South American Handbook (Serial)

by Ben Box (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $25.02

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.34

  This handbook, in its 76th edition and a Thomas Cook Best Travel Guide, provides detailed and practical travel information on South America. The region has much to offer the visitor, from the Caribbean culture of the northern countries of Colombia and Venezuela to the vastness of the southern cone countries of Chile and Argentina. Ancient sites can be explored such as Machu Picchu, or modern cities like Buenos Aires and colonial towns such as Cartegena. The guidebook contains practical travel facts, maps and background information and covers the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and the Galapagos, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and The Guyanas.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1989

  $3.34

  Winner of the first ever Thomas Cook Best Travel Guide Award , this is an encyclopaedic guidebook on Latin America. It covers the 26 countries from Mexico in the north, through Central America and the whole of South America itself. The first place covered in every country is the capital city, afterwhich the territory is divided into regional subsections. It contains a town by town commentary along routes covering the most interesting places to visit, including accommodation, and places to eat. Also included are practical travel information and health tips for the tropics, and in-depth background information on each country featured. Revised and updated every year, this book also contains 116 detailed text maps of towns and regions, plus a 12-page section of regional maps in colour.