Jules Brown Bücher

A travel guide for visitors on a short break or travelers who want quick information. Focuses on cities, islands and resort regions. This volume covers Washington DC.

Previously published as Takoradi to the Stars (via Huddersfield) by Jules Brown It's the job of his dreams. Get paid to travel and write about it. Only no one told Jules that it would mean eating oily seabirds, repeatedly falling off a husky sled, getting stranded on a Mediterranean island, and crash-landing in Iran. The exotic destinations come thick and fast - Hong Kong, Hawaii, Huddersfield - as Jules navigates what it means to be a travel writer in a world with endless surprises up its sleeve. Add in a cast of larger-than-life characters - Elvis, Captain Cook, his own travel-mad Dad - and an eye for the ridiculous, and this journey with Jules is one you won't want to miss.

The second edition gives comprehensive coverage to every attraction within the National Park and accounts of outlying towns such as Kendal and Penrith. There are informed features on the writers, artists and local characters who have shaped the history of the Lakes, together with full guidance on lakeland walks and advice on staying safe in the hills.The colour section features the author's choice of the Lake District's finest scenic, cultural and outdoors attractions.

Make the most of your time with Rough Guide DIRECTIONS Barcelona. Slim, stylish and pocketable, the guide is an up-to-date, authoritative and user-friendly companion to one of Europe 's most energetic cities. Full-colour and richly illustrated throughout, the guide highlights the best the area has on offer from outrageous architecture to the vibrant cultural scene - giving you inspiration for things to do, 24 hours a day. You'll find accurate information on the cities top attractions from Picasso's earliest works to Gaudi's famous park, as well as the regions most child-friendly attractions. There's revised accounts of all the museums and galleries that have undergone refurbishment and detailed coverage of the latest city areas to undergo regeneration, including Glories Poble Nou and Diagonal Mar. The guide features up-to-date listings of all the hottest new places to stay, eat, drink, club and shop to suit all budgets, and comes complete with comprehensive maps to help you find your way around

Im Vis-à-Vis Reiseführers Portugal erfahren Sie alles Sehens- und Wissenswerte über eines der beliebtesten Urlaubsziele Südeuropas. Die aktualisierte Neuauflage wurde um 16 Seiten erweitert und zeigt noch detaillierter, welche Highlights den Reisenden in Portugal erwarten. Auf 40 Seiten werden die zum Staatsgebiet gehörenden Azoren und Madeira vorgestellt, Paradiese für Wanderer und Botaniker. Der Hauptstadt Lissabon wird ein umfassendes Kapitel mit 84 Seiten und 14 detaillierten Stadtplänen gewidmet. Viel Liebe zum Detail zeigen die 3D-Grundrisszeichnungen der wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten. Mit zahlreichen Routenvorschlägen, noch übersichtlicherer Kartografie und noch ausführlicherem Serviceteil.

The Rough Guide to Barcelona is the ultimate handbook to Spain''s most dynamic destination. This seventh edition has beenthoroughly updated and revised and includes up-to-the-minute reviews ofthe city''s best restaurants, bars and clubs, to suit every budget. There are in-depthaccounts of all the sights, from the tree-lined Ramblas to the weirdand wonderful modernista architecture all over the city. There are detailed chapters on Barcelona''s history and cuisine with a section on Catalan cookery and recipes. The guide comes complete with information about day-trips outside the city and includes maps and plans for every neighbourhood.

A travel guidebook to England. Recommends accommodations, restaurants and attractions for various budgets.

A comprehensive travel guide to Washington, DC, with maps and information on accommodations and restaurants, shopping and entertainment, and interesting tourist sites.

Presents recommendations for lodging, restaurants, transportation, shopping, and sightseeing, along with travel tips and cultural information.

Introduction Hong Kong is a beguiling place to visit: a land whose aggressive capitalist instinct is tempered by an oriental concern with order and harmony. Indeed, whatever you've heard about it, the most important thing to remember is that, despite 150 years of British colonial rule and the modern city's cosmopolitan veneer, Hong Kong is, and always has been, Chinese. The glittering skyline imitates others throughout the world; the largest department stores are Japanese-owned; you can take English high tea to the accompaniment of a string quartet; there's cricket and horse-racing, pubs and cocktail lounges. But for most of the Chinese locals - 98 percent of a population of almost seven million - life still follows a pattern that many mainland Chinese would recognize as their own: hard work and cramped housing; food bought from teeming markets and street stalls; and a polytheistic religion celebrated in the home, in smoky temples, and during exuberant festivals. Recent years, however, have been far from easy for Hong Kong. The enormous political upheaval that accompanied the handing back of the territory to China in 1997 was followed almost immediately by the Asian economic crisis, during which stockmarket and property markets collapsed and unemployment reached its highest levels for 25 years. And though fears that the Chinese government would interfere in the running of Hong Kong after the British left have proved to be generally unfounded, they have been replaced by concerns that the territory's own leadership lacks the experience necessary to run such a sophisticated and fast-changing society, with local officials trying to second-guess the wishes of Beijing. Even so, visitors to Hong Kong will find that little has changed - superficially at least - since the handover. Many practical matters, such as entry requirements, have remained unaffected, and the city has lost none of its interest: the architecture is an engaging mix of styles, from the stunning towers of Central to ramshackle town housing and centuries-old Chinese temples; the markets and streetlife are compelling; while the shopping - if no longer the bargain it once was - is eclectic, from open-air stalls to hi-tech malls. Hong Kong is also one of the best places in the world to eat Chinese food (and a good many other cuisines besides), while the territory's Western influence has left in a plentiful selection of bars and nightspots. If there's a downside, it's that commercialism and consumption tend to dominate life. Cultural matters have been less well catered for, though a superb Cultural Centre, several new or improved museums, and an increasing awareness of the arts - both Chinese and Western - are beginning to change that. Sixty kilometres west across the Pearl River estuary, Macau (due to be returned to China in December 1999) makes Hong Kong look like the gaudy arriviste colony it is. In 1557, almost three hundred years before the British arrived in southern China, the Portuguese set up base here, and although Hong Kong and its harbour later surpassed the older enclave in terms of trading importance, Macau absorbed its Portuguese associations and culture in a way that Hong Kong never did with Britain. Smaller and more immediately attractive than its neighbour, Macau remains a pleasant contrast to the madness across the water in Hong Kong. It's one of Asia's most enjoyable spots for a short visit, its Chinese life tempered by an almost Mediterranean influence, manifest in the ageing Catholic churches, hilltop fortresses and a grand seafront promenade. Of course, like Hong Kong, Macau is Chinese - 95 percent of its population speak Cantonese. All the temples and festivals of southern China are reproduced here, but few come to Macau to pursue them, believing - perhaps rightly - that such things are done bigger and better in Hong Kong. Instead, Macau offers alternative attractions. Eating here is one of the highlights of any trip to the region - even on a short visit to Hong Kong it's worth taking the jetfoil over for a meal: Macanese food is an exciting combination of Portuguese colonial cooking, with dishes and ingredients taken from Portugal itself, Goa, Brazil, Africa and China, washed down with cheap, imported Portuguese wine, port and brandy. And with gambling illegal in Hong Kong, except for betting on horse-races, the Hong Kong Chinese look to Macau's various casinos to satisfy their almost obsessive desire to dice with fortune.