Category Archives: Non-Fiction & Reference
Northern Portugal Sunflower Landscape Guide
This new Fourth edition of our popular guide to northern Portugal was revised on the ground shortly before publication and features our new wider format. It helps you explore northwestern Portugal by car or on foot ‘” from the northern coast south as far as Porto and east to the Peneda-Gerรชs National Park.
Southern Peloponnese Sunflower Landscape Guide
There are hidden landscape treasures throughout mainland Greece, but the region which packs the most variety into the smallest space is the Peloponnese. From the beaches of Arcadia to the fir forests of Mt Parnon, from the olive groves of Kalamata to the pyramidal peak of Prophet Elijah, from classical Sparta to medieval Mani, this
Typhoon And Other Stories
In these three sea stories, based on his own experience, the author invests his portraits of mundane steamers and their crews with epic qualities of fortitude and courage in the face of overwhelming natural odds.
Croatia Sunflower Landscape Guide
The go-to Croatia travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours. Strap on your boots and discover Croatia on foot with the Sunflower Croatia travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours. The Sunflower Croatia guide is
Italian Sunflower Landscape Guide
This new 3rd edition of Italian Lakes has been carefully revised just a few months prior to publication. The topo maps now show waypoints, and free downloadable GPS tracks are available for all the walks. Colour coding on the Contents page enables you to see at a glance the grading of various walks. These great
Tuscany Sunflower Landscape Guide
This book features walks and car tours from Carrara marble quarries in the northwest down to southern Tuscany, with particular emphasis on the countryside around Florence and in the Chianti. While the region`s historic towns and architectural highlights are often focal points for these excursions, the role of the Tuscan peasant in creating this glorious
Paxos Sunflower Landscape Guide
Portable guidebook of walks and car tours in the Sunflower/Landscapes series. Includes a pull-out map.
Algarve Sunflower Landscape Guide
Away from the busy beaches, the Algarve has a countryside full of interest and beauty, quietly awaiting discovery. From flowers and fountains, hilltops and history, to windmills and water-mills, this book will set your feet wandering to find them all. There are car tours, too, to get you out and about, searching out little-known points
Corfu Sunflower Landscape Guide
* walks for all ages and abilities* topographical walking maps* car tours and fold-out touring map* enough walks to keep insatiable ramblers occupied for a solid month* short strolls to idyllic picnic spots* timetables for public transport* update service for the latest information
Sorrento, Amalfi Coast and Capri Sunflower Landscape Guide
One of Sunflower`s most popular guides ever. Sorrento, Amalfi and Capri are wonderful areas for walkers. Most of the paths can be followed easily by people who do not claim to be regular walkers, though committed hikers will like them just the same.Accident of history and steepness of terrain have preserved a network of ancient
Jersey Sunflower Landscape Guide
This new Sixth edition of Landscapes of Jersey has been thoroughly revised with completely new, easily readable 1:25,000 maps based on OpenStreet mapping and our own GPS research. There are also free downloadable GPS tracks for all the walks on the publisher website.
Costa Blanca Sunflower Landscape Guide
Costa Blanca in the Sunflower Landscapes guide series; exploring the best walking and touring possibilities in the region or area. Detailed information about touring by hired car or public transport, as well as on foot, is provided, helping walkers to navigate and plan day-trips. Shorter strolls are also included as an alternative for each main
Costa Brava & Barcelona Sunflower Landscape Guide
Costa Brava & Barcelona in the Sunflower Landscapes guide series; exploring the best walking and touring possibilities in the region or area. Detailed information about touring by hired car or public transport, as well as on foot, is provided, helping walkers to navigate and plan day-trips. Shorter strolls are also included as an alternative for
Cinque Terre and the Riviera di Levante Sunflower Landscape Guide
If you enjoyed Sunflower`s best-selling guide to Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast, you`re sure to love the Cinque Terre and Riviera di Levante – the steeply terraced vineyards, ancient mule trails and colourful villages. This was the birthplace of modern tourism in the early 1800s, but over the last 30 years it has become a
Picos de Europa Sunflower Landscape Guide
The Picos de Europa, one of Europe`s last mountain wilderness areas, are the high point of a long ridge of mountains which runs along the north coast of Spain, the Cordillera Cantabrica. Rising to 2648m (about 8700ft), the Picos are divided into three spectacular limestone massifs separated from one another, and from the surrounding ranges,
Kefalonia Walk and Eat
If holidays are about new experiences, then this pocket guide solves two problems ‘” where to enjoy walking in Kefalonia and where to find some good, traditional food. There are strolls for hot days and longer walks to work up an appetite. And if you’re just after some recommendations for where to eat out in
Umbria and the Marche Sunflower Landscape Guide
Umbria promotes itself as `Italy`s Green Heart`, and this description applies equally well to the lesser-known neighbouring region of the Marche. The main focal points of this guide are the two most beautiful areas of the Apennines in the region ‘“ the idyllic, deeply-etched valley of Valnerina in Umbria and the legendary Monti Sibillini which
Eastern Provence: Cรดte d’Azur to the Alps Sunflower Landscape Guide
This guide, half of a two-volume set, is intended for motorists who want to tour eastern Provence and the Cote d`Azur by car and enjoy some superb walks en route. The drives have been described in such detail that there is no need to make constant reference to a map. The walks selected – all
