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Discover South India

Let the night's festivities wash away with the tide while relaxing on a palm-fringed beach in Goa.
Perform a puja at a Hindu temple: scoop smoke from a burning lamp and 'wash' your face.
Feast like a maharaja on tasty thalis in Mumbai (Bombay) and sumptuous seafood in Kerala.

In This Guide:

26 years of experience covering India - no other guide is better positioned to advise you on the country's south.
All the content on the South from our India guide with extensive coverage of Goa's beaches and Kerala's backwaters.
New activities chapter covers everything from wildlife safaris to Ayurveda, ashrams and yoga courses.
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #55479 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 548 pages

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Customer Reviews

A Great Guide to South India
This product was a tremendous help when I was trying to plan my trips in South India. It does a great job of not only giving maps and historical information of a particular area, but it also recommnends restaurants and hotel accomodations, which is always extremely helpful when you find yourself in an unknown place as a foreignor! I would definitlely recommend this book for both first time travelers and the travel veterans.

Sufficient info and good ideas for trips
The guidebook does not include all the options or highlights of places but it has sufficient information for your first or second time visit. Very useful opening times and price guidelines!
...In fact I found myself returning to South India many times after the first review of this book. Even though these are always business trips I try to get the most out of them spending weekends in the more or less touristic places. Thanks to LP I've even guided some Indians around Chennai and Mumbai!
Try out bird sanctuaries or Gingee Forts for example - you'll be surprised by the fact there are places in India charming though not overcrowded (and not located in Himalaya). The book does a pretty good job in this field.
After a while you'll need to search for some more info on the web or in local resources however LP always provides with good ideas and directions for exploring.

so far i am pleased
i am on my way to India so i hope this book will be thorough but i use lonely planet books all the time to travel and i travel alot.