What Guide Books do you use when travelling? (1 Viewer)

[PlymBob]

On my recent month in France I used an old Eyewitness France (2006) and a similar age AA Essential Brittany (2005)

What guidebooks do you recommend and in what countries, including UK?

 

[Figaro]

I have the DK eyewitness books for most EU countries but rarely carry them now, they're quite heavy if you're taking a few on a trip.
Just use them for reference before leaving, sometimes photography a few pages of particular places of interest.
After that it's just online research, lots of useful interesting stuff on fun from well travelled funsters

 

[Orion]

The DK Eyewitness books are good for general information. I usually buy used from World of Books with their ‘4 for the price of 3’ offer and rarely pay more than £12 for them all.
Currently using ‘The Most Beautiful Villages of France’ In conjunction with ‘Voies Vertes & Véloroutes: Greenways and Cycle Routes of France’, (along with recommended routes from suavecarve ), plus the usual overnighting apps, to plan a lazy 6 week bimble down through France next month.

The Most Beautiful Villages of... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/2080261339/?tag=mhf04-21

France Voies Vertes & véloroutes:... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/2758547937/?tag=mhf04-21

 

[hja]

For the uk generally on line research before we go. Might download and print off the occasional leaflet. Also we may visit tourist offices in the area and pick up leaflets.

 

[scotjimland]

Lonely Planet or the Rough Guide

Often find decent guide books, maps etc in Charity Book Shops..

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[Howard B]

Just tend to do an internet search these days.

 

[suavecarve]

Our "Bible" is the Wild Swimming series. We have the France (edition 2 is the one to buy) Spain and Alps. Not only useful for finding Wild swimming spots but there are very good possibilities at finding completely out of the way hardly known waterfalls, lakes, gorges, clues and river stops with possibility of staying the night. These get logged onto a map for the area.
We use the voie vertes book (or via verdes map on the internet) for organising our cycling holidays and used the Danube Cycle way route last year with the book .

 

[WillH]

Google does for us , and local tourism guides.

 

[JRT]

Rough Guides for us.

 

[ctc]

Plenty of good guide books in your local library, have a look then buy the ones that suit your interests.

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[daventess]

"Pubs I've Forgotten By The Morning", by George Best.