Footprint Handbooks

Footprint's 2nd edition of Patagonia has been fully revised and updated, helping you get the most from this vast wilderness at the bottom of the globe. Including both Chile and Argentina this guide helps you to plan your trip, with information on how the transportation system works and tips on how to get the most from the region when time is short or money tight. Detailed descriptions on where to have fun, cycling, horse riding, whitewater rafting, skiing, treks and reccommendations on the best pubs and clubs and where to meet the rest of the crowd.

The newest addition to Footprint's burgeoning series of activity guides, Diving the World, takes the underwater adventurer on a magical tour of many of the world's top dives. Over 200 prime sites have been carefully selected, reviewed and photographed by experienced husband-and-wife team, Beth and Shaun Tierney. The guide also features personal opinions and anecdotes from both experts and other divers, as well as recommendations of what to do and see on dry land. Includes features on travelling as a diver - choosing, planning and costs; guide to airlines, baggage and packing; detailed health section written by renowned expert; information on climate and dive conditions; conservation issues and dive related topics explored and underwater photography explained

Footprint's highly acclaimed guide is essential for all free-spirited travellers wishing to get to grips with this small but perfectly formed country. The best sights. Eco-lodges, hostels and haciendas. Diving with hammerheads and cycling down volcanoes. This in-depth and fully researched and updated guide also includes a comprehensive background section with Spanish words and phrases to introduce you to its rich and diverse culture and full colour highlights maps to help you get around.

From the freezing heights of the Himalaya to the warm waters of the Andaman sea, Footprint's India provides the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to this fascinating land. Experience snowfields, deserts, beaches and backwaters, the Red Fort, the Golden Temple and the Blue Mountain Railway, eat thalis in Gujarat and sip tea in Darjeeling. Footprint's highly acclaimed guide has been fully revised and updated to provide the essentials on how to get the most from this amazingly diverse and complex country.

The only guide covering Mexico as well as the seven countries in Central America. Border crossings and how to get the best out of each country. From the Tortilla Curtain to the Darien Gap. Best of festivals. Red hot lava tongues and deep blue sea holes. Get off the beaten track. Warmongering Aztecs and Maya sacrifice. Chocolate makers and surf breakers. The pick of diving, surfing and trekking. Full-colour maps. Mischief-making monkeys, spookey-eyed frogs, chilli and chicha….

The second edition of our popular mini guide to help you get the best out of Bologna. Covering the city itself, it looks outside the city to the popular excursions: the Apennine villages, Parma, Modena, Ferrara, Imola, Ravenna and Rimini. With streets like embroidered cloth, threaded with the arches of continuous colonnades, the heart of Bologna is a giant cloister. The city is littered with breathtaking monuments and masterpieces all of which are readily accessible. If this were not mouth-watering enough Bologna is the food capital of Italy and renowned for its fast cars. Features up-to-the minute accommodation listings, whether you are looking for an exclusive luxury villa or a self-catering apartment. Packed with in-depth information about the sights from the 'must-sees' to those just around the corner and suggestions on how to spend your time be it a few days or longer