacy of this early civilization. Their rainforest cities were abandoned centuries ago, but Maya...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 444 p. Western travellers have been exploring the Middle East for well over a century, but Jordan is a relative newcomer to tourism, welcoming only a fraction of the numbers who visit neighbouring Egypt and Israel. The country’s popular image abroad encompasses not much more than camels, deserts and bedouin, and there’s little awareness of Jordan’s...
Rough Guides, 2009. — 556 p.
The Southwest is the most extraordinary and spectacular region of the United States. The splendor and scale of its scenery consistently defies belief – a glorious panoply of cliffs and canyons, buttes and mesas, carved from rocks of every imaginable color, and enriched here by groves of shimmering cottonwoods and aspens, there by cactuses and...
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