Europe is a patchwork of more than 40 compulsively individualistic countries and is a dazzling and spectacular place to explore. Jump in almost anywhere and join the party. Tom Masters, Lonely Planet Writer

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Feed your love of travel with award-winning Lonely Planet Magazine. Inside you ll find topical ideas for easy inspirational weekend breaks and more adventurous experiences to try out, helped by the insider knowledge of Lonely Planet s many experts around the world. You ll be taken on a journey through words and beautiful photography, with highly atmospheric features transporting you to spectacular landscapes and allowing local people to reveal their culture, history ,food, drink and the natural wonders that surround them.

Antique yet up-to-the-minute, familiar yet unrecognizable, outwardly urban but quintessentially rural, conservative yet path-breaking China is a land of mesmerizing and eye-opening contradictions. Damian Harper, Lonely Planet Writer

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Listen to Yeomen's yarns on a visit to the Tower of London
Climb Parliament Hill for expansive views of the city
Find out why an Oyster is your best friend when it comes to city transport
Take a walk on the culinary wild side at London's dozens of ethnic restaurants

Listen to Yeomen's yarns on a visit to the Tower of London
Climb Parliament Hill for expansive views of the city
Find out why an Oyster is your best friend when it comes to city transport
Take a walk on the culinary wild side at London's dozens of ethnic restaurants

Our location-aware technology gives you hundreds of handy reviews, striking images and interactive maps – all searchable, portable and easily personalised. Browse guidebook chapters, discover neighbourhoods & plan your itinerary.

I would never have found this place, learned your name, shared a bottle of tequila - unless I'd opened this book...
local expressions and cultural facts
culinary guide to Mexico's world-famous cuisine
shopping lingo, pick-up lines & sports speak

The Lonely Planet Six Degrees concept is to explore the worlds coolest cities by connecting with the people who live in them. By emphasising the human dimension of travel, Lonely Planet Six Degrees moves beyond sightseeing and offers the surest way of being whisked off your feet and fast-tracked to the heart of the city. Avoiding the well known tourist attractions, each Lonely Planet Six Degrees journey begins with a traveler arriving in a new city with just a single point of contact.

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More powerful than a fistful of euros, reaching further than a Eurail pass, this phrasebook is more entertaining than Eurovision! From Moscow to Dubrovnik, Prague to Tirana, this is your ticket to 11 languages, a whole continent of culture, and the ultimate European adventure.
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.

Explore the vast, ancient ruins of Bagan, voyage up myriad waterways by riverboat, relax at a remote teahouse or sample fresh seafood beside white-sand beaches. Let this considered and responsible guide show you the adventure of a lifetime, while at the same time showing you how your travel experience best benefits the local people.

Spot your hotel room from the twinkling heights of the Peak
Hang out in a maze-like walled village, where prostitution and gambling once thrived
Escape from the skyscrapers to the trees as you hike the region's mountain, coast and jungle trails
Savor the finest Portuguese egg-custard tarts in Macau

More powerful than a fistful of euros, reaching further than a Eurail pass, this phrasebook is more entertaining than Eurovision! From Lisbon to Marseilles, Barcelona to Athens, this is your ticket to 10 languages, a whole continent of culture, and the ultimate European adventure.
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.

From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, if you're going there, chances are Lonely Planet has been there first. With a pithy and matter-of-fact writing style, these guides are guaranteed to calm the nerves of first-time world travelers, while still listing off-the-beaten-path finds sure to thrill even the most jaded globetrotters. Lonely Planet has been perfecting its guidebooks for nearly 30 years and as a result, has the experience and know-how similar to an older sibling's "been there" advice. The original backpacker's bible, the LP series has recently widened its reach. While still giving insights for the low-budget traveler, the books now list a wide range of accommodations and itineraries for those with less time than money.

This book shows how colonial and postcolonial forces have worked to reconstruct the national identity of Morocco, and North Africa in general, on the basis of cultural representations and ideological constructions closely related to nationalist and ethno linguistic trends.

Ian Wright begins his Nordic journey high on a cliff in Stavanger, where he witnesses the extreme sport of base Jumping. He journeys from Stavanger to Bergen by ferry, which takes him along just 150 of Norway 21,000 miles of coastline. Ian enjoys a night out with locals and travellers in Bergen and discovers that drinking in Norway requires a small mortgage

Megan McCormick travels to Queensland, Australia’s second largest state whose 3000 mile coastline borders the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest living organism. She begins her journey at Surfers’ Paradise on the Gold Coast. Surfers were originally attracted by the beautiful deserted beaches and gigantic waves, but unfortunately they were followed by the big developers eager to exploit 70 kilometres of idyllic coastline.

“India’s diversity is apparent in its architecture, landscapes, festivals and handicrafts. And spirituality – the beating heart of India – pulsates from the mountains of Ladakh to the shores of tropical Kerala.” – Sarina Singh, Lonely Planet Writer