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These
straightforward, upscale guides are arranged by neighborhood or
area, for the ease of planning. Provide information (without a
lot of detail) on hotels, restaurants, attractions and shops including
price ratings. 
The
information in these guides is almost encyclopedic. Detailed information
covers history, culture, walks and museums. Also includes background
information on food, language, religion, etc. There is very little
practical information.
Hilary
Bradt, the founder of this imprint, pioneered the publishing of
off-the-beaten-track guides. The Guide to Madagascar is classic,
as are their backpacking guides to Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru.
Highly
detailed and practical guides. The city guides are made up of
a series of excellent walks. The country and regional guides are
very well-researched, highlighting the main sites in each town
and including a number of accommodations and restaurants. Recommended.
This
series offers guides devoted solely to U.S. cities and states.
These books function as combination almanacs and guidebooks, providing
detailed histories of the various areas of the city or state as
well as brilliant color photographs. Each book spends the majority
of pages dealing with historical and social elements of the city
or state from region to region before closing with a practical
information section that deals with restaurants, hotels and other
pertinent travel information. 
"A
Guide to Customs and Etiquette". Highly readable series giving
information for the long term visitor. Culture Shock includes
history, geography as well as the expected details about customs,
religion, family and traveling. 
With
descriptive color photos on every page, DK guides are a perfect
way to see what you want to see on a trip. They give excellent
treatment to architecture and art. A separate section covers practical
details: accommodations, food, shopping and entertainment. Highly
recommended.
Maps,
distances, elevation charts, back country regulations; if these
are your travel watchwords, then Falcon Guides will seem like
old friends. These books specialize in hiking America's National
Parks, and they do it damn well. They also publish Driving guides,
rock climbing guides and guides to regional hot springs in the
U.S. 
With
over 100 titles covering much of the globe, Fodor's remains one
of the largest American guidebook publishers. They offer fairly
comprehensive listings concerning what to do, where to stay and
where to eat and focus on a higher budget traveler. As far as
a source for historical and cultural backgrounds, these books
stray from the mark. All in all, Fodor's books offer a practical
source for travel with little room for adventure. Also by Fodor's
is the Up Close series, for budget and adventurous travelers.
Highly
recommended for the independent traveler with an interest in details
of history and culture, as well as practical information. These
country guides are as complete as they get: no town or village
seems to left out, no matter how dull or obscure it may be. Their
South American Handbook has been around for more than 75 years.
Besides annual guides to the Caribbean and Mexico and Central
America, Footprint does individual country guides for most South
American countries, as well as guides to East Africa, South Africa,
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Myanmar, Indonesia and Singapore. 
Often
(and understandably) confused with Fodor's, the other giant American
guidebook publisher, Frommer's concentrates its sights on Europe
and the U.S., but offers coverage of most of the world. A solid
guide when it comes to hotels and restaurants, these books offer
less information on sights and history than other guide book series.
Frommer's Irreverent Guides are city guides geared to the young
and hip.
If
you're an independent minded, leaning-to-the-left sort of traveler,
this could be the guidebook for you. Published by an independent,
anti-corporate crew, the two books in the series (Amsterdam and
San Francisco) offer savvy advice and excellent listings, covering
cafes to shopping and everything else. The book also comes equipped
with political and social commentaries pertaining to the particular
city being covered. Printed on hemp paper, this book allows you
to explore and help the environment simultaneously. 
The
Hidden series aims to give attention to places off the beaten
path. Especially geared for outdoor activities, including lodging
and local food finds, the books employ little markers to point
out the "hidden" sites in a given region.
These
guides are a thought-provoking introduction to the culture, politics,
history and people of a country. Countries surveyed include Nicaragua,
Cuba and Dominican Republic. 
These
guides are not for the rucksack crowd. Concentrating on history,
sights and culture rather than basic necessities, these guides
are generally filled with numerous photographs and magazine type
essays. Budget travelers may find these guides less concerned
with how far a dollar will go than they are. Excellent reference
points for those travelers interested in making a visit into a
permanent stay.
Flipping
through an Insight Guide is similar to watching a friend show
you slides from his or her last trip. These guides are filled
with color photographs depicting every aspect of culture and sightseeing.
The books offer little in advice on where to stay or other travel
information, but they are wonderful cultural warm-ups. 
These
guides deliver detailed information on charming hotels, bed and
breakfasts, and small inns throughout Europe. This is all they
are intended for, and this they do well.
These
are gorgeously designed cultural guides. The Knopf Guides focus
heavily on art and architecture, providing outstanding photography
to fire the imagination. These guides operate well as primers
for investigating new cultures, but they are not known for their
listings of lodgings and eateries.
This
series is designed for travelers who have the desire to travel
without the appropriate bulging pocketbook. Written entirely by
Harvard students, these books supply the budget options for every
aspect of travel. While the listings for places to stay and eat
are extensive, they're often not the most interesting or pleasant.
Generally, these books are best for first-time adventurers.
If
you want an adventure that will offer you sights off the beaten
path as well as affordable prices, this is the guidebook for you.
Lonely Planet is famous for its attention to detail where necessities
are concerned. Beyond the practical information, these books don't
delve deeply as some other guides, but they seldom leave anything
off their lists. They also publish trekking guides, phrase books,
food guides, diving guides, travel videos and maps. This is generally
considered to be one of the best sources for independent travelers.
These
books are excellent for those more affluent travelers interested
in touring Europe. The Red Guides provide excellent references
to the hotels and restaurants of Europe while employing their
famous symbols of recommendation. The Green Guides offer more
extensive information concerning touring, including historical
and artistic introductions and comprehensive listings of sights.
The guides are cross-referenced in detail to each other and the
full range of Michelin maps.
A
more detailed historical treatment for the budget traveler. Moon
guides present practical information plus good cultural and historical
background. Their Cuba Handbook is our largest selling guide to
that country. 
This
series specializes in the history, art and culture of the particular
city or region covered. The guides point out significant buildings
and streets in towns or regions and includes tours of the surrounding
countrysides. These are the sort of books that make equally good
souvenirs of a trip.
Let's
begin by addressing how silly this fellow can be. It's true, but
silliness is hardly a crime, and he has the goods on where you
want to visit throughout Europe. His insights often include little-known
hotels and restaurants that deserve the recognition. He's also
adept at steering travelers through the sightseeing process in
such a way that they see the things they really ought to. Ignore
the covers and give these books another look. 
This
British company's guides are popular with independent (but not
necessarily budget minded) travelers. The Rough Guides include
more cultural and historical context than other guides as well
as sometimes politically-tinged viewpoints. They offer extensive
information concerning lodgings and eateries. Their maps are superb
as well. Besides country and city guides, they also offer phrase
books and world music CDs.
These
handy, compact imported guides offer excellent advice for short
car or walking trips to various locales throughout Europe. They
come highly recommended by wanderers of all sorts. Regions covered
include Tuscany, Sorrento, the Dolomites, the Pyrenees, the south
of France, Mallorca, Lanzarote and the Canary Islands. 
From
the editors of the Time Out London and Time Out New York magazines,
these excellent, city guides are laid out in a similar fashion
to their magazine listings. Their listings for accommodations,
restaurants, night life, gay and lesbian sites, museums and
galleries favor the trendy, yet are on-the-mark
These
are easily the most famous and respected dining guidebooks. While
supreme in their coverage of mid-range to chic dining, they often
neglect many of the more inexpensive and colorful restaurants.
Their books cover many major U.S. and European cities as well
as Tokyo. With an easy to use design and clearly defined ratings,
these guides rarely leave the diner unsatisfied or unprepared.
