Product Description

Packed with stunning photographs, easy-to-use maps, and all the information you really need to get the most from your visit! In this compact guide, our writers help you plan itineraries for short and longer stays. Complete with must-see sights on and off the beaten track as well as current hotel and restaurant recommendations. And the convenient size of the guide allows you to take it along in your pocket or handbag. Take the world in your pocket next time and travel with this handy Berlitz guide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #565794 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

From the Back Cover
Berlitz's signature, pocket-size travel guide is designed for all types of travelers, from novice to experienced. Between the covers of this convenient book you'll find extensive maps with 3-D icons of main sights, an index, and 16 pages of special hotel and restaurant recommendations catering to all budgest and tastes. There are also (where appropriate) hotel maps locating recommended establishments, and reference boxes which detail interesting and unique sights and attractions. Fold-out, quick-view front and back cover flaps display town plans or list the most frequently used local phrases and expressions. Available for over 100 destinations.

About the Author
In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

Customer Reviews

Berlitz Guide to China
We've bought Berlitz Guides before and have been thoroughly satisfied, but wondered how a pocket sized book could cover the vast expanse of China. But leave it to Berlitz- they've managed in a pocket-sized inexpensive book to cover highlights of history, geography, and essential tourist information of many of the locations tourists will visit. Our visit, including Beijing, Xian and Guilin, was covered well enough that we were able to communicate intelligently with the Chinese tourist agency planning our itinerary. Kudos to Berlitz Guide.

Outdated
I recently took a trip to China. This book has good information but needs an update. Examples:

1. It says that the town of Yangshuo is "even prettier than Guilin, and without the full-on tour-group tourism of Guilin, attracts droves of independent travelers". (p 108). The place is mobbed with tourists and tour buses. Pretty place, though.

2. It says that the Big Wild Goose Pagoda "rises in the middle of farming country". (p 187) The pagoda is in the middle of a highly built-up area that probably has been built since the review was made.

Very good pocket sized guide book for China
On a recent three-week tour of China, we made four domestic flights with a checked luggage weight limit of 20 kg. (44 lbs.) and an official carry-on limit of 5 kg. (11 lbs.) That meant I had to count every ounce that I packed. Most tour books were too large and heavy. This book was heavier than I expected because of the high quality paper used but was worth the weight because it covered almost all the things that the big books did but was much more compact. It has a few maps, a few common phrases, some basic background and history, a good overview of the most common tourist sights, and an excellent section on travel tips. It does not include Hong Kong.