See the best of Prague with this streamlined walking guide, complete with step-by-step itineraries & maps, to help you explore the city like a pro & navigate like a local. Created in a handy, take-along format, this guide is written by a seasoned travel writer to help conjure the spirit of the place in elegant text enhanced by National Geographic`s famous eye for good pictures. More than just a guidebook, Walking Prague is full of information about the city & its people. * ON-THE-GROUND INFORMATION allows travellers to avoid long lines, visit at the most opportune time, & see the sites in the most expedient way possible. * WHIRLWIND TOURS: Six specialised tours showing you how to see the city if you have only a day or a weekend; if you have kids in tow; if you`re in search of some fun; as well as specific tours catered to history & architecture lovers. * The main Neighbourhoods section offers itineraries of Prague`s greatest neighbourhoods
- from the former-ghetto-now-fashionable Josefoy to cultural Stare Mesto to castle-shadowed Hradcany. * Distinctly Prague features, highlighting baroque architecture, royal heritage, beer, & other Prague-centric info.* Best Of thematic groupings of sights, such as river activities & legendary cafes. * In-depth features spreads on a major museum or other iconic sight along the route
- the Convent of St. Agnes & Prague Castle among them. * TRAVEL ESSENTIALS: Information on how to get to the city; how to get around once you`re there; & h&-picked hotels & restaurants.

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” Walking Rome” offers 15 carefully curated itineraries, written by an expert travel writer, that showcase the city`s best sights. Fun features include in-depth looks at major icons, best of lists of quintessential things to see & do, & insider sidebars full of local knowledge. A travel essentials section has planning tips & h&-picked hotels. Travellers will find top-notch, streamlined, & useful information that goes beyond the internet basics to ensure a rewarding, authentic, & memorable urban experience. Expert authors organise each itinerary with on-the-ground information, allowing the traveller to avoid long queues, visit at its most opportune time, & see the sites in the most expedient way possible. ...

” Walking South Yorkshire” is a collection of 30 circular walks, between 2 & 8 miles (3 & 13 km) in length, that explore the ancient woodland & rural visitor attractions around Sheffield, Rotherham & Barnsley. Attractions visited include: Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wentworth Castle Gardens, Stainborough Park, Cannon Hall Museum, Old Moor RSPB Reserve, Monk Bretton Priory, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Worsbrough Mill, Rockley Blast Furnace, Wentworth Woodhouse, the Waterloo Pottery Kiln, Catcliffe Glass Cone, Graves Park Animal Farm, Roche Abbey & the Chesterfield Canal. Written by a local walker, each walk features detailed route directions, combined with a thorough insight into the county`s rich, yet little-known, heritage of ancient woodl&. All walks can be reached by public transport from Sheffield, Meadowhall, Rotherham & Barnsley, feature Ordnance Survey 1:25, 000 maps & information on public transport, car parking, history, refreshments & terrain. ...

In April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the River Amazon. Nearly two & a half years later, he had crossed the whole of South America to reach the mouth of the colossal river. With danger a constant companion
- outwitting alligators, jaguars, pit vipers & electric eels, not to mention overcoming the hurdles of injuries & relentless tropical storms
- Ed`s journey demanded extreme physical & mental strength. Often warned by natives that he would die, Ed even found himself pursued by machete-wielding tribesmen & detained for murder. However, Ed`s journey was an adventure with a purpose: to help raise people`s awareness of environmental issues. Ed had unprecedented access to indigenous communities & witnessed the devastating effects of the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest first-h&. His story of disappearing tribes & loss of habitats concerns us all. Ultimately though, Walking the Amazon is an account of a world-first expedition that takes readers on the most daring journey along the world`s greatest river & through the most bio-diverse habitat on earth.

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Levison Wood begins his biggest challenge yet. Beginning in the north-eastern tip of Mexico, Levison will walk the entire length of Central America, through eight countries before attempting to cross the treacherous Darien Gap into Colombia & South America. Walking the Americas will see Levison return to Mexico, where he lived for three months, & Belize
- where he trained as a soldier with the British Army
- before stepping into a part of the world he`s never visited before & some of the most diverse, beautiful & unpredictable regions on earth. Both thrilling & emotional, Walking the Americas is the story of a very personal journey, about endurance, empathy & challenging yourself to be the best that you can be.

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A collection of accounts from ”thru-hikers”, those who have walked the entire length of the Appalachian trail from Katahdin to Springer mountain. This book makes for fascinating reading & should provide anyone thinking of walking this trail ample inspiration. ...

In this book Ian Crofton makes a journey on foot from Gretna Green in the southwest to Berwick in the northeast, following as close as possible the Anglo-Scottish Border as it has been fixed since the union of the crowns in 1603. Much of the line of the Border runs through a wild, overwhelmingly unvisited no man`s land
- the sort of trackless waste perfect for keeping two belligerent peoples apart? During the course of his journey Ian Crofton considers a number of questions how `natural` are borderlines? Sometimes they follow physical barriers, sometimes an arbitrary line on a map, the compromise made by some committee of distant diplomats.
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Walking the Camino de Santiago is a practical guide book to the ancient pilgrimage route from St-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela & on to Finisterre, complete with black & white, simplified overview maps & route profiles for the different stages of the walk. Step by step directions are given, with easy to read symbols relating to facilities & route highlights & profile maps. The medieval history, legends & religious traditions of the Camino de Santiago are described & 12 pages of the guide are dedicated to identifying en route flora & fauna. Practical details such as where to eat & stay, including pilgrim hostels, & approximate costs, ideas for what to do on rest days & regional information are provided. The guide also contains a basic Spanish language starter, a ready to fill in Camino log & tips for further reading. ...

In May 2006, armed only with a small rucksack & a staff, Tony Kevin, an overweight, sedentary, 63- year-old former diplomat, set off on an eight-week trek across Spain. But this was not just a very long walk
- it was a pilgrimage. From Granada, in the southeast, to Santiago de Compostela, in the far northwest, Tony followed the Via Mozarabe & the Via de la Plata, two of the many pilgrim trails that crisscross Spain & Portugal & that all lead to a single destination. In the Middle Ages, the cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela was Europe's most famous centre of pilgrimage, & in recent years it has enjoyed a remarkable revival. What, in our busy, materialistic 21st century, is this apparently anachronistic phenomenon all about? What drives tens of thousands of people of all nationalities & creeds to make long, exhausting walks across the cold mountains & hot tablelands of Spain, to take part finally in a medieval Christian liturgy of spiritual renewal & reconciliation with God? Walking the Camino beautifully captures the flavour of what it was like to walk the Camino, & is filled with fascinating observations & anecdotes about the nature of contemporary Spain. And because pilgrimage is such a deeply personal experience that has the potential to unlock the deepest recesses of hidden memory & conscience, it is also a profound personal meditation on the nature of modern life. It will be of interest to people who contemplate making, or who have made this walk; to those interested in the politics & culture of contemporary Spain; & indeed anyone who appreciates fine travel writing.
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Walking the Canals of London by John Merrill is a guidebook to walking the capitals inland waterways. Starting from the Limehouse Basin, the walks fully explore Regent’s canal, the Paddington branch of the Grand Union Canal, the Hanwell Flight & the River Thames from Richmond to Limehouse Basin
- thereby completing the London Canal Loop. One final walk explores the Isle of Dogs, the Greenwich Peninsula & the Limehouse Cut. Each walk section is accompanied by a route map & provides route instructions, walk distance & estimated walk time. Information on public transport, parking facilities, available maps, pubs & cafes & places of notable interest is also provided. There are also sections on city walking, city walking equipment, canal features & how to enjoy the waterways safely. The guide is also accompanied by maps, illustrations & photographs.
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