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| Series: | Eyewitness Travel Guides |
| Publisher: | Dorling Kindersley |
| Catalogue number: | 135885 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
About this series:
High-quality guides renowned for their photographs and illustrations. The emphasis is on culture and sightseeing. Imaginative cutaway diagrams show the layout of many historic buildings...
Lonely Planet Countries and Regions Guides
| Relevant titles: | 5 |
| Publisher: | Lonely Planet |
Market-leading comprehensive guides, predominantly practical in content and aimed at independent travellers. Frank and informal in style, with a layout that makes for exceptional ease of use, these...
| Relevant titles: | 5 |
| Publisher: | Rough Guides |
Highly popular and respected comprehensive guidebooks. Rough Guides provide extensive practical travel advice for all budgets and have gained an excellent reputation amongst independent travellers for...
| Relevant titles: | 4 |
| Publisher: | Footprint |
About this series:
Much respected and long-standing series of comprehensive guides, renowned for their accuracy and reliability. Some titles in this series are updated annually. These guides cover everything...
| Author: | Gitanjali Kolanad |
| Series: | Culture Shock! |
| Publisher: | Marshall Cavendish Books |
| Catalogue number: | 142730 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
About this series:
CultureShock! is a bestselling series of thoughtful and thorough culture and etiquette guides covering countless destinations around the world.
For anyone at risk of "culture shock...
Garhwal and Kumaon - A Trekker's and Visitor's Guide
| Publisher: | Cicerone Press |
| Catalogue number: | 74819 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
The guide covers the central part of the Himalayas that culminates in the Nanda Devi.
About this series: Widely varied range of compact walking and climbing guides. Most titles consist of a large number...
| Publisher: | Kuperard |
| Catalogue number: | 114807 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
About this series:
These concise guides contain all the information the visitor needs to approach the culture of the country with an awareness towards local customs, values and social environment.
Providing...
Kangchenjunga - A Trekker's Guide
| Author: | Kev Reynolds |
| Publisher: | Cicerone Press |
| Catalogue number: | 80486 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
About this series: Widely varied range of compact walking and climbing guides. Most titles consist of a large number of day walks together with useful sketch maps, but some cover longer trails. All...
| Author: | George Michell |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson |
| Catalogue number: | 78476 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
A superb record of Indian architecture told through the magical palaces of the country. Contains colour photographs, architect's plans, cut-away drawings and sketch maps.
| Author: | Sálim Ali |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Catalogue number: | 83701 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
Beautiful hand-drawn illustrations make identification easy with this compact, pocket guide. There is a detailed entry for each species with information ranging from distribution to nesting habits.
| Author: | Isabelle Young |
| Series: | Healthy Travel Guides |
| Publisher: | Lonely Planet |
| Catalogue number: | 86399 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
A much-expanded version of the health section in the guide books, practical advice on treating injuries and ailments and how to avoid dangerous flora and fauna. Includes information on local and alternative...
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Catalogue number: | 101203 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
About this series:
High-quality colour illustrations, largely hand-painted, characterise these intelligent and rewarding cultural guides. The arts, architecture, history and natural history are the...
| Publisher: | Hardys Bay Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 163928 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock |
“Love Bangalore” is described by its makers as a 'hand-book for the luxury vagabond', and that’s just what this special guide is. It comes in a luxurious silk pouch, as seen in the image on the right...
| Publisher: | Hardys Bay Publishing |
| Catalogue number: | 163929 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
“Love Mumbai” is described by its makers as a 'hand-book for the luxury vagabond', and that’s just what this special guide is. It comes in a luxurious silk pouch, as seen in the image on the right.
Truly...
| Publisher: | Harper Collins India |
| Catalogue number: | 120839 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 6 - 8 weeks |
Small but informative visitors' guide to Himachal presenting geographical and historical information on the region with advices on general practicalities for tourists and travellers (destinations, hotels...
| Publisher: | Harper Collins India |
| Catalogue number: | 120840 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 6 - 8 weeks |
Small but informative visitors' guide to Ladakh presenting geographical and historical information on the region with advices on general practicalities for tourists and travellers (destinations, hotels...
Uttaranchal - Kumaon & Garhwal
| Publisher: | Harper Collins India |
| Catalogue number: | 120838 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 6 - 8 weeks |
Small but informative visitors' guide to this state which was formed in 2000 from northern Uttar Pradesh. The guide presents geographical and historical information on the region with advices on general...
| Publisher: | Trailblazer Publications |
| Catalogue number: | 122626 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
A guide to all the low-impact trekking in this high altitude region of north-west India. The trails are fully described and there are more than 60 maps covering both classic and lesser-known routes...
| Author: | Heta Pandit |
| Publisher: | Sangam Books |
| Catalogue number: | 124125 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 days |
Heta Pandit lives and works in Goa from where she writes on Goan heritage and is an active leader in the Goa conservation movement. Hre she takes the reader through some of her favourite walks in the...
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