Great Destinations™ puts the "guide" back in "guidebook."

"Consistently rated the best guides to the regions covered...Readable, tasteful, appealingly designed. Strong on dining, lodging, culture, and history."—National Geographic Traveler. "A crisp and critical approach for travelers who want to live like locals."—USA Today. Distinctive for their accuracy, simplicity, and conversational tone, the diverse travel guides in our Great Destinations series meet the conflicting demands of the modern traveler. They're packed full of up-to-date information to help plan the perfect getaway. And they're compact and light enough to come along for the ride. A tool you'll turn to before, during, and after your trip, these guides include:
• Chapters on lodging, dining, transportation, history, shopping, recreation, and more!
• A section packed with practical information, such as lists of banks, hospitals, post offices, laundry mats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information.
• Maps of regions and locales.

A thorough and expansive travel guide to the diverse activities, lodgings, and eateries that "Hotlanta" has to offer—a popular hub destination that receives more than 20 million visitors each year....

This all-new Explorer's Guide to Georgia is the most comprehensive travel guide you'll find to the Peach Tree State.

Georgia is one of the top domestic travel destinations in the U.S. From ancient mountains and winding rivers to charming towns, plush coastal island communities, and the lively metropolis of Atlanta, this guide offers a vast variety of opportunities for travelers of many interests. Travel writers Carol and Dan Thalimer lead you to find the best barbeque, white-water rafting, historic battlefields, cultural opportunities, and much more.

This new addition to the popular Explorer's Guide series includes hundreds of dining recommendations, from roadside eateries to fine cuisine. Opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, vacation cabins, and campgrounds are also featured. Other features include up-to-date regional and city maps; an alphabetical "What's Where" guide for trip planning; handy icons that point out best values, wheelchair access, and family- and pet-friendly activities and establishments. 100 black & white photographs, 7 maps, index....