The Pocket Guide series from Insight provides detailed commentary on a collection of itinerary based trips in a handy pocket format. Each guide has an historical & cultural introduction, profiling the growth of the region or city. There is also a large selection of localised & pedestrian friendly tour itineraries designed to take in the major sites, as well as a chapter on excursions to other destinations within easy reach. Further sections detail leisure activities including shopping, eating out, nightlife, festivals & local events with accompanying addresses & contact details where relevant. There is also practical guidance on transport, local services, language & accommodation. Each guide also has a large selection of colour photographs & a pull-out pocket map giving an overview of the region. ...

From its stunning Corniche to the grandiose & elaborate Emirates Palace Hotel, to off-roading in wadis & along desert plains, ...

Insight Pocket World Atlas has 118 pages of up-to-date digital, physical relief mapping, complimented by political overview maps & world reference maps for climate, populations, vegetation, & energy resources. The atlas contains a 32 page, quick reference guide to facts & information on world countries & has a 20, 000 entry index, accompanied by pictorial legend symbols illustrating the nature of the place. Main auto & rail routes are shown, as are airports & European ferry routes. Significant spot heights are given, lines of latitude & longitude are shown at 5 degree intervals, & a grid system of number/letter referencing is used. ...

Insight Pocket World Atlas Exclusive Edition (Ebony) is bound in a moleskine-style finish, & comes with elastic fastener, satin page marker & an expanding notes pocket. Indexed with 20, 000 place names, a Nations of the World section contains flags, facts & figures on the 196 sovereign nations of the world. Mapping is generally reproduced at a scale of 1:20, 000, 000, with lines of latitude & longitude shown at 5 degree intervals, & number-letter combination/index markers. The atlas contains additional political & physical overview maps of areas of the world, as well as topical, thematic reference maps. Physical cartography is portrayed on the more traditional green spectrum. Pages show each country ...

Insight Pocket World Atlas Exclusive Edition (Racing Green) is bound in a moleskine-style finish, & comes with elastic fastener, satin page marker & an expanding notes pocket. Indexed with 20, 000 place names, a Nations of the World section contains flags, facts & figures on the 196 sovereign nations of the world. Mapping is generally reproduced at a scale of 1:20, 000, 000, with lines of latitude & longitude shown at 5 degree intervals, & number-letter combination/index markers. The atlas contains additional political & physical overview maps of areas of the world, as well as topical, thematic reference maps. Physical cartography is portrayed on the more traditional green spectrum. Pages show each country ...

Insight Pocket World Atlas Exclusive Edition (Sapphire) is bound in a moleskine-style finish, & comes with elastic fastener, satin page marker & an expanding notes pocket. Indexed with 20, 000 place names, a Nations of the World section contains flags, facts & figures on the 196 sovereign nations of the world. Mapping is generally reproduced at a scale of 1:20, 000, 000, with lines of latitude & longitude shown at 5 degree intervals, & number-letter combination/index markers. The atlas contains additional political & physical overview maps of areas of the world, as well as topical, thematic reference maps. Physical cartography is portrayed on the more traditional green spectrum. Pages show each country ...

The Select Guide series offers a more exclusive range of handy-sized city break guides from the publisher Insight, with a collection of over 100 inspiring ideas for your chic-urban stay, including plenty of secret gems & off-beat haunts designed for informed, experienced travellers & those on a repeat visit but looking for fresh insights. All recommends have been carefully selected by a local writer who knows the city inside out & can sincerely recommend great places to eat, drink, relax & explore. Guides are constructed with an introductory city overview & then an ‘in the mood for…’ section which presents a particularly tailored selection of past-times options, e.g. lazy days, romance or a night on the town.. Individual neighbourhoods are then covered by a-typical ‘dip-in-to’ listings which consist of a h&-picked assortment of places to see, go & experience, with neighbourhoods presented on an overview street map at the start of the section. Hotels are then detailed in their own chapter, arranged by budget & an A-Z of essentials, looking at logistics & practicalities concludes the guide. The series is illustrated throughout, in a large palm-sized format, with an attractive cloth-like material binding & a page marker ribbon. ...

The Smart Guide series from Insight is a streamlined version of travel information, in a smaller, concise format arranged in three sections
- Areas, A-Z & Atlas. Areas & districts in & around town are described before the guide moves on to an A-Z detailing of attractions & services, from accommodation to transportation via history & nightlife. Each guide has a climate chart & top attractions on its fly-leaf &, for non-English speaking destinations, language tips are provided on the inside jacket. For English-speaking destinations a facts & figures list is given instead. A selective, indexed mini Atlas of a few maps at the back of each guide helps place sites & attractions for the tourist, metro plans are includeded where relevant & each guide is illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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The Step by Step series by Insight Guides focuses on providing tailor made walks & tours around city locations & itineraries for touring country locations. The guides feature between ten & twenty routes that link up known sights as well as attractions off the beaten track. They are written by local experts who have personally selected places to eat & drink en-route & offer insider tips on culture, shopping & nightlife. The guides feature an array of colour photographs which help bring to life the descriptive information provided for destinations & attractions. An orientation or overview chapter opens each guide with reviews on history, customs & culture, food & drink, shopping & entertainment. Then, the selected itineraries for walks and/or tours are explained with a good amount of accompanying information & a simple route plan. A user friendly alphabetical directory lists practical information to do day-by-day & listings of h&-picked hotels & restaurants are provided to suit different budgets & tastes. The publisher’s own Step by Step pull out map is provided &, where applicable, metro plans are shown. ...

Insight World Atlas & Almanac is presented in an A5 format, & has a 20, 000 entry index, accompanied by legend pictorial symbols illustrating the nature of the place. 130 pages of physical cartography is accompanied by political overview maps & a series of world reference maps depicting tectonic plates, climate, energy, vegetation, population density & cultural characteristics. A 32 page almanac provides key facts & statistics about the world, with a dedicated section highlighting the remarkable natural & man-made wonders. Cartography shows key physical features, main centres of population, & road & rail arteries, as well as airports & European ferry routes. Spot heights are given, lines of latitude & longitude are shown at 5 degree intervals & a grid system of number/letter referencing is used. ...