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India (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

India (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

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Authors: Joe Bindloss, Sarina Singh, Rafael Wlodarski, Amy Karafin, Paul Harding, Lindsay Brown, Mark Elliott, Simon Richmond, Virginia Jealous, Tom Spurling
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book

List Price: £18.99
Buy New: £9.93
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 919

Media: Paperback
Edition: 12Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1236
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.9

ISBN: 1741043085
Dewey Decimal Number: 915.404532
EAN: 9781741043082
ASIN: 1741043085

Publication Date: September 1, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
Firmly ensconced in the budget travel canon, Lonely Planet: Indiahas become as essential to sub-continental backpacker culture as the Himalayan hill stations, Arabian sea beaches and crafty rickshaw drivers it describes. Beyond the frank, thorough coverage of the country's highlights and pitfalls, indispensable maps and a snazzy full-colour guide to India's religions make this sturdy tome an endlessly useful one-stop reference. Though the emphasis is on "budget" travel, there are hotel and restaurant picks to accommodate you whether your budget is US$10 or US$500 a day. The book's only problem is that to some degree, it's a victim of its own success--it can be difficult to get off the beaten path when every English-speaking backpacker in South Asia is carrying the same guide. Fortunately, given India's (and the book's) seemingly endless charms, there's still enough to go around. --Andrew Nieland


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars the best LP guide   November 24, 2007
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

and the best guide I've come across for India. Packed with detail and a reasonable cultural/ historical introduction. Maps are great, the timetables are pretty accurate, the opening times and prices are correct...

There are some very bad LP guides out there. Vietnam springs to mind. But LP India has been consistently good throughout the years. I think I've used 4 versions of the guidebook and have been pleased with the improvements everytime.

Obviously the negativities are that it is pretty big but how else are you supposed to cram in all that information.



5 out of 5 stars A Must Have   October 7, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

An absolute must for India! Not exactly space saving, but dont go to India without it.


3 out of 5 stars Lonley Planet India   September 19, 2007
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book is very thick and heavy. Not the most practical of travel books. But makes a good pillow!!
The information is not so bad if you want to stay within the LP community. But the maps are invaluable when you turn up in a new town at 6am in the morning without a clue.



5 out of 5 stars Best guide for India   May 25, 2007
 5 out of 6 found this review helpful

This book is not only by far the best guide to India that you will ever find. It is also the best Lonely Planet guide I have ever read (I have 6 other LP guides). Everything you will ever need in your traveling through India is written in this guide, and every aspect seem covered. There is a reason why every single traveler in India has this book, and this might be the only weakness: if you follow this guide, you will follow an already taken path in a country, that provides plenty of possibilities for the opposite. But that will be the case with any guide, so go ahead and get the best one available, this one!