Despite the fact that a modern traveler is everywhere accompanied by mobile applications, maps for GPS-navigators, etc., the guide on paper remains a useful and versatile tourist companion.
The abundance of guidebooks on the shelves of bookstores is confusing. You can easily buy a cheap edition, the value of which in reality will be minimal. Therefore, today we offer Top-5 of the best guidebooks around the world - millions of tourists trust these publications.
Contents:
- 5. Rough Guides
- 4. Poster
- 3. Insight Guide
- 2. Lonely Planet
- 1. Bradt
5. Rough Guides
This series of guidebooks is published in Russian, French and other languages.
The series presents guides to hundreds of countries and cities. The target audience of the publication is sufficiently well-off travelers who aspire to visit not only mass tourist routes.
By the way, the author of the series Mark Ellingham is an ardent opponent of aircraft. Therefore, the routes in his guidebooks are most closely connected with land transport.
The cost of publication - from 350 to 1200 rubles.
4. Poster
This series of guidebooks 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 that they give advice on rest from the position of a compatriot.
The cost of the guide is from 350 to 600 rubles.
3. Insight Guide
The author of the series is the photographer and designer Hans Hefer. The founder's profession left a mark on the publication - it was made in the spirit of a glossy magazine. Each guide is full of quality color photos of the main attractions of the selected place.
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 more than five hundred guidebooks contains practical tips and an excellent set of maps. These guides are great for beginners.
According to statistics, every fifth guide purchased on the planet was published in the Lonely Planet series.
The cost of publication - from 800 to 1500 rubles.
1. Bradt
This series is designed for sophisticated travelers. Guides are published in Russian, French and other languages.
In the Bradt series, you can easily find a publication devoted to African countries or travel around the Amazon basin.
The authors pay much attention to the description of customs, lifestyle of local people, flora and fauna of the region, the history of different countries.
The cost of the guide - from 170 to 1200 rubles.
