Insight Guide Korea (Insight Guides) [Paperback]

Tom Le Bas (Author), Tom Le Bas (Author)

Book Description

Series: Insight Country/Regional Guides-Foreign | Publication Date: February 15, 2001

Some travelers love nothing better than to bathe in the sun. Others revel in immersing themselves in history and culture. Then there are those who are born to shop. We all know the type. In fact, we might ourselves be the type. There are some people for whom shopping is not a necessity but a sport. Insight Shopping Guides are a play book for the avid shopper who wants to level the playing field when he or she competes against natives for the best goods and deals the city has to offer. This series is for the discerning consumer who needs a little help navigating around an unfamiliar city. They are ideal shopping companions for travelers wanting lively, informative background material on the best shopping areas and reliable advice on finding the most reliable service.

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About the Author

Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

This book was produced by Tom Le Bas and Lesley Gordon, both Guides managing editors. Tom Le Bas also wrote the Porto Vecchio (Corsica), Portoferraio(Elba) and Portavenere ports of call. The book's introduction, The Sea of Dreams, was written by Douglas Ward, the respected author of the cruise industry's "'bible"' the Berlitz Guide to Ocean Cruising and Cruise Ships.

Product Details

• Paperback: 297 pages
• Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishers; 8 edition (February 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585730025
• ISBN-13: 978-1585730025
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,470,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #69 in Books > Travel > Asia > South Korea

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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tourist guide, July 26, 2001

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Torsten Exner (Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Insight Guide Korea (Insight Guides) (Paperback)

If you are planning your first holiday in Korea and look for a compact, well organized and illustrated travel guide, take this one into consideration. It is being kept up to date and contains all the major and minor attractions that Koreans would tell you you should not miss. Addresses, maps, some background information on food, arts, religion etc., everything is ordered into seperate chapters and really "at your fingertips"; the main part of the book naturally covers locations of interest.

If you are interested in a better understanding of Korea's highest treasure, it's people, this is not the guide's purpose and it can only serve as an introduction. In this case you should for example go for D.N. Clark's "culture and customs" or D.M. Hoffman's "Lanterns on the river".

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful as always, June 20, 2005

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J. Marren "jtm497" (Glen Ridge, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Insight Guide Korea (Insight Guides) (Paperback)

I've bought bought many Insight Guides through the years, and this one runs true to form--lavishly illustrated, chock full of information on the history, culture and people of Korea. As others mention, these guides are not good for hotel and restaurant information, but they're not intended to be--in fact, you may not even want to carry it along on the trip. But for research they're indispensible. A note: I have not gone to Korea but used this book in an English class for adult Korean students. They gave it a big thumbs up, said it "has everything." They would know!

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, April 20, 2006

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Shelly and Travis (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Insight Guide Korea (Insight Guides) (Paperback)

My husband and I travel and live all over Asia and we love the Insight Guides and the DK guides. When we first started traveling we would buy the lonely planet and the insight or DK guide. But we found that we never used the lonely planet. We found it was far too detailed and had out of the way places that we weren't interested in. The Insight guides sift through all of the sights and show the best ones. We have never been disappointed with the information in the guides. While we were living in the countries and traveling veraciously we still didn't have time to visit all of the places in the Insight guide. The Insight guides have all the highlights are enjoyable to read and provide enough details for us to make all the hotel and flight reservations. The Insight Guides have well-researched and accessible history and culture sections. When we move we always buy a guide for our family to read so they have a better understanding of where we live and always enjoy the colorful pictures and well-written articles.