Despite the fact that the modern traveler is everywhere accompanied by mobile applications, maps for GPS navigators, etc., a travel guide on paper remains a useful and versatile travel companion.
The abundance of travel guides on the shelves of bookstores is confusing. You can easily purchase an expensive edition, the value of which will actually be minimal. Therefore, today we offer Top 5 best travel guides around the world - these publications are trusted by millions of tourists.
5. Rough Guides
This series of travel guides is published in Russian, French and other languages.
The series includes travel guides to hundreds of countries and cities. The target audience of the publication is well-to-do travelers who seek to visit not only mass tourist routes.
By the way, the author of the series, Mark Ellingham, is an ardent opponent of airplanes. Therefore, the routes in his guidebooks are maximally connected with land transport.
The cost of the publication is from 350 to 1200 rubles.
4. Poster
This series of travel guides includes books on popular cities in Europe, America and Asia. In 2013, the series included a publication dedicated to Sochi.
The target audience is Russian tourists who prefer to be given vacation advice from the perspective of a compatriot.
The cost of the guide is from 350 to 600 rubles.
3. Insight Guide
The series is authored by photographer and designer Hans Hefer. The founder's profession has left its mark on the publication - it is made in the spirit of a glossy magazine. Each guide is full of high quality color photographs of the main attractions of the selected location.
Unfortunately, these guides are only available in English.
The cost of the book is from 600 to 2500 rubles.
2. Lonely Planet
This series of over five hundred travel guides contains practical advice and a great set of maps. These travel guides are great for beginners.
According to statistics, every fifth travel guide purchased on the planet was published in the Lonely Planet series.
The cost of the publication is from 800 to 1500 rubles.
1. Bradt
This series is for the sophisticated traveler. The guides are published in Russian, French and other languages.
In the Bradt series, you can easily find a publication dedicated to African countries or a journey through the Amazon basin.
The authors pay a lot of attention to the description of customs, lifestyle of the local population, flora and fauna of the region, history of different countries.
The cost of the guide is from 170 to 1200 rubles.