Posts Tagged ‘guidebooks’

Square du Vert Galant, Paris

Published March 30th, 2012

Square du Vert Galant, Paris
Kindly contributed by Susan Cahill, author of the new Hidden Gardens of Paris, A Guide to the Parks, Squares, and Woodlands of the City of Light. “They’re easy to miss, the off-the-beaten-track green spaces of Paris. But whether by metro or on foot — Julia Childs’ way of getting to know the city — you
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City Select: Get all Nine!

Published March 29th, 2012

City Select: Get all Nine!
Paris, Marrakech and Shanghai get the City Select treatment this spring, joining New York, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Rome, San Franciso and London in the stylish series. Which is your favorite city? Each with a trim size of 4 x 6 inches, these pocket guides are bound in patterned fabric. Their focus is on exploring neighborhoods,
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Fort Tiracol, Goa

Published February 28th, 2012

Fort Tiracol, Goa
The irrepressible Fiona Caulfield writes in the new Love Goa guide, that “by the end of the 16th century, Goa, then known as Goa Dourado or Golden Goa, was the capital of the world’s spice trade and one of the richest places on earth, with a population larger than London or Paris.”  The convents, seminaries
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Lonely Planet, First Two in Color!

Published June 2nd, 2011

Lonely Planet, First Two in Color!
Wow, these are good. The first two all-color Lonely Planet country guides are head-and-shoulders above their forebears: not just brighter but also genuinely enhanced with real maps you can use, crisp red icons for sections on sleeping, eating, shopping and activities, and well-deployed color throughout; proper and place names, for example, stand out from the
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