Insight Guide Taiwan (Insight Guides)

By Insight Guides

Book Overview

Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812349669
• ISBN13: 9789812349668
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Excellent guide to Taiwan

The Insight Guide to Taiwan is an excellent work, but needs to be used along with another work such as the Lonely Planet Guide, which has more practical information.

A Decent, Although Far From Comprehensive Guide

This is a good alternative guide. No, it isn't packed with penetrating insights into Taiwan's unqiue culture nor would it suffice on a huandao luxing (round island trip). Rather it is a supplementary guide filled with lovely photgraphs, very good maps, and lots of introductory blurbs. A good second choice for a book, or a first choice for those coming just for a short time.

A Must-read for Those Who Wanting Inside Info

Beside many detailed maps and interesting photos, this book also contains wonderful essays showing the authors' "inside" knowledge of Taiwan's history and culture, apparently written by expat residents who have lived in Taiwan for many years. Information such as hiking excursions or setting up a cell phone account is very useful, but the book will benefit from a lot more Chinese characters and more tone markings of the Chinese language.