Карнавал, Белые штаны, Остап Бендер, дикие обезьяны, Дон и Магдалина… Вот и все, что мы знаем о далекой Бразилии. А ведь в этой стране есть что посмотреть и о чем рассказать. Русскоязычных туристов, направляющихся в Бразилию не так много. И...
«Дикая Россия» – это книга о любви к такой разной и такой красивой стране, к самым разным ее уголкам – от Камчатки и Курильских островов до Дагестана и Кольского полуострова. Удивительные пейзажи от фотографа, который совершенно особенно...
Книга о любви к самой необычной стране, к ее удивительным просторам и пейзажам. Владимир Медведев совершенно особенно чувствует мир и природу, умеет найти необычный ракурс для каждого уголка нашей страны. Отправляйтесь в путешествие по России с...
В учебном пособии объединены вопросы педагогики детского туризма и техническая сторона туризма. В нем представлены формы туристско-краеведческой деятельности, даны сведения о безопасности при проведении туристских походов, подготовке туристских...
Это путеводитель по одному из древних городов России. Он знакомит читателей с главными достопримечательностями города, знатными рязанцами, своим трудом и воинским подвигом прославившим свой край. Путеводитель будет полезен туристам, паломникам,...
В наше время интернета все знают, что, чтобы купить авиабилет, не нужно идти в офис авиакомпании или авиакассу. Покупку можно совершить на сайте системы бронирования. Но удивительно, что далеко не все знают, где искать авиабилеты, а ещё больше...
В издании применен оригинальный подход к изучению темы страноведения с позиции отражения реалий в «путевых заметках» и литературных произведениях известных писателей и философов, что делает книгу познавательной и интересной для читателя....
В издании применен оригинальный подход кизучению темы страноведения с позиций культурных традиций отражения реалий в «путевых заметках» и литературных произведениях известных писателей и философов, что делает книгу познавательной и интересной...
В книге рассматриваются вопросы, связанные с историей и современным состоянием туризма и гостеприимства в Германии, Австрии, Швейцарии, Польше, Чехии, которые принимают и отправляют главные мировые туристические потоки. Учебник знакомит с...
В книге рассматриваются вопросы, связанные с историей и современным состоянием туризма и гостеприимства в Германии, Австрии, Швейцарии, Польше, Чехии, которые принимают и отправляют главные мировые туристические потоки. Учебник знакомит с...
Книга была написана по заказу издательства ЭКСМО и издавалась в серии "Где русскому жить хорошо". Изначальное название: "Гоа: для тех кто устал жить по инструкциям". Произведение относится к жанру культурология и рассказывает о индийском штате...
В учебнике рассмотрены теоретические, методические и практические вопросы маркетинга гостиничного предприятия. Освещены сущность, содержание и роль современного маркетинга в процессе управления деятельностью гостиничного предприятия. Рассмотрен...
В учебном пособии рассмотрены основные пути, методы формирования и продвижения территориального туристского продукта с учетом региональной специфики, при этом большое внимание уделено формированию особого образа региона в глобальном...
В учебнике раскрываются все стороны финансового менеджмента с позиций интересов предприятий туризма и гостиничного хозяйства. Рассмотрены особенности финансового планирования и бюджетирования, описана стратегия инвестиционной деятельности,...
В учебнике излагаются основные понятия, концепции и функции, методы организации и управления туризмом. Анализируются факторы, влияющие на эффективное развитие туристических предприятий, возникающие проблемы и пути их решения. Книга содержит...
В учебнике излагаются теоретические основы маркетинга-менеджмента туризма, представлены основные проблемы и тенденции развития туризма в мире и России, раскрыты особенности рынка туризма, освещены аспекты управления товарной и ценовой политикой,...
Accompanied by an eight-part series, this is the story of Adam Nicolson’s adventure in a small boat around the western coast of the British Isles.Early in the year, Adam Nicolson decided to leave his comfy life at home on a Sussex farm and go on...
Beguiling, aromatic memoirs of a cookery writer, settling in a small Normandy town, very similar in flavour to Under the Tuscan Sun.The second house that Susan Hermann Loomis looked at in the small town of Louviers was perfect. Dilapidated,...
A history of walking over the British countryside.Published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Ramblers’ Association, ‘Ramble On’ tells the story of how country walks were transformed from a small and often illegal pastime to the most...
The idiosyncratic and witty travelogue of a young Welsh-speaking woman who travels the globe in search of Welsh communities.Studying in Lampeter, Dyfed, and learning Welsh, Pamela Petro found it infuriating that whenever – in the post office, at...
Warned by a fortune-teller not to risk flying, the author – a seasoned correspondent – took to travelling by rail, road and sea. Consulting fortune-tellers and shamans wherever he went, he learnt to understand and respect older ways of life and...
A deliciously different travelogueIn 2005, Cathy and Jason threw in successful careers as TV presenters and producers to become olive farmers in Italy. With their one year old daughter and Italian dictionary in tow, they found themselves in the...
AT A SPECIAL LOW PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIMETwo girls, three wheels, one mission.If you've ever been to Bangkok you'll have most likely been catapulted through the streets in a tuk tuk, one of the city's ubiquitous three-wheeled taxis. With white...
The Sunday Times BestsellerA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years – its history, landscape and people – from the window of Britain’s many and magnificent railway journeys.Inspired by George Bradshaw, a 19th-century cartographer...
TEXT ONLY EBThe Sunday Times BestsellerA glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years – its history, landscape and people – from the window of Britain’s many and magnificent railway journeys.Inspired by George Bradshaw, a 19th-century...
A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer’s escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.Heinrich Harrer, already one of the greatest mountaineers of his time,...
Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking...
Recommended for colour tablets only. This ebook is not suitable for reading on black and white eink devices. All content downloaded to device, making maps and text available at all times.The Peak District, with its gentle limestone White Peak...
The perfect companion to Bradshaw’s guide book. Showcasing in colour all that is great about Bradshaw’s guide.Great British Railway Journeys has been a hugely successful TV programme, which is now into its third series on BBC2. Much as Michael...
An enthralling, rollicking tour among the storytellers of the American Deep South.The story of the South is not finished. The southeastern states of America, the old Confederacy, bristle with storytellers who refuse to be silent. Many of the...
Further adventures on life in a small French town from Susan Loomis, cookery book writer and author of ‘On Rue Tatin’.‘On Rue Tatin’ was a delightful discovery, and every reader asked for more. The life on Rue Tatin seemed like a dream...
An alternative look at Japanese life, history and cultureYour Rough Guide or Lonely Planet book can tell who where to stay or what to see, but how do you really get under the skin of Japan? In this book Ben Stevens explores the serious and the...
A collection of writing from Britain's best-loved travel writer, ‘A Merry Dance around the World’ is the culmination of a lifetime of adventure.A collection of writing from eleven books by Britain's best-loved travel writer, A Merry Dance around...
An illustrated ebook documenting the hugely varied and always entertaining career of one of Britain’s best-loved travel writers.Born in London in 1919, Eric Newby was educated at St Paul’s School. He began his travelling career in a perambulator...
This is William Dalrymple’s captivating memoir of a year spent in Delhi, a city watched over and protected by the mischievous invisible djinns. Lodging with the beady-eyed Mrs Puri and encountering an extraordinary array of characters – from...
Some of the maps in this title are best viewed on a tablet device.A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth.It...
This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.In 1967, veteran travel writer Eric Newby and his heroic wife Wanda fulfiled their dream of a return to life in the Italian hills where they...
A chronicle of travels, some homely some exotic, from the man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush.Eric Newby's life of travel began in 1919, on pram-ride adventures with his mother into the dark...
More episodes from the life and travels of one of our most celebrated travel writers.This latest book demonstrates exactly why Newby has become a national treasure – his love of the unknown, the unusual and the totally absurd, combined with his...
Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', ‘Love and War in the Apennines’ is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II.After the Italian Armistice of 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the...
Couchsurfing? Surely a sofa would sink on the open sea?Couchsurfing is a global community of over a million people in 232 countries that offers couches, beds and body-sized horizontal surfaces via the internet for fellow members to bunk down on...
A wry and extremely witty travelogue exploring all things Irish (and Oirish).'With Spike Milligan-ish humour, Bradford investigates the Irish psyche: at times he comes close to adding a new mythology of his own.’ Time Out'If you know who Shane...
Now available in ebook format. ‘Motel Nirvana’ is Melanie McGrath’s first published book.A book about the New Age movement and its American heartland. It concerns the author's travels around the south-western United States of Nevada, Colorado,...
A Septuagenarian OdysseySimon Gandolfi has never been one to grow old gracefully and following two heart attacks he decides not to rest up, as many might, but to ride the length of Hispanic America on a 125cc motorbike. And why not?His wife may...
With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain's...
Recommended for colour tablets only. This ebook is not suitable for reading on black and white eink devices. All content downloaded to device, making maps and text available at all times.The Lake District contains some of the most spectacular...
Recommended for colour tablets only. This ebook is not suitable for reading on black and white eink devices. All content downloaded to device, making maps and text available at all times.The Yorkshire Dales with its picturesque dales, ancient...
Over 100,000 miles to cover, one man, one bike and one hungry stomach.Having created his alter-ego, the Hungry Cyclist and with thousands of pedal-powered miles before him, Tom Kevill-Davies pushed off from New York City on one of the most...
An absorbing travel book, a meditation on geology, photography, Romanesque art and the romance of physical decline, The Slow Breath of Stone throws a mirror on Europe of the Middle Ages and its hold on us today.In the years following the...
A deeply affecting memoir of a childhood in Africa and the continent's horrendous wars, which Hartley witnessed at first hand as a journalist in the 1990s. Shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, this is a...