Footprint Pakistan Handbook: The Travel Guide (Paperback)

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Product Description

The award-winning Footprint Handbooks series has been capturing worldwide attention and admiration for 75 years! Now this excellent series has been revamped to better serve world travelers. With its larger typeface, color sections and maps, bigger trim size, and travel-tough covers, Footprint Handbooks are more durable and easier to use. The series still is the best resource for comprehensive maps and vital information, making Footprint Handbooks indispensable tools for world travelers.
Air and land transportation information
Recommendations for restaurants and places to stay for any budget
Highlights of virtually every site and town, including local history, culture, customs, and etiquette
Money-saving tips and advice on staying healthy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Ntc Pub Group; 2nd edition (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844221449
• ISBN-13: 978-0844221441
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #913,533 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Look no further for the best guidebook !, September 23, 1999

By A Customer

Pakistan is a fascinating and unfairly under-rated country. It certainly is one of the poorest in the world but its people are the most welcoming you will ever meet and the scenery is enthralling. I promised myself I'll keep returning to Pakistan every year since my first discovery trip (1998). Look no further for the best guidebook to Pakistan. This new edition is VERY detailed and informative and has even succeeded in improving on the already brilliant previous edition. In my opinion, Lonely Planet's updated 1998 edition is not bad either but does not compare. Have a wonderful journey ! And please, if you go to Lahore, don't miss the beautiful Wazir Khan mosque !

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and very thorough guide, May 13, 2002

By	Aemad A. Aslam (Colleyville, US; Karachi, Pakistan; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Pakistan Handbook (Footprint Pakistan Handbook) (Paperback)

While in pursuit if my passion of travel, I have had the chance to use several types of guides, but never have I enjoyed reading any guide as this one. Very detailed, yet simply arranged, and excellent recommendations. Very accurate trekking information is also included in it, along with the typical "touristy" material. Maps could use a little more detail, as I saw it. Prices and other recommendations were excellent! Awesome job!

If anyone is going to Pakistan, I would highly suggest getting this book. There are so many things that I have never known even though I was there for several months.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Useful, July 8, 2004

By A Customer

I really enjoyed this book and found it to be indespensible during two trips to Pakistan in the Summers of 03 and 04. A little skimpy on photos and the prices were outdated (it has not been updated since 1998 I wish they would too). other than that it was/is the best on the market, far more engaging and extensive than Lonely Planet. I see Footprint is expected to release a Guide to the Northern Areas. Although I welcome this I think far too many tourists neglect the four provinces down country. This is really where the guide book shines for it reveals so much about the majority of the country that other books neglect or skim over.