Travel Guide Books
A review of best travel guidebooks
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There's plenty of travel information available online. But when you start planning your travel it's smart to
turn to good travel guide books, where you will find reliable, useful information about different travel
destinations. Some travel guides are better than others, so it's important that you know what you're looking for
when you travel, what your goals are, and what your pocket can handle.
However good and useful travel guide books are, a travel guide is just that - a travel guide. It's meant to give
you travel tips and guide you to your travel destination's attractions. But it's you who sets the itinerary.
So, choose your tips and attractions well, but add your own touch and allow your sense of discovery and adventure
to guide you in your chosen destination. After all, it's all about you and your own experience and travel
adventure.
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The best travel adventure is the one you create for yourself. Use
travel guidebooks as your starting point to familiarize yourself with your chosen travel
destinations, before you set to go.
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That being said though, let's explore some of these most popular and best known travel guide books that many a
traveller has found immensely useful in planning and making trips around the world. No doubt you will recognize
some of these guides and perhaps have even used one or two in your travel planning before.
This listing here is by no means a comprehensive listing of all travel guides available out there. But this is a
good sampling of some of the best travel guide books available, that will give you a good starting point to
discover what they offer.
Best Travel Guide Books
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The Fielding's
Guides
Written by different travel writers, including Fielding names, The
Fielding Guides are well written and provide candid information. These guides are good in
providing off-beat, unusual destinations. If you like to travel off the beaten track, then these
unique adventure travel guidebooks are just what you need.
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Fodor's Travel
Guides
Now in its 7th decade of publishing travel guides, Fodor's features almost 100
titles in the Gold Line series. These guides provide good historical and cultural information. The
Fodor's guides cover countries around the world, with some emphasis on the West. Great for those
who like to stay in the middle of the road.
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The Frommer
Guides
Budget travel guide books. The Frommer's provide touring guides, city guides, and
special editions. They also detail restaurants, hotels and nightlife. A greater emphasis is placed
on Europe and the United States, although you will also find books on Alaska, Australia, Costa
Rica, Japan, and many other travel destinations.
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The Lonely
Planet
Very few travellers haven't heard yet of these LP guide, which have earned a
great reputation for worldwide budget and independent travel. Amongst five series being offered,
the On A Shoestring guide covers everything from a specific country, to a region or continent for
the low budget traveller. Classic travel guidebooks.
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The Michelin Guides
There are Michelin Red Guides and Michelin Green Guides. The Red Guides provide
detailed information about European hotels and restaurants, while the Green Guides focus on
European art, history, and places of interest. These upscale travel guide books are for the
travellers that are not too budget conscious.
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The Moon
Handbooks
These popular travel handbooks by Moon Publications are updated annually, which
makes them great for the travellers that seek most up to date travel information. Authored by
different travel writers, these handbooks provide good and detailed contemporary information about
travel destinations from around the world.
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Rick Steve's European
Guides
Written by Rick Steve, these easy guidebooks provide everything that you need to
know about particular European destination. One of the most popular books from the series is Europe
Through The Back Door. This guidebook covers it all - from packing up, to exploring it all that
Europe offers, all on a manageable budget.
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The Rough
Guides
As their name suggests, these guides focus on college-age travellers to Europe.
In its manner the Rough Guides are similar to the Lonely Planet books. They're more irreverent and
aimed at the budget conscious traveller. These are street smart guides with lot of tips.
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Good travel guidebooks makes travel vastly easier. Use them even when you're only traveling in your arm chair.
The best will spark your imagination and lead you to unknown discoveries and adventure.
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