Advantages: beautiful, informative, inspiring Disadvantages: not clearly a travel book, expects a basic knowledge from the reader
...The garden of this book is Italy and France; those places dear to the heart of every poet, writer and cultural snob from the parochial fringes of Europe. The barbarian of the title is a young Polish poet, Zbigniew Herbert. Be careful, though. The garden i ...
Advantages: Mentions places of interest which you might otherwise miss, cheap too. Disadvantages: Written in 2003/2004 so some prices / information might be slightly outdated
In June 2007 my husband and I took a fly drive holiday to California. Being the kind of person who’s almost anal in their preparation for any holiday, I started scouting around for books to take with us months beforehand.
This was one that I bought, I ...
Advantages: Good concept, good choice of pubs, good looking Disadvantages: Poor legibility, poor geographic coverage, poor value for money
My favourite kind of holiday consists of touring by car, stopping along the way to visit sites of interest, to go for walks, and to eat and drink well, but I don't take many holidays of this kind in Britain. That's partly because it's much easier, from w ...
Advantages: good overview over the main attractions Disadvantages: bus times and prices inaccurate
-------------------- I'm using the 6th edition, published in August 2007. -------------------- Laos is definitely my favourite country, travelling or living there. My initial plan was to spend there one week, basically just a quick stop on my way to Viet ...
Advantages: Deciding where to go Disadvantages: Decing what to do when you get to these places
I used the Laos Lonely Planet and found my way around the country and had a fab time (see my review on Laos). As any guide book, you can only use them as a guide. I know this may sound obvious, but what I mean is that you cannot follow them religously ...
