Fodor's China

By Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.

Book Overview

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. China is a trip-of-a-lifetime adventure for travelers in search of cutting-edge art and culture, rugged natural beauty, and cultural diversity. In full-color and with helpful magazine-style illustrated features, Fodor's China shows off the splendor of the country's historical treasures, vibrant culinary culture, and its colorful ethnic minorities like no other guide. This travel guide includes: - Dozens of full-color maps - Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks - Multiple itineraries to explore the top attractions and what's off the beaten path - In-depth breakout features on Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and spirituality in China - Coverage of Beijing, Shanghai, Eastern China, Hong Kong, Pearl River Delta, The Southwest, Sichuan and Chongqing, The Silk Road, Tibet Planning to focus your trip? Check out Fodor's travel guides to Beijing and Hong Kong.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101878215
• ISBN13: 9781101878217
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Great guide for use when visiting China

I bought this guide book for a 2 month abroad program while I was in China in summer 2002. The book is organized quite well. It is broken down into the regions of China (Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, etc), and then breaks further down into individual provinces and cities within each region. The pro's of this book are that it cover's a lot of ground for such a big country. Considering how large China is, the book is quite a small size, but at the same time still provides the traveller a good guide on the important sites of each region and city. In addition to highlighting each city's key landmarks and areas to visit, it also lists each city's better known resturaunts, shopping centers and Hotels. It also provides a rating system of their own on the prices of each hotel and resturaunt. A small map is provided for each of the larger cities with key scenic spots, hotels, resturaunts highlighted on the map. The resturaunt section of each city also lists the resturaunts of non-chinese fare, for example, western food. For most scenic spots, hotels, shopping centers and resturaunts of each city, a phone number and open-close time is provided as well. It also provides at least a few sentences about each scenic site, resturaunt, hotel, etc. The book also provides approximate distances from other popular cities to other cities, so it is easier for one to plan their travels within the country. For the larger cities, it also lists general info and phone numbers about subway systems, buses, and getting around.I really don't have many con's for this book. Since it was recently updated, I didn't have any complaints about the book being out of date or the phone numbers or hours of the places listed, being incorrect. All the information for each city was well organized and presented. Some history was also given for each scenic site or region.Overall, I think this book is great for traveling to China. It is quite thorough and detailed, listing so many tourist sites, resturaunts, hotels, shopping centers, etc. I recommend it.