Opis: This guide gets travellers straight to the heart of the locals' city with information on the best street parties (in Gracia), the best markets (Boqueria obviously but also smaller ones such as Placa del Pi and Placa Nova) and the best off-the-beaten-track bars (along Carrer d'Aribau).Its handy bite-sized
Opis: Amsterdam is a city of surprising beauty. A stroll along the western canals, through the lanes of the Jordaan or beneath the greenery of the Plantage can lead straight into a trance. As can a visit to a magnificent museum or an infamous coffeeshop. Be enchanted.
Opis: The Western Balkans - that sassy chunk of southeast Europe - knows how to thrill a traveller: Croatia's glamour coast, Serbia's wild music festivals, Belgrade's nightlife and more. Grab this guide and get to grips with some of Europe's most fascinating up-and-comers.
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Opis: Keen to experience the best of West Africa but not sure where to start? Take a slow boat to Timbuktu, camp under the Sahara's starry skies, hike through ancient Dogon Country, discover cosmopolitan Abidjan and kick-back on Ghana's palm-fringed beaches.
This guide covers: Benin, Burkina Faso,
Opis: Impossibly beautiful, hovering like a dream above its lagoon, fragile and utterly bewitching: Venice exhausts the superlatives. And if by chance you should weary of its charms, you could always try the art-crammed Padua or stroll the green-rushing river of Verona.
Opis: Whether you get your thrills on the ski-slopes, in the galleries, at a brewery or in a rainforest, Van's your man. Our resident author lays on the insider tips to this gleaming mountainside city, navigating you with ease through the art-filled neighbourhoods and the woolly outer reaches.
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Opis: Hit the road for a classic American journey through forests, fields, metropolises and oases. Whether it's day-tripping from New York City, cruising along the Mississippi, delving into the Grand Canyon, or driving the California coast, this definitive guide inspires you to go the distance and discover
Opis: You might be expecting to find elegant cities, spectacular peaks and ancient cave cities in Ukraine, but were you expecting rampaging nightlife in Odesa and bathers parading around in 18th-century and punk costumes on the Yalta coast?
Opis: Lonely Planet's The USA Book is a one-stop, comprehensive pictorial covering all corners of the USA and its territories.
Few countries offer as many sights, sounds, tastes and lifestyles under one banner, and around every curve of its 4 million miles of highways lies something unexpected. Just
Opis: The harbour glistens and the Opera House gleams, but Sydney is more than a city of photo opportunities. Take a frothing wake-up dip at Bronte beach, be a multicultural gourmet at Blacktown's Asian markets or road-trip it to the towering Blue Mountains.