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South India (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

By: Paul Harding Patrick Horton Amy Karafin Simon Richmond
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
ISBN: 1741041651
ISBN-13: 9781741041651
Released: 01 Sep 2005
RRP: £13.99
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Don't leave home without it! - By: S. Chavda, 28 Feb 2006
I'd bought my flight tickets, travel insurance & the alll important Visa for entering India. Next on the list was the guide book. It was a choice of this one or the Rough Guide.

Both were published around the same time, & I've used both before for different countries, so I'm happy with their layout & content. However, choosing the right guide this time seemed far more difficult.

Both contained detailed information about the places I plan to visit. However, I found some bits were present in one book, but not the other, & vice-versa. In the end I decided to go for both books. I'm travelling in South India for 3 months, so I thought it would be worth the luxury of having two guides.

Having read both now, I can confirm that both are indeed excellent & each would provide an excellent insight into an amazing country.

Just to prove my point however, here is one example of an item (that I think is critical) that differ in books.

Apart from a smalll section dedicated to 'Todas', the Rough Guide doesn't reallly mention trekking in Ooty, which is one of the highlights of the region. Lonely Planet dedicates just under half a page to this essential activity.

Anyway, I don't expect both books to be the same, & here is a summary of the strengths of each book, I hope this might help you decide which book to buy:

Lonely Planet.
Travelling around by train.
Essential information.
Maps.

Rough Guide.
At a glance section on Highlights of South India.
History of India & its regions.
Food & drink.

All in alll, I don't think you'd go wrong with either guide & wish you a safe a pleasant journey through this magical country.

Lonely Planet south india - By: , 04 Nov 2004
I actuallly used this book to tarvel around Tamil Nadu for one month. It was very usful including alll details about resaonable hotel & transportation, however many prices such as hotel price has been changed lots & I find out this is annoying.
Hope they can update about that but other than that it is good guide book to find out South India
Accurate and Dependable - By: , 22 May 2004
From the restaurants to the hotels & places to see described,this book is the ideal guide to this region.We relied on it completely when we were in Tamil Nadu & it was wonderful.Made our holiday very worthwhile & relieved a lot of the stress of finding a place to stay or somewhere to eat.It also describes the region & its historical atractions well.
True to life! - By: , 29 Jan 2002
South India has never been more beautiful & Lonely Planet does full justice to this sun kissed land. As always outstanding research by Lonely Planet - the recommendations for the ethnic restaurants "udipi" cuisine are real gems. Each & every one of them I tried for Thirvananthapuram were finger licking good. Bus fares have changed since book was published but the increase of 2 US cents won't change your plans to follow the recommended itineraries. We had a thrilling time touring South India following Lonely Planet's guide page by page.
South of India covered - By: , 29 Jan 2002
Lonely Planet has divided India into two more detailed versions, North India & South India. Although they are just as thick on their own as the India guide, I do lack the more detail & depth that you should expect. The South guide is better & more detailed though than the North, so if you are covering the south extensively it could be worth considering to buy.

This said, the Lonely Planet guides are very good for Asia in particular & the South India guide is not an exception to this rule. If you are planning to travel alll over India, I would recomend you to buy only the Lonely Planet India guide instead of North & South India together.