Category Archives: Non-Fiction & Reference
La Gomera & Southern Tenerife Sunflower Landscape Guide
This book is for those staying on La Gomera or in the south of Tenerife (within easy reach of the Gomera ferry). Since the two islands are just a 35-minute ferry ride apart, the book covers walks and tours on both. There are car tours (with picnic suggestions) ranging all over both islands, with pull-out
Madeira Sunflower Landscape Guide
HE walkers’ guide to Madeira for more than 30 years and a winner of the Thomas Cook Best Travel Guide Award, this book has been thoroughly revised for the current 13th edition to take into account the fires of August 2016 (with a couple of replacement walks). The maps have also been improved with waypoints,
Eastern Crete Sunflower Landscape Guide
This new 5th edition of Eastern Crete was revised on the ground just a few months prior to publication. There are almost double the number of walks from the previous edition, and all the maps have been redrawn using OpenStreetMap source material with GPS tracking.Key features:50 long and short walks, colour-coded for grade1:50,000 topo maps
Western Crete 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
Mallorca Sunflower Landscape Guide
This was the first walking guide for Mallorca, the guide that won Sunflower the Sunday Times `Oscar` for best travel guide – and eventually made the island one of the most popular walking areas in Europe. The author has lived on Mallorca for over 35 years and knows the island thoroughly. This completely revised 8th
Andalucia, Costa del Sol and Sierras Sunflower Landscape Guide
Andalucia & the Costa del Sol 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
Sardinia Sunflower Landscape Guide
Sardinia is the Sunflower Landscapes guide to exploring the best walking and touring possibilities on the island. The guide covers a range of routes including walks in Gallura, Supramonte, Barbagia, Marmilla, Costa del Sud, Iglesiente, Catena del Goceano and Nurra. A double-sided, fold-out touring map at the back of the book gives an overview of
Real Bloomsbury
of the British Museum, University College, RADA, the Friends House, the BMA, Great Ormond Street Hospital. Bloomsbury is crammed with history and with contemporary decision-making. But there is also working class Bloomsbury and, now, Bengali Bloomsbury in the east. Biographer and novelist Nicholas Murray walks this crowded square mile or so, among the locals, the
Western Provence & Languedoc-Roussillon Sunflower Landscape Guide
Languedoc Roussillom and Western Provence is the Sunflower Landscapes guide to exploring the best walking and touring possibilities in southern France. The guide covers a range of routes including walks in Gordes and the Abbaye de Senanque, a circuit of the Cascades du Sautadet and the gorges de l’Arnette and Hautpoul. A double-sided, fold-out touring
Tatra Mountains of Poland and Slovakia Sunflower Landscape Guide
Within the compact area covered by this guide (140km east-west, 65km north-south) are two outstanding national parks in southernmost Poland: Pieniny and Tatra, and the best of neighbouring Slovakia`s mountains in four national parks: Tatra, Slovensky Raj (Slovak Paradise), Low Tatra and Mala Fatra. There can be few places where walkers are better catered for:
France – Speak The Culture
A guidebook can show you where to go, a language guide what to say when you get there. But only “Speak the Culture: France” will lead you to a nation`s soul. This easy to use cultural companion considers how it feels to have grown up with Flaubert, Cezanne and Bardot; it captures the flavours of
Speak the Culture – Italy
“Speak the Culture: Italy” offers a rich and engaging insight into the events, people and movements that have shaped Italy and the Italians. A guidebook can show you where to go, a phrase-book what to say, but only “Speak the Culture: Italy” will lead you to the nation s soul.The Italian character is complex, contradictory,
Peak District
The Peak District in Crimson’s ‘Best of Britain’ series, encompassing a range of guides covering Britain’s regions, exploring some of the best places to eat, find organic and local produce, as well as things to do in wet weather, places to stay and local legends, festivals and pubs. The guides are particularly child-friendly, with a
Zakynthos
Zakynthos in the Sunflower Complete Guide series is a general guide to the island, but with special emphasis on the island s countryside and the National Marine Park. It covers getting there and getting about, recommended accommodation and restaurants (with price guides), practicalities A-Z, history, customs and traditions, religious festivals, and all the major sights.There
Mauritius: Its Creole Language
“The book meets the general needs of tourists and business travellers with key paragraphs for every possible situation.” “All you need to know about Mauritian Creole in a nutshell.” What is Mauritian Creole? A pidgin French which has evolved in Mauritius since the beginning of French rule nearly 300 years ago. Today it is the
Ireland Sunflower Landscape Guide
Ireland 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 route
