Guidebooks for Canada

If you really want to spend a bit of time in one city and get the most out of your stay, a city guide's your best bet - part history, part planning and filled with expert recommendations. Book some accommodation, plan a day trip, get the lowdown on public transport - all the stuff you need to really get to grips with the city.

Covering over 66 destinations, including Paris, New York, Bangkok and St. Petersburg, Top 10 Travel Guides are the UKā€™s number one city guide series. Perfect for travellers taking a short trip or weekend break, these pocket-sized guides highlight the very best of every destination with the help of dozens of Top 10 lists. Every new title and edition now comes with a handy pull-out map and guide to help you get straight to the best things to see, do, buy, taste, avoid and much more.

These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.

Written by more than 175 travel experts around the globe, Frommer's Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. America's #1 bestselling travel series - More annually updated guides than any other series - 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides - Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries - Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design - New for 2010: full-color Complete Guides with hundreds of color photos and maps throughout.

Footprint FocusĀ guides are smaller, soft cover guidebooks which focus on specific destinations such as SĆ£o Paulo in Brazil, or classic itineraries such as Zanzibar & Pemba in Tanzania. Rather than cover an entire country, FocusĀ guides are tightly defined by destination, providing all the info you need and none of the stuff you don't!Ā Like our Handbooks, these guides are reliable, up-to-date, and provide many opportunities to get off the beaten track. Unlike most guidebooks however these lightweight guides are slim enough to fit in your pocket - so they will help you get the most out of your destination without weighing you down.

With their user-friendly rounded spine and portable size, Insight City Guides are a pleasure to handle. They're a joy to use, too, because they present a city's main attractions and cultural context in a strikingly visual style while retaining Insight Guides' traditional strength of in-depth and elegantly written text. These are cities seen through the eyes of local writers who know what it's like to live there, not just visit. As well as providing a wealth of travel tips for visitors, Insight City Guides also offer real insight into the destinations' history, culture, politics, arts and, above all, the people.

Encounter guides help you discover twice the city (or region) in half the time. With a full-colour pull-out map and unique itineraries, these guides are less about accommodation and more about neighbourhoods; less about advance planning and more about diving in - past the tourist bureaus and straight to the locals' latest favourites.

Our new-style Berlitz Pocket Guides are packed with all the information you need to get the most from your visit. Small in size, but big on content, they cover all the sights and attractions, as well as giving helpful tips on hotels, eating out, shopping, outdoor activities, nightlife and much more. They also feature a wealth of beautiful photographs that capture the essence of the destination. Berlitz Pocket Guides are available for well over 150 destinations worldwide.

Covering over 28 destinations including Paris, London, Beijing and Las Vegas, Pocket Map & Guides are perfect for a short city break or stopover. They slip easily into your pocket or bag for quick, on-the-go navigation. Each full-colour guide is packed with the best restaurant and hotel recommendations and includes a detailed pull-out map to help you plan your itinerary. Pocket Map & Guides cover everything from shops, sights, restaurants and bars and are the perfect companion to the Eyewitness Travel Guide.

Insight Pocket Guides pioneered a new approach to guidebooks, introducing the concept of authors as "local hosts" who provide readers with personal recommendations for places to see and things to do, just as they would give honest advice to a friend who came to stay. Itineraries are carefully chosen and timed, including full- and half-day options and excursions to cater for all tastes. And to make things really easy, itineraries are cross-referenced to a large fold-out map that folds neatly into the book. The graphic photography brings the destination to life.