- Paperback: 896 pages
- Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd; 5th New edition edition (28 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843532735
- ISBN-13: 978-1843532736
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
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The Rough Guide to Thailand is the most discerning and accessible handbook to this intriguing country. A 24-page full colour section introduces the country, its climate, regions and culture and full colour spreads highlight the best of the activities, events and sights. There is evocative coverage of all the sights in opinionated write-ups, including the best beaches and islands, and critical reviews of places to stay, eat and drink. The authors give expert advice on activities ranging from trekking to spa treatments, and from scuba-diving to cookery courses. For every region and town, there are detailed maps, pin-pointing the accommodation and restaurant listings. Finally, in the Contexts section, there is an in-depth discussion of Thailand's history, religion, wildlife, music and cinema.
About the Author
Lucy Ridout has been travelling in and writing about Asia for the last15 years. She is the co-author of Rough Guides to Bangkok, Thailand'sIslands & Beaches and Bali & Lombok.Paul Gray has been a regularvisitor to Thailand since he taught English for a year in Chang Mai in1987.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although I travelled just before a new edition of this book was published, I thought this book was excellent in helping me plan my holiday in advance. We knew we wanted to go to Thailand but weren't quite sure where - this book helped us decide based on not only things to see & do but weather condtions etc, which I found were excellent compared to many internet sites and travel brochures (which portray Thailand as one climate area, when in fact it has many different weather systems). The book was excellent and still felt 'up to date'; for example it helped us find the most fab little boutique hotel "Buddy Lodge" in Bankok which was exactly what we were looking for and never would have found otherwise. Also it had fantastic and accurate info on the Grand Palace, such as tours times and prices, not to mention a complete guide to the whole complex, building by building!
These books make such a fantastic read in terms of filling you in on culture and traditions - because I had read this before we travelled I spotted lots of things I would have missed otherwise. It seemed a shame that we only went on a two week tourist holiday - the book made me want to go back packing around the whole country!
These books make such a fantastic read in terms of filling you in on culture and traditions - because I had read this before we travelled I spotted lots of things I would have missed otherwise. It seemed a shame that we only went on a two week tourist holiday - the book made me want to go back packing around the whole country!
42 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Rough Guide Thailand is one of the best in the range, and it strikes just the right balance, although the book still weighs in on the heavier end in a backpack, its pretty much all useful. especially for the traveller who is exploring thailand, which is after all a very big country.
The books coverage strikes a good balance, and the design is very user friendly, the features of the (not so) new design which are particuliarly useful are the end of chapter transport connections overview with approx times, and the 40 things not to miss photos at the front is a great selection, and can serve as an inspiring hit list.
The book is very well suited to the independant traveller, and the accomodation on the whole was more accurately on target than in many other guides, to agree with 50% or more of the reccomendations is a very good sign, although thailand moves quickly, not least in accomodation, so it is very difficult to keep coverage up to date.
On the whole the food selections were ok, generally this is the weakest point in the rough guide series, Bangkok is least well served in this respect, but when pushed and feeling lazy outside the capital it will deliver somewhere to eat pretty quickly. (not that finding somewhere to eat is a problem in thaialnd).
there is a small but quite useful language section which could be expanded to double its length and be even more useful, and the history section isnt too overwhelming, but i guess more thai phrase books are sold separately than history books and hence the obvious imbalance here.
The Rough guide to Thailand is nicely pitched, accurate and informative.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading reviews of this guide, I bought it for my short 2 weeks trip in the land of smiles.
Overall, I was impressed by it, the accomodations they recommend are good and there are many interesting facts and important informations about the country.
I really like their honesty, they are not trying too hard and their advises on some locations are precious.
But there is a but ! I know its mainly my fault, I should have checked before buying but a detailed detached map of Bangkok would have been very useful.
Bangkok is a big city and very very exhausting and it was hard to find our way by reading the guide.
So one advise, if you do stay in Bangkok for a few days, do buy a map of the city as well, they do provide free maps at the aiport but its not really accurate !
Overall, I was impressed by it, the accomodations they recommend are good and there are many interesting facts and important informations about the country.
I really like their honesty, they are not trying too hard and their advises on some locations are precious.
But there is a but ! I know its mainly my fault, I should have checked before buying but a detailed detached map of Bangkok would have been very useful.
Bangkok is a big city and very very exhausting and it was hard to find our way by reading the guide.
So one advise, if you do stay in Bangkok for a few days, do buy a map of the city as well, they do provide free maps at the aiport but its not really accurate !
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Don't buy the Kindle Edition.
While the content of this Rough Guide is very good in places the Kindle edition is terrible. The maps need to be much clearer (The Lonely Planet versions are much better). Read more
Published 4 months ago by kevbrem2012
Great book but useless on Kindle
I have the Rough Guide to Thailand in book form and have found it excellent for planning. The content in many places is more comprehensive than the equivalent Lonely Planet. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dave C
Information mostly good, quality of book bad, too much waffle
I found the quality of information mostly accurate and helpful but the quality of the binding is bad and a series of pages fell out early in my trip around Thailand. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Jasper Ditton
loose pages
thank you for a very speedy delivery, and when i contacted you with a problem also another fast response, unfortunately the 2nd copy also has loose pages, so i guess it's a problem... Read more
Published 7 months ago by cuddlebean
Excellent guide, very detailed, a must for independent travellers
Bought along with the Eyewitness Travel Guide which has lovely photos and colourful maps but which is limiting in detailed information. Read more
Published 8 months ago by MMS
Poor quality binding
This is not a review of the content.
Unfortunately the binding quality of the book I received was poor. Read more
Unfortunately the binding quality of the book I received was poor. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sarah
Sunscreen and this book, that's all you need!
Just returned from a 6 week trip to Thailand last night, and the trip was made a million times more enjoyable by this book. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Nexus
Pages fell out after a short while - buy Lonely Planet instead
I buy a great deal of travel guides usually Lonely Planet and I will stick to lonely planet in future.
This book had not left the house when pages 5 to 26 just fell out. Read more
This book had not left the house when pages 5 to 26 just fell out. Read more
Published 13 months ago by P. Garvey
Rough Guide: First & Last Time
Rough Guide's content and pics are good, plus it seems to be up to date, however the way in which information and maps are organized in the book are my main criticism to R.G. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Diego
Warning travellers: the pages fall out
I was quite happy with the content of the book, I still prefer lonely planet, but I had read poor reviews on LPs equivalent, so I went for Rough Guide. Read more
Published 15 months ago by F. Moorhouse
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