Guide Books

Hong Kong & Macau City Guide

There are so many ways to look at Hong Kong. Get up on the Peak to take in a shimmering panorama of city lights, get down in the streets to trace the layers of its history, watch the streets from over the rim of your noodle bowl. Then head to Macau to see what happens when Chinese and Portuguese cultures meet.

Hong Kong Encounter Guide

Hook into Hong Kong’s high-voltage pace and bounce from wet markets to the Happy Valley Racecourse, from yum cha and Taoist temples to sleek skyscraper bars. The Hong Kong Encounter guide gives you twice the city in half the time.

Hong Kong City Map

Explore Hong Kong’s mysterious temples, grand hotels, bustling markets and stunning modern architecture. Navigate them all with this City Map.

Hong Kong Digital Map

You can afford to get lost amongst Hong Kong’s mysterious temples, grand hotels, bustling markets and stunning modern architecture because our handy City Map will help you find your way home again. It’s all good

Hong Kong Citiescape

Hong Kong is a beguiling city- high maintenance yet high reward: constantly changing, without losing touch with its heritage. It’s superstitious, but scientific when it wants to be: exotic, yet familiar; a gambler, but one who always knows the odds.

Cantonese Phrasebook

More kick than kung fu, more bite than dim sum, more astounding than a Hong Kong skyscraper – Cantonese is the trademark of success for your travels in southern China. Get talking and put your best face forward with this phrasebook in your hand.

China Travel Guide

Whether you seek the Terracotta Warriors of ancient Xi’an or a few moments with the pandas of Chengdu, this bestselling guidebook will take you through the heart of China.

China’s Southwest Travel Guide

Are you ready to get your socks knocked off? China’s southwest is studded with jawdroppers: newborn pandas in Chengdu, the world’s largest Buddha statue in Leshan, the hypnotic ripples of the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces and futuristic hotels shooting up into the sky.

China Essentials Guidebook Pack

Save 20% when you buy the pack! Plan the perfect trip to China with three great titles for one great price. Pack includes China Travel Guide, Beijing city guide and the Shanghai Encounter Guide.

Mandarin Phrasebook

There’s no need to lose face, forgo the Peking duck or miss the slow boat down the Yangtze. This Mandarin phrasebook will prove more valuable on the road than a bicycle in Beijing.

Beijing City Guide

Beijing is an ancient city rushing towards the future at breakneck speed. Its economy is roaring, gleaming skyscrapers are shooting up and the Olympics are on their way. Be dazzled by its head-spinning blend of history and future.

Shanghai City Guide

Shanghai, once an outpost of European sophistication, has glided effortlessly back to China’s centre stage. Relive the past with a stroll along tree-lined avenues or a visit to a 10th-century monastery, or get with the hard-paced future in the city’s fast-growing forest of skyscrapers.

Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & the Greater Mekong Travel Guide

Get moody and cinematic as you take a slow boat down the mighty Mekong past remote jungles, ancient temples and intriguing hill-tribe villages, get up close and personal with wild elephants in Laos, trek to the reward of secluded waterfalls in Thailand and explore Cambodia’s magnificent Angkorian temples – the ones the tourists don’t know about.

Vietnam Travel Guide

Want cities? Slurp down steaming pho in a street stall, toff up in a tailored suit, negotiate head-on traffic in a flimsy cyclo. Want nature? Get your fill of green in endless rice paddies, cool down in the mountains, laze on South China beaches. Want the best on Vietnam? Get yourself this guide.

Laos Travel Guide

Laos flies under the tourist radar, which is half its appeal. Weave through the temple-lined streets of World Heritage-listed Luang Prabang, explore mystical Wat Phu Champasak, and watch the sun set over the magnificent Mekong.

Cambodia Travel Guide

Angkor Wat is just the beginning. If you want to dig deeper into the real Cambodia, this guide is your key. Unlock the mysteries of the sacred temples, share the Mekong with endangered dolphins, and eat with pythons and cobras by your side.

Indonesia Travel Guide

Discover a kaleidoscope of cultures, find surfing nirvana on a palm-fringed island or get up close to orang-utans in Borneo’s jungle – plan the Indonesian adventure of a lifetime with this comprehensive guide.

Thailand Travel Guide

Thailand blends the exotic with modern convenience: Bangkok is a gleaming city with a robust traditional cuisine and a culture of devout Buddhism, while the ancient city of Chiang Mai is spa central. When you’re done lapping all that up, move on to cloudy mountains or lounge around on the pearlescent sand of those famous beaches.

Nepal Travel Guide

Shangri-la exists. Trek to the top of the world, or share a smile with a Buddhist monk; raft down a mountain gorge, or glimpse a living Hindu goddess – in Nepal adventure and culture go hand in hand. With this definitive guide, you’ll tread lightly through the best of the Himalaya.

Japan Travel Guide

Yes, there are geishas. Yes, there is neon. And yes, there are sake and hot springs and moss gardens. Japan delivers all the iconic stuff – then it starts piling on the surprises: swimming with manta rays, world-class skiing, whale watching…and guess what? It can be cheaper to travel here than in Western Europe.