Waterfall Hikes in Southern British Columbia is the comprehensive guide to discovering waterfalls in BC. It provides detailed access and hiking directions to more than a hundred cascading water features in the BC Rockies and Southern Interior mountain ranges, as well as the Okanagan. Highlighted by stunning photographic imagery, this is the ultimate companion for those looking to chase spectacular and serene waterfalls in Western Canada.

Vingt-quatre idées de voyages en train à travers l'Europe pour découvrir sous un nouveau jour les beautés qu'elle recèle. Des petits villages des Cinque Terre aux châteaux médiévaux des Highlands, les voyages en train vous permettront de traverser de nombreux pays et de découvrir différentes cultures. Chaque itinéraire est décrit au jour le jour et accompagné de sublimes photographies qui vous feront rêver avant même de partir. Vous trouverez également la mention d'expériences inoubliables ainsi que des bons plans, les panoramas à contempler et des indications sur la vie à bord des trains.

Douze idées de voyages en train pour profiter des immenses espaces des Amériques, présentées de manières concises et abondamment illustrées : traversez l'immensité du Canada, partez à la conquête du grand ouest américain ou sur la route des Incas. Chaque itinéraire est décrit au jour le jour et accompagné de sublimes photographies qui vous feront rêvez avant même de partir. Vous trouverez également la mention d'expériences inoubliables ainsi que des bons plans, les panoramas à contempler et des indications sur la vie à bord des trains.

Ce chapitre propose 10 itinéraires différents, pour décourvrir des lieux de villégiature ou des expériences de plein air en Asie. Au menu, des parcours au Sud de la Thaïlande, au Sri Lanka ou encore au Kazakhstan, avec chacun leurs propres points forts. Préparés par des rédacteurs passionnés et spécialisés, ces itinéraires ont pour mission de vous donner l'impulsion de départ, notamment grâce à de superbes illustrations. Voici, entre autres, quelques-uns des itinéraires proposés : Voyage nomade en Mongolie, les Philippines d'îles en lagunes, le Laos royaume du million d'éléphants, Java sous la lumière du soleil levant... Chaque itinéraire est décrit au jour le jour en quelques pages, avec les villes et villages à explorer, les paysages à admirer et les activités plein air à ne pas manquer. Chaque parcours est ponctué de capsules mettant en lumière des expériences inoubliables à vivre.

Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails from well-established staging areas. This unique and colourful guidebook sorts through all of the various possibilities and selects for the reader the very best day hikes on Vancouver Island, with locations throughout the region.

Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands are home to over two dozen active lighthouses. For over a century, these coastal beacons have guided ships through the fog and represented hope for countless mariners. Today, the lighthouses on BC’s southern islands are ideal destinations for day trippers and coastal explorers of all ages who are looking for historical sites in spectacular maritime settings.To the Lighthouse: An Explorer’s Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC offers a comprehensive and fascinating look at these remarkable landmarks, blending practical information on location and accessibility with riveting facts, local lore, and gorgeous photography. From Fisgard Lighthouse, a National Historic Site at the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour, to the remote west coast sentinels of Cape Beale and Pachena Point, and from the isolated Cape Mudge beacon on Quadra Island to the community-supported restoration project at Sheringham Point, this book celebrates a unique culture of public service passed down through generations. To the Lighthouse is a travelling companion like no other.

Pack your bags! A reassuring handbook geared toward women between the ages of 40 and 65 who are eager but apprehensive to take a solo adventure. Chicago, St. Louis, London, Vienna ... bestselling author Jayne Seagrave has traveled there, and she's done it solo. Now she wants her readers to know that not only can they do it too, they should. Seagrave shares her tips as a mature woman travelling solo in general including booking transportation and accommodation, packing, buying medical insurance, and getting over jet lag. She then profiles 24 cities in North America and Europe for which she provides guidance on how get from the airport to your hotel, shares the safest neighborhoods in which to stay, and recommends the best activities for your holiday, all with an eye for the kinds of activities older women would enjoy. It's the boost of confidence you may need to finally take flight!

City cycling made simple

North America’s cities have long been the domain of the car, but thanks to the undeniable benefits of active transport, bicycles have an increasing presence in the urban landscape. Yet our cities weren’t designed for bicycles, making for intimidating, and sometimes dangerous, environments for cyclists.

The Urban Cycling Survival Guide is an accessible, straight-forward pocket guide that helps cyclists new to the urban environment negotiate all the challenges, obstacles, and rules — spoken and unspoken — that come with sharing the roads. From picking the bike that’s right for you to smart riding strategies, tips for drivers, and bike maintenance, Cycle Toronto founding executive director Yvonne Bambrick is your trusted guide.

With illustrations to help clarify even the trickiest bike situation, The Urban Cycling Survival Guide is an indispensible, attractive set of training wheels that can make anyone a confident, joyful city rider.

Is a famous queen of Britain really bured beneath platform 10 at King's Cross station in London? What is the telephone number of the National Theatre? what is the best place to eat in Worcester? Where is the National Bagpipe Museum? (Hint: not in Scotland) Was Pointius Pilate born in Pitlochry? The answers to these questions and literally thousands more are to be found in David Kemp's fascinating guidebook, The Pleasures and Treasures of Britain. Nowhere else will the discerning traveller find so much diverse and essential information about British culture gathered together in one volume. With the author as your witty and knowledgeable guide, take a tour through nearly fifty cities, from Penzance to Perth, from London to Cardiff and Belfast. Each city section begins with a concise, readable history and a guided walk around the town, planned to take in as many of the significant local sights as can comfortably be included. Next are exhaustive listings, including telephone numbers and addresses, of everything a culturally curious visitor might want to seek out: theatre, art galleries, museums, antique markets, antiquarian and other bookstores, restaurants, lcoal fairs and festivals and more. Finally, under the headings of Artistic Associations and Ephemera, each section concludes with an entertaining collection of local lore, gossip, legend and anecdote.