Insight Guide New Zealand [Paperback]

Craig Dowling (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998 | Series: New Zealand

One of over 400 titles in the Insight series,

Insight Guide New Zealand. This 350-page book includes a section detailing New Zealand's history, features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from classic Maori art to its love of outdoor adventure, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus many excellent photographs and 17 maps.

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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 text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Apa Productions; 6th Rep edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887294812
• ISBN-13: 978-0887294815
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,335,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Colorful, informative travel tips but lack of maps/direction, January 20, 2004

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This review is from: Insight Guide New Zealand (Paperback)

This is a colorful book with lots of pictures about New Zealand. Its first couple of chapters include the history and culture of New Zealand are especially interesting. They were very useful for visitors to the Kiwi country. However, its lack of large street maps, area maps and detail route maps are disappointing as well as annoying. Although the front cover has an overview map of both the north & south island, I think it will improve the ease of reading and research if various level of district maps and street maps are provided, especially when a traveller was deciding which hotel/motel to book reservations and how far he/she needs to drive from one scenic spot to the next. Without this, it is disasterous for travel planning. Other things to include will be web sites for driving directions such as www.wises.co.nz etc. For a backpack traveller like me, I will even be willing to pay more if road maps/ street map of Auckland are included with the book (which some of the publishers are already doing).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars insight guide new zealand, January 17, 2007

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This review is from: Insight Guide New Zealand (Paperback)

great information on new zealand cities and points of interest,historical & commercial. excellent itineraries with photography to give you a true sense of the trip, including physical requirements. recommend it highly for a first-time visitor!