Review
Sherman's Travel, April 2007
'...Encounter guides...discreet in size, but generous enough on page count to provide a fuller city experience minus the hefty guidebook load.'
'...Encounter guides...discreet in size, but generous enough on page count to provide a fuller city experience minus the hefty guidebook load.'
Product Description
Lonely Planet’s Encounter guides are easy-to-use guides for city travel. Find the best attractions, restaurants, shops, theatres, galleries and more with our hyperlinked maps, top highlights, and itineraries for short stays (1-3 days). With content broken out by neighbourhoods, Encounter guides make city travel easier than ever.Top highlights include colourful Wat Phra Kaew, the sublime royal enclave Dusit Park, 46m-long reclining Buddha Wat Pho and one of the world’s last real Chinatowns. Essential shopping experiences are the hectic, but exhilarating, Chatuchak Weekend Market, the mother of all malls Mah Boon Krong, and the dreamy old-school Floating Markets. Escape from the city with a trip to the idyllic beaches of Ko Samet, the remains of the ancient capital at Ayuthaya – and more!Local expert perspectives include a celebrated food writer’s guide to the best eating in the city, a photographer’s tips on photography, and a fashion designer’s tips on the best shopping in Asia’s capital of cool.Full of colour images and only the best of the city, Lonely Planet’s Encounter Bangkok is the on-the-road necessity to help you discover Twice the City in Half the Time.
