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Vacation 2 USA
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Guide Books
Here are some guide books for travelling to the US.
(If you want more local guides, we also
guide books section specific to each state or territory).
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By Sara Benson, Lisa Dunford, Mariella Krause, Brendan Sainsbury & Ryan Ver Berkmoes
LONELY PLANET
Paperback (1176 pages)
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Hit the road for a classic American journey through forests, fields, metropolises and oases. Whether it's day-tripping form New York City, cruising along the Mississippi, delving into the Grand Canyon, or driving the California coast, this definitive guide inspires you to go the distance and discover the USA's very best.
Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
In This Guide:
Complete road-trip coverage and customized itineraries
Color chapter reveals the grandeur and adventure of USA's national parks
Pull-out map guides you along the country's most legendary routes
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By DK Publishing
DK Travel
Paperback (800 pages)
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DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are the only guides that work equally well for inspiration, as a planning tool, a practical resource while traveling, and a keepsake following any trip.
Each guide is packed with the up-to-date, reliable destination information every traveler needs, including extensive hotel and restaurant listings, themed itineraries, lush photography, and numerous maps. |
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By Sara Benson, Alison Bing, Lisa Dunford, David Ozanich & Brandon Presser
LONELY PLANET
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Gold Medal Winner for the Society of American Travel Writers Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards!
99 of the Country’s Best Trips!
Whether you’re a local looking for a long weekend escape, or a visitor looking to explore, Lonely Planet’s Trips series offers the best itineraries – and makes it easy to plan the perfect trip time and again.
Includes the Mid-Atlantic, New England, the South, Florida, the Great Lakes, the Great Plains, Texas, the Rocky Mountains, the Southwest, California and the Pacific Northwest
Easy-to-use maps for every trip, plus driving times and directions
Explore the country with trips ranging from two days to two weeks
Theme icons make finding the perfect trip simple – no matter what your interest
Local experts share their favorite trip ideas, including a food-lovers’ tour of Northern California from Alice Waters and a musician’s tour of the Midwest music scene
Tune in on the road with our regional music playlists
Family-friendly and pet-friendly listings throughout
Green index lists the most environmentally friendly options across the country
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By Jamie Jensen
Avalon Travel Publishing
Paperback (928 pages)
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Now in its expanded fifth edition, the best-selling Road Trip USA is better than ever. Inside you’ll find cross-country routes and road-tested advice for adventurers who want to see the parts of America that the interstates have left behind. Mile-by-mile highlights celebrate major cities, obscure towns, popular attractions, roadside curiosities (if you’re looking for the world’s largest jackalope, you’re in luck), local lore, and oddball trivia. With full coverage of more than 350,000 miles of classic blacktop, Road Trip USA will take you off the beaten path and into the soul of America. Features include:
A flexible network of route combinations, extensively cross-referenced to allow for hundreds of possible itineraries
Essential tips for the road: call letters of lively radio stations, Survival Guides for two dozen cities, and details on where to eat and sleep
More than 140 meticulously detailed maps |
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By Sam Cook
Rough Guides
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"The Rough Guide to the USA" is your authoritative state-by-state guidebook to this vast and fascinating country. From Mardi Gras in New Orleans to New England in the fall, from the Las Vegas Strip to Yellowstone National Park; the full-colour introduction provides a lively overview of the 'things not to miss'. The country's history, culture and people are covered in depth throughout the guide, while clear and accurate maps for every region, state and major city provide the information you need to plan your trip. With detailed practical advice, whether you're looking for great places to eat and drink or inspiring accommodation and the most exciting places to party, you'll find the solution. Count on plenty of expert advice on a wide range of activities, from touring Louisiana's Cajun country to experiencing New York City's nightlife, making "The Rough Guide to the USA" your ultimate travelling companion. Make the most of your trip with "The Rough Guide to the USA". |
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By Regis St Louis
Lonely Planet
Paperback (1200 pages)
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“This is a country of road trips and great open skies, where four million miles of highways lead past red-rock deserts, below towering mountain peaks, and across fertile wheat fields that roll of toward the horizon.” – Regis St Louis, Lonely Planet Writer
Our Promise
You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is.
Inside This Book…
26 authors
65 scenic drives
103 maps
105 weeks of research
Inspirational photos
Clear, easy-to-use maps
Road Trips & Scenic Drives
In-depth background
Comprehensive planning tools
At-a-glance practical info
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By Editors of Reader's Digest
Readers Digest
Released: 2009-03-19
Hardcover (384 pages)
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The best-selling Reader's Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new sites, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to- date maps.
Off the Beaten Path spotlights over 1,000 of the United States' most overlooked must- see destinations. In a state-by-state A-to-Z format, this budget-friendly vacation planner reveals the best-kept secret spots so that no matter where you live, you can plan an unforgettable local vacation within an hour or two of your home. Each of the featured sites has been verified by the respective state's tourist bureau as still being "off the beaten path." Revel in nature, science, art, and culture, and encounter the unexpected as you explore undiscovered gems.
This exciting new edition features:
1,000 sites-more than 200 new sites and over 300 photographs-more than 200 brand new Brand-new detailed state road maps, and revised and updated tourist information- plus links to the attraction's website
New feature-"Did You Know" fact boxes, and three new icons representing pet- friendly, handicap-accessible, and wi-fi compatible sites
Sidebars containing seasonal events for each state
Packed with innovative ideas for fun day trips and truly memorable vacations for travelers of every temperament, penchant, and budget, this unparalleled escape book leads you to New Hampshire's castle in the clouds. pontoon boating through the Florida Everglades, dinosaurs trails through Colorado, an authentic jousting tournament in Virginia, or a stroll down America's oldest street in New York City.
Plan an unforgettable vacation with this best-selling travel book-a super-easy reference that shows you where to go, how to get there, and what you need to know before you begin your adventure. |
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By National Geographic
National Geographic
Released: 2009-03-17
Paperback (480 pages)
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Featuring 375 color photos and 80 full-color detailed mapsmore than any other park guidebookthis is the most comprehensive, up-to-the-minute book of its kind on the market today. A perennial favorite with more than a million copies sold in previous editions, it reflects National Geographic’s century-long association with America’s national parks system and its peerless reputation for travel expertise and cartographic excellence.
The guide opens with an essay by Yellowstone authority Paul Schullery, a section on how to use the guide, and a national locator map. The parks are presented alphabetically region by region, with individual maps and geographical profiles. Colorfully illustrated descriptions offer tours tailored to the time available, whether it’s an hour or a week, and tell visitors the best spots to enjoy hikes, spectacular vistas, wildlife, and more. An Information & Activities page provides practical advice on visitingpark contact information, camping and lodging, accessibility, pet restrictions, things to do, and special advisories. Excursions to nearby wildlife refuges, monuments, forests, and other areas of exceptional interest follow many of the park entries.
From planning a trip to making the most of every minute, here’s all the information anyone could want on the scenic national parksthe crown jewels of the park systemplus invaluable advice from National Geographic writers who know them well. |
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By Gary McKechnie
National Geographic
Released: 2009-05-19
Paperback (352 pages)
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Countless travel books display some aspect or region of America, but USA 101 stitches together a whole crazy quilt of iconic places, events, fairs, and festivals that celebrates our country in all its quirky diversity.
Whoever you are, wherever you’re going, whatever you like to do, it’s here somewhere. And if you just stay home and travel armchair-style you’ll still find this guide a vivid, often humorous, always fascinating blend of world-famous and distinctly local places and events that add up to a national portrait.
Here are fivescore and one indelibly American destinations, from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge, from Graceland to Disneyland; perennial sporting rituals like the Army-Navy football game, the Indy 500, the Soap Box Derby, and the Little League World Series; plus dozens more favorite institutions old and new, from Native American powwows to the Miss America Pageant and monster truck rallies.
USA 101 features entertaining descriptive narrativesconcise, lively sketches that capture each selection’s history and special appealas well as detailed practical advice and essential information for visiting. Well seasoned by eclectic, irresistible sidebars, this guide is a panorama of treasured traditions, favorite pastimes, and beloved national possessions that will surprise, amuse, and inform even the most sophisticated traveler. |
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By Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet
Released: 2011-11-24
Kindle Edition (708 pages)
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‘Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other’. New York Times8 of Florida’s Best TripsWhether you’re a local looking for a long weekend escape, or a visitor looking to explore, Lonely Planet’s Trips series offers the best itineraries – and makes it easy to plan the perfect trip time and again.Everyone knows road-tripping is the ultimate way to experience the USA. You can drive up, down, across, around or straight through every state on the continental map. We’re here to help you narrow down the options. Whether you’re on a quest for that perfect Pacific Northwest microbrewery pint, fresh lobster right off the boat in Maine or the coolest classic all-night diners in New Jersey, we’ve got you covered. Our authors drove, paddled, walked, cycled, rode the rails and hopped buses all across the country to bring you their 99 favorite trips across the US.This eBook-only offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet’s USA’s Best Trips, which includes 99 themed itineraries across America. The 8 trips chosen for this eBook include:• 48 Hours in Miami• Cruisin’ Florida’s East Coast• Doing Disney & More• Overseas Highway to Key West• Go Wild in the Everglades• High Life Down on the Gulf Coast• Freaky Florida• North Florida Backwaters & BywaysFeatures• Easy-to-use maps for every trip, plus driving times and directions• Theme icons make finding the perfect trip simple – no matter what your interest• Local experts share their favorite trip ideasLonely Planet’s USA’s Best Trips is written and researched by Sara Benson, Amy Balfour, Alison Bing, Becca Blond, Jennifer Denniston, Lisa Dunford, Alex Leviton, David Ozanich, Danny Palmerlee, Brandon Presser and Karla Zimmerman. Check out Lonely Planet’s other eBook guides including USA’s Best Trips, 48 Hours in Miami, Best Florida Trips, Florida, Miami & the Keys and more. |
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