This travel guide, written by native English-speaking residents of China and edited by Chinese natives, has details on many towns located in China various regions. The guide features boxed text small, colored sections randomly found throughout the guide with brief background on subjects such as the Chinese Zodiac and the Silk Road. There is useful information about restaurants, hotels and shopp…
Throughout the millennia Turkey formed the core of several Empires - Persia, Rome, Byzantium - before becoming the center of the Ottoman Empire. This title offers an account of the region from prehistory right up to this day.
Old Kyoto focuses on the family establishments that have been in business for at least a hundred years, and in some cases for over ten generations. Astonishingly, many of the old shops and inns of Kyoto can still be found on narrow backstreets, under the heavy, tiled rooftops of traditional machiya dwellings. Here, the adventurous traveler will uncover treasures: the way in which a hand-crafted…
Streets of George Town is a serious guide to things visible and invisible. The traditional neighbourhoods and urban villages which make up the cosmopolitan city are carefully explored. In the wealth of surviving built heritage are the stories of those who have contributed to the prosperity of the trading settlement, from Penang’s founding settlers and early builders to latter-day personalitie…
Whether you are a tourist, a business traveler or an expatriate, this book is an essential companion. The Arab World Handbook collects everything into one essential volume. Covering all the countries of the Arabian peninsula - Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen - it contains advice on planning a visit and making a home in the Arab world. The book covers everythi…
We wish to give special thanks to the following for their aid in helping this book comes about: The of Information in Muscat, the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman in Paris. Mr Philippe de aet who were kind enough to read these texts before publication and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Department of Tourism, the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture, the Chambers of Commerce and Ind…
For tourists and residents of the West Java Highlands, this book is an esential travel companion to one of the most stunningly beautiful regions in Southeast Asia. The West Java Highlands offer a vast array of landscapes and things to do. Here is a travel guide like no other.