Insight Compact Guide Beijing


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Visiting a museum, a monument, a market? Want some quick facts to truly appreciate what you're seeing? Make sure you have an Insight Compact Guide tucked into your pocket or travel bag. Compact Guides are like mini-encyclopedias, always available to give you reliable, comprehensive information that will make your travel experience more rewarding. Featuring clear, informative text and detailed plans and maps, aptly named Compact Guides are easily carried for quick on-the-spot reference.







Insight Guide: Beijing


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A travel series unlike any other, Insight Guides go beyond the sights and into reality. Their incomparable photojournalistic approach captures the uniqueness of each culture they cover: their traditions, their arts, their history, their lives. The stunning photography is married to compelling text, written by local writers; the people most qualified to convey their culture's secrets.Yes, Insight Guides will tell you which attractions to visit, but they'll also tell you a whole lot more. From the most popular resort cities to the world's most remote and exotic villages, Insight Guides will give you the insider's perspective you need to truly experience any destination you visit.Insight Guides serve many purposes. They are ideal for planning a trip. And, they're wonderful souvenirs to treasure for years after. Even the armchair traveler can be swept away by their magnificent content and experience the world from the comfort of home.Many international and domestic and domestic destinations also offer companion FlexiMaps, an innovative laminated folding map specially designed for the discriminating traveler.




Insight Compact Guide


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Insight Guides: Beijing City Guide


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Insight City Guide Beijing is a full-colour, comprehensive travel guide to this historic and exciting city. Full-colour photography and maps throughout combine with authoritative text to give you both inspiration and information to help explore Beijing and its surrounding areas. Be inspired by the "Best Of Beijing" section, which highlights the top experiences and places to visit in Beijing, while a comprehensive Travel Tips section provides all the practical information and travel advice you need, as well as a guide to things to do in Beijing, plus our selective listings for hotel and restaurants. Lavish Photo Features offer a unique insight into topics such as traditional medicine, life in the hutong and the city's parks. Insight's trademark history coverage provides a fascinating introduction to Beijing's position as capital of imperial dynasties for more than 1,000 years as well as its modern life, while features by local writers delve into Beijing's culture - everything from life in the New China to religion and food and drink. Ten Places chapters cover the city and its surroundings, from Imperial Beijing, Wangfujing and the Foreign Legation Quarter and the Olympic Park, to the Ming Tombs and Great Wall and the ancient village of Chuandixia. Colour maps throughout help you get around so you can find the top attractions in Beijing as well as venture off the beaten track, to make sure you have the quintessential Beijing experience.




Insight Guide China


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Insight Compact Guide


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Insight Compact Guide


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Insight Guides Explore Beijing (Travel Guide eBook)


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Explore Beijing is from the popular series from insight and is the ideal companion when discovering this vibrant city. This itinerary-based guide provides details of the country's best routes, written by a local expert, for that personal touch and insider information. Explore Beijing is the perfect companion when exploring this fascinating city, revealing its history and cultural flavour through appealing walks and tours.These cover Beijing's classic attractions but also tracks lesser known sights and up and coming areas. The best places to eat and drink are highlighted in each route and in the directory section, which also contains a wealth of useful practical information, including a range of carefully selected hotels to suit all budgets. All routes are plotted on the useful pull out map, and evocative photography reveals Beijing's unique character. The stylish design, full colour photography throughout and durable, flexi bound cover makes this guide not only a pleasure to read, but also the ultimate companion when exploring Beijing. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-color print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travelers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine




Peru


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Contains a travel guide to Peru, featuring recommendations for sights and attractions, restaurants and lodging, in Lima, as well as in the various regions of the country, and including essays on culture, arts, and politics. Includes photographs and maps.