Take a journey through the back roads of Germany to discover the area's real soul and charm. Twenty-four themed drives, each lasting one to five days, reveal breathtaking views, hidden gems, and authentic local experiences that can only be discovered by road.

Experience all of Lanzarote’s attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide, complete with ‘Best Of’ recommendations. You’ll discover gorgeous hotels, restaurants, the best night life, plus shopping tips, suggestions for those on a tight budget, tips for travel with kids and ideas for sporting activities on offer. Also contains: the Perfect Route, Festival & Events, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, Spanish phrasebook and a comprehensive index. Includes map @ 1:130,000 scale.

Experience all Kos’s attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide, complete with ‘Best Of’ recommendations. You’ll discover nice hotels, restaurants, where to shop, trendy places, the best night life and the pick of local festivals and events. Also contains: the Perfect Route, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, Travel with Kids, Greek phrasebook and a comprehensive index.

Experience all Rhodes’s attractions with this up-to-date and authoritative guide, complete with ‘Best Of’ recommendations. You’ll discover nice hotels, restaurants, trendy places and nightlife venues, plus shopping tips, suggestions for those on a tight budget, tips for travel with kids and ideas for sports and many other activities. Also contains: Perfect Route, Festivals & Events, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, Greek phrase book and index.

This compact, straightforward guide is clearly structured for ease of use. It gets you right to the heart of Zakynthos, and provides you with all the latest information and lots of Insider Tips for a thrilling Greek adventure.

This compact, straightforward guide is clearly structured for ease of use. It gets you right to the heart of the city, and provides you with all the latest information and lots of Insider Tips for a thrilling city adventure.

The Grande Traversata delle Alpi (usually abbreviated to GTA), runs from the Nufenen Pass, with soaring 4000 m. peaks in the background, along ancient pack mule tracks through the western Italian Alps, all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.

For a long time the Costa Blanca has had a reputation for having the best chance of winter sun, the cheapest flights and the most reasonably priced accommodation. However, the ‘white coast’ has a lot more to offer than the simple beach holidays enjoyed by thousands of tourists every year. Not only the spectacular and varied mountains close to the coast, but also the marvelous spring blossom and warm autumn days have attracted walkers and climbers from all over Europe for decades. High barren mountains and their series of steep ridges contrast with fertile garden landscapes and widespread fruit plantations on the coast.

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: the most maps, photography, and illustrations of any guide. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Umbria is your in-depth guide to the very best of Umbria.

Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet Tuscany Road Trips, your passport to uniquely encountering Tuscany by car.

This compact, straightforward guide is clearly structured for ease of use. It gets you right to the heart of the city, and provides you with all the latest information and lots of Insider Tips for a thrilling city adventure.

This compact, straightforward guide is clearly structured for ease of use. It gets you right to the heart of the region, and provides you with all the latest information and lots of Insider Tips for a thrilling Spanish adventure.

This compact, straightforward guide is clearly structured for ease of use. It gets you right to the heart of the destination, and provides you with all the latest information and lots of Insider Tips for a thrilling Channel Island adventure.

With this up-to-date, authoritative guide you can experience all the sights, discover hotels, restaurants, trendy spots, festivals and events, sport and activities. The guide comes with Insider Tips, Low Budget tips, shopping ideas, a large road atlas and removable pull-out map. There are also “Best Of” tips on what’s unique to Fuerteventura, great places for free, where to relax and chill out and what to do if it’s too hot.

With this up-to-date, authoritative guide you can experience all the places and sights and “Best Of” recommendations for the Costa del Sol. You’ll pick up shopping ideas, what to do on a limited budget, and addresses and tips regarding sport and activities. The Perfect Tour takes you to the most important places in the area, and the chapter Links, Blogs, Apps & More shows you where to find most useful sites and apps on the net.

With this up-to-date, authoritative guide you can experience all the sights of Costa Blanca. You can discover hotels, restaurants, trendy spots and beaches and find out about festivals and events, sport and activities. With tips on great places for free, what’s unique to Costa Blanca, plus what to do on for rainy days and where to relax and chill out. You’ll find lots of shopping ideas, a suggestion for the Perfect Tour along the coast, a large road atlas and a removable pull-out map.

Experience all of Lake Garda’s attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide, complete with ‘Best Of’ recommendations. You’ll discover fabulous hotels, authentic restaurants, the region’s trendiest places and nightlife venues, and what festivals and events to look out for. Plus shopping tips, suggestions for those on a tight budget, and details of all the sports and activities on offer. Also contains: the Perfect Route, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, What’s Hot and Travel with Kids. There can’t be many lakes with such a variety of things to see and do as Lake Garda.

DK Eyewitness Back Roads: Spain is the ultimate driving travel guide which will take you via scenic routes to discover charming villages, local restaurants and intimate places to stay. Alongside all the practical information you could need, from road conditions and length of drive to parking information and opening hours, DK Eyewitness Back Roads: Spain will help you unearth the real soul of Spain.

DK Eyewitness Back Roads France is the ultimate driving travel guide which will take you via scenic routes to discover charming villages, local restaurants and intimate places to stay. Alongside all the practical information you could need, from road conditions and length of drive to parking information and opening hours, DK Eyewitness Back Roads France will help you unearth the real soul of France.

DK Eyewitness Back Roads Italy is the ultimate driving travel guide which will take you via scenic routes to discover charming villages, local restaurants and intimate places to stay. Alongside all the practical information you could need, from road conditions and length of drive to parking information and opening hours, DK Eyewitness Back Roads Italy will help you unearth the real soul of Italy.

DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide London offers you the best things to see and do on a family holiday in London, from visiting magnificent sights such as St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey to exploring the treasures housed in the National Gallery and Buckingham Palace, and brings those places alive for children with fun facts, quizzes, and cartoons.

Lonely Planet Pocket Bilbao and San Sebastian is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.

Lonely Planet Pocket Algarve is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you.

There simply is no way to tour Europe and not be awestruck by its scenic beauty, epic history and dazzling artistic and culinary diversity. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Europe, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.

Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet's Normandy & D-Day Beaches Road Trips, your passport to uniquely encountering this region by car.

Lonely Planet Pocket Reykjavik, a colorful, easy-to-use, and handy guide that literally fits in your pocket, provides on-the-go assistance for those seeking only the can’t-miss experiences to maximize a quick trip experience.

Experience all of Scotland’s attractions with this up-to-date and authoritative guide, complete with ‘Best Of’ recommendations. You’ll discover great hotels, restaurants, night spots and other trendy places to go; there are also tips for those on a budget plus ideas for shopping, travelling with children and sports and activities. Further sections include: Festivals and Events, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, and index.

With this up-to-date, authoritative guide you can experience all the sights of Krakow, supplemented by “Best Of” recommendations. You can discover great hotels, restaurants, trendy spots, entertainment venues and shopping locations; the new “Where to Start” boxes also tell you where it’s best to start off on your tours. And with the Low Budget tips you’ll also get ideas for travel with kids and suggestions for sport and activities.

Experience all of Dubrovnik's attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide, complete with ‘Best Of’ recommendations. You’ll discover excellent hotels, restaurants, where to shop, trendy places, local nightlife, tips for shopping and getting by on a tight budget, as well as ideas for children, sports and numerous other activities. Also contains: the Perfect Route, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, Travel with Kids, Croatian phrasebook, and index.

Experience all the island’s attractions with this up-to-date and authoritative guide, complete with ‘Best Of’ recommendations. You’ll discover nice hotels and restaurants as well as night spots and other trendy places to go. There are also ideas for shopping and tips for those on a budget, plus suggestions for what to do with kids, and sports and activities. Further sections include: Festivals and Events, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, French phrase book and index.

Experience all of Corfu’s attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide, complete with ‘Best Of’ recommendations. You’ll discover excellent hotels, restaurants, trendy places, nightlife venues, plus shopping tips, suggestions for those on a tight budget, details of all the sports and activities on offer and ideas for Travel with Kids. Also contains: the Perfect Route, Festival & Events, Travel Tips, Links, Blogs, Apps & more, Greek phrasebook and a comprehensive index.

The only in-depth guide to Liguria, a mountainous region of dizzy passes and breath-taking views where mountains plunge down into the sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean. Liguria will leave you awestruck by its beauty. The narrow strip of coast includes the gems of the world famous Italian Riviera, the great port city of Genoa, the glitzy resort of Portofino and the charms of the Cinque Terre. Yet in the hinterland there are many beautiful villages and mountain walks that have yet to be discovered by tourists. The walks vary in difficulty so are accessible to all. Many of the walks and cycle routes featured in the book are through beautiful wilderness.

The most comprehensive English-language guidebook to the region, Bradt's Istria is packed with practical information and insider tips. Follow Rudolf Abraham and Thammy Evans to quirky local festivals, through medieval castles and into family-run vineyards.

Wien ist anders (Vienna is different) is posted on the signs at the city limits of this metropolis between the Eastern and Western Worlds; indeed, hardly any other European city can offer such a wealth of excursions as the megalopolis on the Danube.

Author Emma Thomson introduces travellers not only to the World Heritage Sites of Brussels' Grand Place or Bruges' romantic canals but also to snug spots, like the bewitched village of Laarne and Geraardsbergen, the real home of Manneken-Pis. Flanders provides something for everyone: the city-break or business tourist seeking restaurants and shopping; the wildlife and outdoor enthusiast after bird-watching and rural walks; the traveller wishing to seek out towns, villages and countryside off the beaten track; and the visitor in search of luxury and pampering.

This guide aims to give you the courage to make a trip into the unknown. It opens up, together with the beach area developed by tourism, a hugely diverse landscape both geologically and in respect to its vegetation. Only if you have hiked along the coast and into the hinterland can you truthfully say that you have indeed visited this varied region. The detailed route descriptions are preceded by up-to-date information in fact-file form. Small walking maps marked with the line of the route make route finding easier and numerous photos complete the picture.

La Gomera can be considered the wildest of the Canary Islands. From the central highlands of the almost 1500-metre high island, countless, steep-walled gorges wind down to the sea, slicing the otherwise gently sloping island coast like a cake.

Bizarre coastal cliffs, charming sandy bays, beautiful chestnut and pine forests, sparkling clean brooks, magical mountain lakes, summit destinations at over 2700 metres high, as well as predominantly unspoilt nature – what other holiday destination in Europe can boast a similar offer? There is hardly another place where a walking and bathing holiday can be combined in such an ideal way as on this Mediterranean island.

As a result, Tenerife is not only a refuge for central Europeans who shy away from winter, but mainly an ideal island for hiking. With the wide ocean at all times in sight, the range of the 70 hiking tours presented in this guide includes easy paths over rough cliffs and picturesque trips to heights as well as ascents to peaks that offer a fabulous view - hiking paths through fairytale-like nebulous primeval forests are also included, such as the partially paved Caminos, which in the early days where the main connecting routes between villages.

Turkey is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations and yet the rugged plateaus stretching east from Istanbul are rarely explored.

Bradt's Azores is the only publication in English that not only provides details of travel and activities, but also gives in-depth background information about the archipelago's discovery, settlement and subsequent social history. David Sayers outlines how the archipelago erupted from beneath the ocean some five million years ago. Revised throughout, this new edition also includes in-depth sections on whaling, fishing and agriculture, climate, and geology.

This guide, fully updated with the latest route information, explores the length and breadth of the country by public transport. There is a detailed section on understanding the Swiss Travel System to help travellers get the most from their visit. Switzerland without a car showcases the unique features of each station such as luggage forwarding, cycle hire, walking routes and even the station café which is used by locals because of its quality

Situated between Scotland and Iceland, the Faroe Islands are arguably one of Europe's best-kept secrets. Wild, wet and windy, they are off the main tourist trail and remain one of the few places in the world where life moves at a sedate pace. Written by James Proctor, who has been visiting the islands for over 20 years, this new edition has been updated throughout. It brings together all the practical information that the independent traveller needs: details of new website addresses, transport links, weather reports, emerging tour operators, and information on new hotels and restaurants throughout all 18 islands. A visit there is a tremendously rewarding experience.

Since the fall of communism in 1989, the Czech Republic – and its capital in particular – has evolved into one of Europe’s most popular travel destinations. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Prague & the Czech Republic, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.

Lonely Planet Provence & the Cote d’Azur is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Try local cheese and wine in hilltop villages overlooking lavender fields, relax on the beaches of St-Tropez, or try your luck in Monaco’s famous casino; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Provence and the Cote d’Azur and begin your journey now!

This green land, this sceptred isle, this crucible of empire and pioneer of parliamentary democracy, is the most eccentric, extraordinary and downright intriguing place on Earth. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of England, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.

Lonely Planet Barcelona is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Savour the best of New Catalan cuisine; yell for your team at Camp Nou stadium; or look up to find weird and wonderful architecture; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Barcelona and begin your journey now!

Medieval castles, cobblestone villages, captivating cities and golden beaches: the Portugal experience can be many things. History, great food and idyllic scenery are just the beginning... Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Portugal, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.

Buckingham Palace, Stonehenge, Manchester United, The Beatles – Britain does icons like nowhere else, and travel here is a fascinating mix of famous names and hidden gems.

Passionate, sophisticated and devoted to living the good life, Spain is both a stereotype come to life and a country more diverse than you ever imagined. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Spain, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.

Interlocking countries and cultures create a jigsaw of history, art, architecture and cuisines, along with time-honoured traditions and inspired new trends. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Western Europe, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.

Paris has a timeless familiarity for visitors, with architectural icons, exquisite cuisine, chic boutiques and priceless artistic treasures. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Paris, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice. Lonely Planet Paris is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Stroll through the iconic cityscape; marvel at the abundance of museums bursting with masterpieces; or savour the moment at a Parisian brasserie; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Paris and begin your journey now!