After the recent success of the launch of Lonely Planet Encounter guides (Barcelona, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Las Vegas, London, New York, Paris, and San Francisco all published in May 2007) get ready for a second wave in September. Lonely Planet Encounter allows you to see twice the city in half the time!
With more focus on essential experiences for short-stay travelers, the Encounter series continues with thirteen world class cities: Bangkok, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Hanoi & Halong Bay, Los Angeles, Madrid, Prague, Stockholm, Sydney, and Tokyo.
This pocket sized guide highlights the best experiences, sights and neighborhoods so that travelers can go straight to the places they are bound to love. Allowing urban adventurers to get a quick overview of the city, Lonely Planet Encounter captures the fun and eccentric spirit of each city.
The guides are packed with fresh perspectives and incisive reviews of the best places to eat, drink, shop and party. Often written by city residents, they are packed with insider tips and often focus on the less touristy experiences and destinations.
For example, Dublin Encounter will encourage you to peruse the rare and exquisite manuscripts of the Chester Beatty Library before sipping pints of black velvet beauty in the sociable pubs of up-and-coming SoDa or singing Molly Malone with Dubs fans at Croke Park, home of Gaelic Football. Local experts reveal Dublin’s secrets: from Irish designer Leigh Tucker on the best fashion boutiques, to a restident DJ’s recommendations for where best to experience Dublin’s legendary nightlife.
Los Angeles Encounter will have you shooting Chinese herb whisky with the regulars at a Los Feliz opium den-style bar or eating pumpkin-spice pancakes on the sunny patio at Uncle Bill’s enjoying the ocean view. Charlie Sheen’s stand-in, a veteran surfer, and the owner of Star Maps share the LA love with their picks of essential SoCal experiences.
“I want visitors to have as much fun using the book as I had writing it.,” says Amy Balfour, author of Los Angeles Encounter. “During one particularly memorable day of research, I pondered dead mice on toast at the Museum of Jurassic Technology, got spooked wandering gothic patios at Greystone Mansion, then capped it off with cocktails at the Polo Lounge – where a still-tan George Hamilton held court in a booth just behind me. All in all a good day.”
When time is tight you need to know just where to go and how to get there to fill your short stay with a lot of fun. Lonely Planet Encounter is the perfect pocket-sized companion to help you live large in a small amount time.
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