Guidebooks

Guidebooks, online travel sites and other books/websites.

How To Write About A Real Location If You Haven't Been There | The Creative Penn 2010

Guidebooks call the classic route through southern Germany toward Italy "the Romantic Road."

Europe's Currency Road to Nowhere Austan Goolsbee 2011

Sreesailam Pasupula/Lonely Planet 100 Million Guidebooks Competition Girls parade on a performance stage at Pushkar ka Mela, the world's largest camel fair in India.

World Travelers 2010

Guidebooks gave precise instructions on exactly what you were supposed to see, and exactly where from, with specific "stations" designated at every viewpoint.

A passion for painting in the Lake District 2011

Guidebooks will no longer send travelers to restaurants that have closed or to once charming inns that have turned into fleabags.

Books That Are Never Done Being Written Nicholas Carr 2011

“Guidebooks go out of date even before they are published.

The World's Best City Walks 2010

“Guidebooks go out of date even before they are published.

The World's Best City Walks Emilie Harting 2010

Guidebooks only mention the park's 18th-century gothic revival deer house, built to shelter and feed the bishop's herd, but the real splendour here lies in the venerable trees – and possibly the largest meadow ant metropolis in northern England.

Country diary: Bishop Auckland Phil Gates 2010

Guidebooks recommend taking the path that goes up to the summit from Dunsapie Loch (see map in gallery), but we began near St. Margaret's Well and the Scottish Parliament building, because that's where the map sat.

Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel Guide 2010

Guidebooks don't work here, as the landmarks are far too personal.

Chris Gray Faust: Hometown Honey: A Visit to Tiny Atlantic, Iowa 2010