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The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this picturesque island country.Explore the sacred Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, wander through the lush tea plantations of Nuwara Eliya or admire the landscape from on high at World's End: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within colour-coded chapters. Discover the best of Sri Lanka with this indispensable travel guide.Inside DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Sri Lanka:- Over 20 colour maps help you navigate with ease- Simple layout makes it easy to find the information you need- Comprehensive tours and itineraries of Sri Lanka, designed for every interest and budget- Illustrations and floorplans depict famous sights such as the fascinating Colombo National Museum, the beautifully painted Dambulla Cave Temples and more- Colour photographs of Sri Lanka's bustling capital, Buddhist and Hindu landmarks, unique wildlife, verdant tea plantations, palm-fringed beaches and more- Historical and cultural context gives you a richer travel experience: learn about the country's fascinating history and culture, landscape and wildlife, religions, traditional dance, arts and crafts, vibrant festivals, regional dishes, outdoor activities and more- Detailed chapters, with area maps, cover Colombo; the West Coast; the South; Kandy and the Hill Country; the Cultural Triangle; the East; Jaffna and the North- Essential travel tips: our expert choices of where to stay, eat, shop and sightsee, plus visa and health information DK Eyewitness Travel Sri Lanka is a detailed, easy-to-use guide designed to help you get the most from your visit to this beautiful country.DK Eyewitness: winner of the Top Guidebook Series in the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards 2017. "e;No other guide whets your appetite quite like this one"e; - The IndependentAbout DK Eyewitness Travel: DK's highly visual Eyewitness guides show you what others only tell you, with easy-to-read maps, tips, and tours to inform and enrich your holiday. DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Florence & Tuscany is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Experience art-lover heaven at the world-class Uffizi Gallery in Florence, tempt your taste buds on a food tour around Tuscany, or climb San Gimignano's medieval towers -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Florence & Tuscany and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Florence & Tuscany Travel Guide: Full-colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - including customs, history, art, literature, cinema, architecture, politics, landscapes, cuisine, wine Free, convenient pull-out Florence map (included in print version), plus over 46 colour maps Covers Florence, Siena, Central Coast, Elba, Apuane Alps, Lucca, Pisa, San Gimignano, San Minato, Chianti, Arezzo, Garfagnana, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Florence & Tuscany, our most comprehensive guide to Florence & Tuscany, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for just the highlights? Check out Pocket Florence & Tuscany, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet Italy guide for a comprehensive look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home.'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Lonely Planet's Where to Go When is a captivating travel guide that invites you to explore the world in the most optimal seasons. This book, published by Lonely Planet in 2022, is an essential companion for travelers who want to experience the best of their destinations at the right time. The author skillfully intertwines practical information with fascinating insights about various locations worldwide. This book is a treasure trove of inspiration that will help you plan your trips around the globe. Its genre is travel, and it is a must-have guide for all travel enthusiasts. Discover the wonders of the world with Lonely Planet's Where to Go When, your perfect travel companion.

Lonely Planet's Experience Vietnam travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic destination with one-of-a-kind adventures at every turn. Slurp thick noodle cao lau in Hoi An, cruise around Halong Bay's ancient islets, wander Banana Island's plantations - using our local experts and planning tools to create your own unique trip.

Discover 100 exciting alternative travel experiences where tourists are few and far between. Explore a secret mountainous kingdom in Africa, an underwater museum in Australia, a medieval fairytale town in Europe - and learn how your visit can benefit local communities when you go beyond classic bucket list places with this inspiring travel guide.

This A-Z map of Scotland is a full colour regional road atlas featuring 92 pages of road mapping covering the whole of the country.

A practical and inspirational insider's guide to Milan and its hidden secrets and addresses.

Lonely Planet's Pocket Lisbon is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at the intricacy of Belem's monastery, experience Lisbon on the golden tram and enjoy a city view from the Castelo de Sao Jorge- all with your trusted travel companion.

A travel writing classic, available for the first time in 20 years. The inspiration behind the Sunday Times bestseller A Theatre for Dreamers. Introduction by Polly Samson. 'These are blissful reissues that will bring Grecian heat and light to your life, and much more besides'Editor's Travel Choice. The Bookseller

From the publisher of Pipette Magazine, discover a natural wine-soaked memoir about finding your passion-and falling in love.

Lonely Planet has compiled the best dining spots in every country of the world. Our writers know how to sniff out the best food around and our picks favour local, authentic and atmospheric experiences - whether that means tucking into tasty oysters at a seafood shack in southeast England or gorging on the best jerk chicken in Jamaica.

Guidebook to 45 walks and scrambles on La Palma in the Canary Islands, ranging from 7 to 31km. Some walks combine to complete the GR130 long-distance trail (8 days) and GR131 trail (3 days). Areas explored include Santa Cruz and Buenavista. Contains a Spanish-English glossary.

One word. Unlimited consequences.The book that inspired the major film starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel'I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this manifesto for my life. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I will live my life taking every available chance. I will say Yes to every favour, request, suggestion and invitation. I WILL SWEAR TO SAY YES WHERE ONCE I WOULD SAY NO.'Danny Wallace had been staying in. Far too much. Having been dumped by his girlfriend, he really wasn't doing the young, free and single thing very well. Instead he was avoiding people. Texting them instead of calling them. Calling them instead of meeting them. That is until one fateful date when a mystery man on a late-night bus told him to 'say yes more'. These three simple words changed Danny's life forever. Yes Man is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say YES to everything, in order to make his life more interesting. And boy, did it get more interesting.

Handpicked road trips in France, Germany for campers, caravan, motorhome, cyclists. Inspirational self-guided tours. Includes the Route Napoleon, the Bertha Benz Memorial Route, the Gorges du Verdon, Route des Vins d'Alsace, Alpine Road.

One September, the writer and explorer Peter Matthiessen set out with field biologist George Schaller to journey 250 miles through the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain on the Tibetan plateau. The Snow Leopard is not only an exquisite book of natural history but an extraordinary account of an inner journey ;

'There are so many recipes in here that have me planning all manner of meals to look forward to.' - Nigella LawsonTofu Tasty will revolutionise the way we think and cook with tofu forever. Never tasteless, never boring and definitely not just for vegetarians, tofuis an exciting ingredient and Tofu Tasty is here to challenge you into cooking new and inspiring dishes.With 60 vibrant recipes, Bonnie Chung explores a wide variety of tofu-based dishes. From textures you might be familiar with: crispy, soft, mashed and silken, to lesser-known varieties, including dried and fermented tofu, there are inspirational savoury and sweet dishes for every occasion. You can even learn how to make your own tofu from scratch! Drawing on influences that span across Asia, all the dishes are centred around vegetarian recipes that put tofu centre stage with extra twists for adding fish and meat included.The recipe chapters are arranged into sections by texture:Crispy Tofu: including Bookshop Katsu curry, Panko tofu bao and Tofu Miso DengakuSoft & Chunky Tofu: including Ma Po tofu, Smoked tofu okonomiyaki and Indo-Chinese chilli tofuMashed Tofu: including Chilli butter turmeric tofu scramble, Tofu Shirae salad and Miso tofu celery wantonsSilken Tofu: including Fully-loaded spicy Xi'an cold tofu, Hot & Sour Soup and Korean tofu stewFermented Tofu: including Red fermented tofu cauliflower steaks and Triple tofu Banh MiDried & Fried Tofu: including Tofu & mushroom Dan Dan noodles and Miso soup with aburaage and deep-fried aubergineSweet Tofu: including Baked Matcha tofu cheesecake and Tofu Fa pudding

Revealing the best of Lonely Planet's travel photography from across the globe, this pictorial does more than display beautiful photos of classic scenes and locations. Our photographers - in their words - share the stories of how they got the perfect shot, making this an inspirational and illuminating photography book for every kind of traveller.

Now available in the US, this is the revised and expanded fifth edition of a book that has been the standard reference work for divers, anglers and scientists for over 30 years.The new edition covers 1,670 fish species found in the seas of tropical Southeast Asia, the Southern Pacific islands and Australia—including the Great Barrier Reef, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.A must-have reference for divers, marine biologists, ecologists, commercial fisheries and sports anglers, this book includes a comprehensive identification guide to the families of reef fishes, with a definitive index. An informative and detailed Introduction includes area coverage; faunal composition; biology, behavior and ecology of reef fishes; classification of fishes, and much more.Originally published as Marine Fishes of South-East Asia, this edition contains numerous revisions in nomenclature affecting both the scientific Latin names and common names of the region's fishes. In all cases these have been made to reflect the current universally-accepted terminology. The common names in this book are the result of a recent initiative undertaken by the Australian Government and Seafood Services Australia.Each species is depicted in detailed, full-color illustrations by noted marine artists Roger Swainston and Jill Ruse, including over 35 new species. In many cases, the illustrations show both male and female examples.With more than 2,000 illustrations and 29 color photographs, this definitive field guide will continue to be an invaluable resource for professionals and hobbyists alike.

An atmospheric island bursting with history, culture and natural beauty.Whether you want to hike across rugged mountains, spot flamingoes near Cagliari or simply sip a glass of Cannonau overlooking the sparkling turquoise waters of the mediterranean, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Sardinia has to offer. Beyond the soft sands and warm seas which frame Sardinia lies a beguilingly wild interior of precipitous mountains, dense forests and craggy canyons where herds of wild horses roam free. Equally atmospheric are the island's captivating culture, characterful medieval cities and ancient sites which lie scattered across this enthralling landscape, testament to Sardinia's turbulent history. Our recently updated guide brings Sardinia to life, transporting you there like no other travel guide does with expert-led insights and advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page, and our hand-drawn illustrations which place you inside the island's iconic buildings and neighbourhoods.You'll discover:-our pick of Sardinia's must-sees, top experiences and hidden gems-the best spots to eat, drink, shop and stay -detailed maps and walks which make navigating the country easy-easy-to-follow itineraries-expert advice: get ready, get around and stay safe-colour-coded chapters to every part of Sardinia, from Cagliari to Barbagia, the Costa Smeralda to the Eastern CoastPlanning a grand tour of Italy? Try our DK Eyewitness Italy.