Winner of the first ever "Thomas Cook Best Travel Guide Award", this is an encyclopaedic guidebook on South America. It covers all 13 countries of South America. The first place covered in every country is the capital city, after which 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 90 detailed text maps of towns and regions, plus a 12-page section of regional maps in colour.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 1350
Edition: 69
Publisher: Footprint Handbooks
Published: 01 Sep 1992
ISBN 10: 0900751436
ISBN 13: 9780900751431
Book Overview: This handbook won the 1980 Thomas Cook Travel Book Awards Guide Book Category. Footprint Handbooks won the Bronze Award in the 1999 Top Guidebook Series of the Wanderlust Readers' Awards.