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...these smart and exhaustively researched guides have become the gold standard for serious, independent travelers.' --San Francisco Chronicle
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Travellers of all ages and budges view their Lonely Planet guidebook as a trustworthy travel companion. Every country is covered--from Argentina to Zimbabwe--with reliable, up-to-date and practical travel advice. In each country guide are thousands of detailed listings, reviews and recommendations as well as inspirational highlight sections, a full-colour front section with stylish images, and comprehensive maps to even the smallest towns. Ireland, eighth edition, features expanded activities coverage of hiking, spa retreats, boating on the Shannon, golf breaks and cooking in Connemara as well as new colour sections on Irish culture and food and drink. Here is an important resource for North Americans keen to explore their Irish ancestry.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best of the bunch,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Ireland (Paperback)
I've made 2 trips to Ireland in the past 2 years. Before and between trips, I looked through a number of popular guides to Ireland, and both times this was the only one I actually took with me. It's thorough, the maps are accurate and helpful, the historical/cultural background sections are useful while not being overwhelming, and the restaurant descriptions are generally reliable. The listings of hotels and guesthouses aren't exhaustive, but those change constantly -- especially the B&B's -- and I felt that their general recommendations of what areas to stay in in a particular town were helpful. (I booked most of my accommodations through the Bord Failte, either online or in person, and was almost always pleased with the results.) The book is also good at pointing out less well-known sights -- e.g., the Hunt Museum in Limerick, which is worth a visit. A guidebook can't satisfy every reader equally, but this one did a good job of recommending activities for a variety of age groups, including families with children. Their descriptions of walks, how to get to historical sites in remote places, the alternatives to the standard Ring of Kerry tours, and even where to find a laundromat in Killarney, were VERY useful to me, and I definitely don't fall into the category of "young and trendy"!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Ireland (Paperback)
I bought 5 books for a recent trip to Ireland and this is the only book I did not even bother to bring with me. Perhaps it is for a younger travel crowd (I am only 43) but it seemed overconcerned with clubs and trendy places, less interested in helping a traveller negotioate thru the rural and rustic parts of Ireland.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
What about hostels and hiking?,
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Ireland 6th Ed.: 6th Edition (Paperback)
This book will be helpful if you already know where you want to go and what you want to do - but when I looked in the index for hostels and hiking - there was no mention. It's not very good if you are at the beginning of your planning as there is not much of a high-level overview (ie: what to bring, when to go, options on where to stay, etc...). I will probably have to get an additional book for the basics.
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