India (Lonely Planet Country Guide) [Paperback]

Sarina Singh (Author), Joe Bindloss (Author), Rafael Wlodarski (Author), Amy Karafin (Author), Paul Harding (Author), Lindsay Brown (Author), Mark Elliott (Author), Simon Richmond (Author), Virginia Jealous (Author), Tom Spurling (Author)

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Publication Date: September 1, 2007

Discover India

Shield your eyes as the desert sun ignites the sandstone of Jaisalmer Fort, p. 245
Sway side-to-side as you lumber through the jungle tiger-spotting on the back of an elephant in Corbett Tiger Reserve, p. 472
Head for the hills and the heavens: adventure out from Darjeeling on a trek with stunning Himalayan views, p. 542
Align your chakras and get bent into a new position at a yoga class in Mumbai, p. 780

In This Guide:

Twelve authors, 252 days of in-country research, 28 new hotels in Delhi alone
Our new Activities chapter covers wildlife safaris, adventure tours, trekking, Ayurveda and yoga courses
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Product Details

• Paperback: 1228 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 12th edition (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741043085
• ISBN-13: 978-1741043082
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #679,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy another book, August 16, 2008

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This review is from: India (Lonely Planet Country Guide) (Paperback)

I was one of those people who took lonely planet books everywhere, all over Europe, to Iceland, the Philippines, Cuba and now Delhi. I trusted the brand so it was the only book I brought, big mistake.
I'll only speak for Delhi because thats where I spent two weeks. So I hope this specifically helps travelers to Delhi.

The restaurants were pretty much awful, the hotel prices were wrong, the massage treatment place recommended so out of the way that it cost the cost of the massage to get there and back. I was working so I only wasted my weekends following the book. My work lunches were at far better restaurants and a aimless walk in the daytime in Old Delhi was far better than any guided tour. I also didn't appreciate the tone of this book and how much time it wasted on smug reviews and lame humor.
I think the individual country books depend really on the authors/editors, the other lonely planet guides I have were of great help. For India(or Delhi at least), try another title.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No Country for One Book, May 19, 2008

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This review is from: India (Lonely Planet Country Guide) (Paperback)

While this is a perfectly adequate guide, should you travel to India, I would recommend also bringing along the Footprints Guide, which does a better job describing various monuments and historical places. I'll be heading to S India in a few months and plan to take this guide, Footprints AND Rough Guide (I tore the N India sections out of my older Rough Guide and Footprints as these are three hefty books). India is such a huge country that no one of these three guidebooks stand out as being the best. If I had to take just one, I'd probably go with Footprints, but their latest edition is a bit dated for proper hotel and restaurant recommendations. The LP is the most current of the three mentioned.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it., March 1, 2010

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This review is from: India (Lonely Planet Country Guide) (Paperback)

Unless you know exactly where you want to go already which is highly unlikely, it might be worth having this book for the maps.

Pay absolutely no attention to the guesthouse prices etc.

Of course as soon as a guesthouse gets a good rating in the LP they put their prices up, this is the same everywhere in the world. In India however, they will actually create three more guesthouses with the same name and you will never know the difference until you walk past the real one. I miss India :p