No place on Earth compares to this vast white wilderness of elemental forces: snow, ice, water, rock. Antarctica is simply stunning.Get up close and personal with the local penguin populations, cruise the picture-perfect Lemaire Channel, or pay a visit to Ernest Shackleton's eerily preserved hut, all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Antarctica and begin your journey now!Inside Lonely Planet Antarctica Travel Guide:Colour maps and images throughoutHighlights and itinerar...

Tasty chocolate experiences

This mouthwatering book guides readers

to the most authentic and delicious chocolate makers around the world, from chocolatiers and bakers in Switzerland and Belgium, to cacao plantations in Java, Grenada and Colombia.

Discover 60 of our planet's quietest places plus 120 travel ideas to help readers find solace in their surroundings. Featuring serene natural spaces to urban oases, this inspiring book explores the joy and mindfulness that each of these treasured destinations brings - with beautiful photography and essential travel tips to help you get there.

Breathe deeply as you bathe in the golden sunlight that trickles through the wild forests of Olympic National Park in Washington State, US; relish in na...

Let Lonely Planet take you further than ever before with the world's first and only travel guide to the Universe, developed with the latest data from NASA. Touch down on the planets of our solar system, before continuing your trip to the edge of the known Universe via exoplanets, newborn stars, supernova remnants, galaxy superclusters and more.

Lonely Planet’s pocket-sized bestseller is back, packed with great ideas, insider advice, tricks and trade secrets to help you win at travel, from scoring that elusive upgrade to staying safe on the road.

Fully revised and updated, Lonely Planet’s Best Ever Travel Tips is here to help you have a better, safer and cheaper trip. You’ll find tips on everything from booking flights and hotels to nutrition and responsible travel – all brought to life with colourful illustrations. Now featu...

Explore 50 of the most unique libraries located in unknown spaces across the world in this beautiful book for travel-loving bibliophiles. From China's lonely library on a secluded beach to a roving military tank filled with 900 novels in Buenos Aires, this inspirational guide celebrates the great lengths humans will go to to assure access to books.

Discover a library on four legs with the Camel Mobile Library Service in Kenya; book swap your latest read in a cool 1950s style fridge in New Zea...

Journey to the planet's most magnificent places with this thought-provoking portrait of our world. See it as you've never seen it before and renew your relationship with the place we call home.

The images in this book will take you to places far and wide, the kinds of places that you might never visit but that you can perhaps put on that "If " list we all have tucked away. These places are surprising, remarkable, remote, familiar... dive in and marvel over the undeniable fact; it is a beautif...

Discover 50 remarkable trees around the world in this stunning atlas. From Australia's towering mountain ash, to New England's flaming maples, and Namibia's quirky-looking quiver tree, this spectacular coffee table book features lavish photography, tips to help identify each species in the wild, and expert insights on why each tree is so special.

Where is the best place to experience Japan's magnificent cherry blossom? What is the world's rarest tree and where can it be found? When is the ult...

For the first time ever, Lonely Planet has compiled the best dining spots in every country of the world. Our writers know how to sniff out the best food around and our picks favour local, authentic and atmospheric experiences - whether that means tucking into tasty oysters at a seafood shack in southeast England or gorging on the best jerk chicken in Jamaica.

Throughout the book's 600-plus pages, we also profile the must-try delicacies unique to each country, as well as advice on how much to ...

Soar through this unique guide to birdwatching, which celebrates 60 enchanting bird species and where to find them. Packed with expert insights, trip planning tips, beautiful photography, and a further 120 ideas for birding experiences that explore the simple moments of joy, mindfulness and attentiveness found in watching birds go about their day.

Listen to the chirps and whistles of a nightingale's infamous song in the idyllic coastal nature reserve of RSPB Minsmere in Norfolk, UK; or spot ...