The Rough Guide Thailand

by Rough Guides, Paul Gray

Book by Gray, Paul, Ridout, Lucy

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Asia

672 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips. Since November 2017, Rough Guides has been owned by APA Publications UK Ltd, the parent company of Insight Guides.
With the company's personalised trip service encompassing over eighty destinations, and 200 guidebooks covering 180 destinations, Rough Guides is a multi-faceted travel platform, with global sales of 100 million guidebooks since their inception.

Reviews

[heidi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty decent guidebook that covers much of Thailand's attractions. I even carried it to Laos because it provides useful details on how to cross the Thai - Lao border at Nong Khai into Vientiane. Unfortunately it doesn't have info on crossing the Thai - Malaysian border at Padang besar so for that I'm deducting half a star.

Another half star deducted for not covering great attractions in Bangkok such as Pratunam market and Little Arab (Nana) which happily for me were suggested by Bangkokian friends. And what curious places they are!

Also, wish the maps would be printed within the pages on slightly thicker glossier paper so they could withstand extra abuse (scribbling etc).

But overall this book is great for a trip across Thailand especially if used together with Nancy Chandler's famous maps. Bonus marks for the back section that covers history + geography of Thailand. Informative read for long bus/train journeys.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very detailed informative book used to move round Thailand in 2011.

[Belinda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not enough detail on places I was in & opinions I didn't need - stick to the facts!

[Andrei · Rating 5 out of 5]

Extremely comprehensive.