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Our Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook: the challenges of guidebook research and other considerations

Our research last year for the Syria chapter of our recently released Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook required that we visit everything already in the book, along with many more sights that weren’t in the guide. And while we loved visiting all of those “out of the way castles and ruins”, when making decisions … Read more about Our Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook: the challenges of guidebook research and other considerations

Our Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook has hit the shelves!

by Lara Dunston

We’ve just received our author copies of our recently released Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook and I’m rather excited to see it in print as we put a lot of hard work into it. Admittedly, seeing a book for the first time is not as thrilling these days as it once was, especially as … Read more about Our Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon guidebook has hit the shelves!

The Cool Travel Guide to the Italian Lakes

by Lara Dunston

We were surprised during our recent research trip in Italy to find that after Venice and Rome the country’s next most popular travel destination seemed to be Sirmione, a small walled town on a tiny peninsula, accessed by a drawbridge across the moat of a castle on gorgeous Lake Garda. It’s a place you rarely … Read more about The Cool Travel Guide to the Italian Lakes

Tips for travelling Italy’s autostradas: thank god for Autogrill

by Lara Dunston

We recently finished a four-week research trip driving through Northern Italy. As we’ve spent a lot of time on Italy’s autostradas (motorways, freeways), here are some tips to travelling the autostrada:WHO: Every man and his dog drives the autostrada, from Italians doing the daily commute to work to truckies doing long-haul trips between countries. During … Read more about Tips for travelling Italy’s autostradas: thank god for Autogrill

The Navigli: Milan’s hippest neighbourhood

by Lara Dunston

You may not read about it in travel magazines or newspapers yet The Navigli has long been Milan’s hippest and most happening neighbourhood. It was when we wrote Lonely Planet’s Best of Milan four years ago and having just spent a month there again renting an apartment on Ripa di Porta Ticinese overlooking the liveliest … Read more about The Navigli: Milan’s hippest neighbourhood