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Packed with color photos, this bestselling guide offers itineraries that show you how to see the best of Seattle in a short time-with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of area and thematic tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor info, Seattle Day by Day is the only guide that helps travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip. Donald Olson is a long-time resident...
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Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Seattle:
Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak
Full-color maps and travel photography throughout
Highlightsand itineraries help you tailor a trip to your personal needs and interests
Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential infoat your fingertips - hours...
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Tired of the same old tourist traps?
Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, Hawai'i Off the Beaten Path shows you the Aloha State with new perspectives on timeless destinations and introduces you to cultural attractions you never knew existed.
• Hike through the natural splendor of Waipio Valley to reach Hiilawe Falls, the longest unbroken waterfall descent in Hawai'i at 1,200 feet.
• Follow Jack London's trail...
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Selling for a lower price than any similar guidebook, and deliberately limited to a short 256 pages, this EasyGuide is an exercise in creating easily-absorbed travel information. It emphasizes the authentic experiences in each destination: the most important attractions, the classic method of approaching a particular destination; the best choices for accommodations and meals; the best ways to maximize the enjoyment of your stay. Because it is "quick...
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Written by a parent for parents, this opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has hundreds of ideas to keep the kids entertained for an hour, a day, or a weekend! Fun with the Family Oregon leads the way to amusement parks, historical attractions, children's museums, wildlife habitats, festivals, parks, and much more. The whole family will enjoy... Donning your 10-gallon hats and cowboy boots (or baseball caps and sneakers) at the Pendleton
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Seattle's Best Dive Bars offers opinionated reviews of one hundred of the grittiest and grungiest drinking establishments in the Emerald City. If you want to avoid the tourist traps listed in those 'other' bar guides and find out where the anti-globalization, anti-Starbucks, anti-Microsoft crowd goes to get wasted, then Seattle's Best Dive Bars, like its predecessors from New York, San Francisco, and Chicago, is your guide to the delightfully filthy...
8) Oregon
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Pack up the car and enjoy forty-five memorable routes in the Beaver State. Featuring over 4,800 miles of riding pleasure, this indispensable highway companion maps out unforgettable trips for exploring the region's scenic byways and back roads.
Embark on an adventure that winds along the mountainsides. Take in the magnificence of the Columbia River Gorge. Trek along a coastline that sports some of the earth's most spectacular scenery. Along the way...
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Before you plan your family's next excursion, get some help from a travel professional... and your kids! Kid's Guide to San Diego lets the kids help plan the trip and guides you as you explore this California destination. Inside you'll find kid-tested tips on where to go, where to eat, what to see, and where to get the best souvenirs. Along the way, your kids will be engaged by reading and sharing fun facts and cool travel tips. Awesome games and...
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Silicon Valley veterans and newbies alike will want to explore this book that delves into the rich history behind the region that birthed the world's most important industry. Technology journalist Ashlee Vance has captured almost every aspect of the area stretching between San Francisco and San Jose, California, starting with the eager radio and electronics enthusiasts of the early 1900s and ending with the computing powerhouses of today such as Google...
11) Hawaii 2015
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Jeanette Foster, author of this best-seller, is undoubtedly among the most prolific and heavily-read of Hawaiian travel writers, the author of dozens of appraisals of America's most popular tropical destination. She lives in Maui, works full-time on all five islands at keeping both recommendations and warnings of Hawaiian lodgings, restaurants and attractions up-to-date, and her advice is eagerly sought by countless followers. This is her newest guide,...
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Lee Foster writes about and recommends the best nature/outdoors attractions and the best cultural travel experiences in Northern California. He helps a local or a visitor make informed travel decisions for visiting places as diverse as Yosemite National Park, the intriguing Russian fort at Fort Ross along the Sonoma coast, or the wondrous Big Sur Coast. What are the best travel options to explore when contemplating Northern California? Lee Foster...
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“Day Trips® from Los Angeles” is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover not far from Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles County has 9.8 million residents, and more than 60% of all visitors to Santa Barbara-a big part of this book-are from Los Angeles County! Trips are listed geographically, starting closest to downtown Los Angeles and radiating outward. Despite Southern California's car-crazy...
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From moose attacks to the midnight sun--an amusing, Bill Bryson-like account of one man's first year in Alaska
"In New York City, a Cheechako (chee CHA-ko) would be the kid who just fell off the turnip truck. No street smarts. A pink windbreaker. A subway map sticking from his back pocket...In Alaska, a Cheechako is even easier to spot. He's the guy with his tongue stuck to a metal pole. A tenderfoot. A greenhorn."
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When you only have a few days to get away, why spend half your time preparing? Quick Escapes® From Seattle frees you from the details and puts you on the road to an enjoyable time away from home. Inside you'll find 12 carefully planned getaways within driving distance of the Seattle metro area. With this guide, you'll find enough variety to suit every budget and taste.
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“Cheap Bastard's Guide to Portland, OR” details endless free and inexpensive opportunities available in The City of Roses from theater, concerts, and museums to wine tastings, yoga classes, haircuts, and massages—for native and visiting cheapskates alike. Written in a fun, humorous tone, this unique guide offers sound advice on how to live the good life on the cheap!
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This book is a tasting guide for the emerging wine region of San Diego County. It covers all the wineries with public tasting rooms and provides information on where to go, what to expect, points of interest, restaurants, the history of the region, and its prospects for the future.
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Both the Inside Passage of Alaska and the Gulf of Alaska are among the single most popular of all cruise destinations, and multitudes of cruisers will welcome this expert assistance in choosing a cruise and the activities on ship and land that the cruise offers. We're proud that our Easy Guide to Alaska cruising is by two foremost experts on the subject: Fran Golden, who writes about cruising for USA Today, and Gene Sloan,, who oversees the two...
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New York City. 1968. I was 24. I had just graduated from college. I applied to VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) as a possible deferment from the Army and Vietnam. I was young and I thought I knew everything. I figured if they had VISTA in any state they had to have VISTA in every state. I requested an assignment in Hawaii.
So naturally, six months later I'm in the very remote, tiny Eskimo village of Sleetmute, Alaska. No streets, no electricity,...
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