China Sightseeing Guides

Lonely Planet China

Destinations: China

Categories: Backpacker, Low Budget, Mid Range, Sightseeing

English, Mar 2011, Ed 12th,  

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“Antique yet up-to-the-minute, familiar yet unrecognizable, outwardly urban but quintessentially rural, conservative yet path-breaking… China is a land of mesmerizing and eye-opening contradictions.” – Damian Harper, Lonely Planet WriterOur PromiseYou can trust our travel information because Lonely Pl...  Show details

National Geographic Traveler: China

Destinations: China

Categories: Mid Range, Sightseeing

English, 400 pages, Apr 2007,  

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One of the most requested titles in our critically acclaimed Traveler series, this beautiful guide makes the vast enigma of China accessible to every visitor. Continuing the series' winning formula, this new edition combines in-depth, up-to-date descriptions with dazzling photographs, detailed maps, cutaway i...  Show details

Insight Guides China

Destinations: China

Categories: Mid Range, Sightseeing

English, 480 pages, Feb 2010,  

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A brand new edition featuring illuminating text written by expert, local writers alongside over 250 inspiring full-colour photographs that will bring China's people, places and astonishing diversity to life, at the turn of a page. A brand new 'Best of' feature highlights the top attractions not to be missed a...  Show details

DK Eyewitness China

Destinations: China

Categories: Mid Range, Sightseeing

English, 672 pages, Apr 2010,  

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"DK Eyewitness China" travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions this vast country has on offer. Packed with colour photographs, illustrations and detailed maps discover China region-by region; from the marathon meanderings of its Great Wall and experiencing nomadic life in Tibet to the great...  Show details

Frommer's China

Destinations: China

Categories: Mid Range, Sightseeing

English, 896 pages, Mar 2010,  

New & Used: from US$ 23.13

Our expert authors, longtime residents in and frequent travelers to China, share their candid opinions on what's worth your time and what's?not. Frommer's China takes you from the Great Wall, to the terracotta warriors of Xi'an; from hidden Buddhist caves along the Silk Road to mystical mountains in the ...  Show details

National Geographic Atlas of China

Destinations: China

Categories: Mid Range, Sightseeing

English, 128 pages, Oct 2009,  

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Boasting more than 300 full-color maps and illustrations, this essential atlas dramatically highlights the tremendous changes occurring within China—the world’s fastest growing economy and most populous place—as well as their global implications. National Geographic maps the entire country with sections c...  Show details

AA Key Guide China

Destinations: China

Categories: Mid Range, Sightseeing

English, 350 pages, Jul 2009,  

New & Used: from US$ 23.47

"Key Guide China" is an in-depth travel guide to the places you'll want to see when visiting this exciting destination. The chapters are ordered so that the book works in a regional way with all the sights, walks, drives, and listings for each area contained within the same section. Packed with practical info...  Show details

Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

Destinations: China

Categories: Nature, Sightseeing

English, 248 pages, Jun 2009, Ed Second Edition,  

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The 3,965-mile-long Yangtze River, which flows from the barren snowfields of Tibet to the fertile delta near Shanghai, has been a main trade artery for 2,000 years. This second edition of Shaw & Bonavia's richly illustrated guide captures the most spectacular section of this remarkable river, the famous Three...  Show details

Fodor's Exploring China

Destinations: China

Categories: Mid Range, Sightseeing

English, 288 pages, Feb 2007, Ed 6,  

Fodor's Exploring Guides are the most up-to-date, full-color guidebooks available. Covering destinations around the world, these guides are loaded with photos; essays on culture and history, architecture and art; itineraries, walks and excursions; descriptions of sights; and practical information. Fodor's Exp...  Show details

Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway

Destinations: Russia - Mongolia - China

Categories: Backpacker, Low Budget, Mid Range, Rail, Sightseeing

English, 384 pages, Apr 2009, Ed 3,  

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The Trans-Siberian Railway is one of the world's most famous journeys - and it's every bit as epic as they say. Chug from the onion domes of Red Square to Vladivostok (Yul Brynner's home town), taking in Dostoevsky's stomping ground, collecting horse sweat at the Naadam races or marvelling at the big empty of...  Show details