Complemented by easy-to use, reliable maps, helpful recommendations, authoritative background information, and up-to-date coverage of things to see and do, these popular travel guides cover in detail countries, regions, and cities around the world for travelers of every budget, along with extensive itineraries, maps with cross-referencing to the text, "Top 10" and "Top 5" lists, and other practical features.
I love Lonely Planet guides. The tone is playful and quirky and fun and yet smooth and full of good information. This series assumes that you're probably not the huge, swanky hotel type and that you're into offbeat, available for a song, but slightly romantic travel spots...and that's my cup of tea. I think this will be the main travel guide we use on our upcoming spring drive down the coast.