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Lonely Planet Sri Lanka (Travel Guide) Paperback – July 1, 2012

by Lonely Planet (Author), Ryan Ver Berkmoes (Author), Stuart Butler (Author),

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Sri Lanka is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Float in the azure Sri Lankan water, munch on amazing chili fritters while riding the train to Ella, or bike through Anuradhapura; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Sri Lanka and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet Sri Lanka Travel Guide:

Colour maps and images throughout
Highlights and itineraries show you the simplest way to tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests
Insider tips save you time and money and help you get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
Essential info at your fingertips - including hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, and prices
Honest reviews for all budgets - including eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, and hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
Cultural insights give you a richer and more rewarding travel experience - including customs, culture, history, politics, religion, wildlife, cuisine, and beverages
Over 57 local maps
Useful features - including What's New, Month-by-Month (annual festival calendar), and Travel with Children
Coverage of Colombo, Negombo, Kandy, Galle, Nuwara Eliya, Bentota, Hikkaduwa, Dambulla, Unawatuna, Ella, Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Mirissa, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa, Tangalla, Adam's Peak, Arugam Bay, Uppuveli, and more

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Stuart Butler, and Amy Karafin.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

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336 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Lonely Planet
Publication date

July 1, 2012
Dimensions

5.04 x 0.71 x 7.76 inches
ISBN-10

1741797004
ISBN-13

978-1741797008
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The best-selling Sri Lanka guidebook, with a extended coverage on areas reopened after the civil war

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Publisher : Lonely Planet; 12th edition (July 1, 2012)
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 1741797004
ISBN-13 : 978-1741797008
Item Weight : 12.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.04 x 0.71 x 7.76 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,438,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #59 in Sri Lanka Travel Guides
- #1,114 in General India Travel Guides
- #1,769 in General Asia Travel Books

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No BS guy

Too willing to please

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2013

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I appreciate that there is a guide out there for Sri Lanka. It did help. However, the Lonely Planet guys really go out of their way to praise hotels, shops, restaurants, etc. that are really dumps. The descriptions of the historic sites are decent, although their history of the hilltop palace at Sigiriya is totally at odds with everything everyone told me while in country. I wish Eyewitness had done a guide on Sri Lanka. Until they do, you may be stuck with the Lonely Planet guide.

7 people found this helpful

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Kindle version is useless. Buy the book instead.

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2013

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Buy the book, not the Kindle version.

A travel guide is typically not read cover to cover, but browsed by the reader for relevant and specific information that they need. That is almost impossible to do with a Kindle. There is no way to quickly access specific pages or even find the information one needs. So while the information is good (hence 2 stars)the inability to easily access it makes the Kindle version almost useless.

6 people found this helpful

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Daniel P. Riva

Lonely Planet has become virtually useless. They've actually become worse - quality has observably ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2015

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Lonely Planet has become virtually useless. They've actually become worse - quality has observably degraded with the introduction of each new addition and this is no exception. It's frustrating.
Seems that the spirit of the company has been abandoned - so be it. But for the price, please include a couple of maps. I shoved this guide to the bottom of my luggage and relied on locals + wifi for info.
What a rip-off - LP isn't even trying.

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Joyce Payeur

Used for a birding and train trip

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2013

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We used this book and its maps for a combination birdwatching and train riding trip from Feb 28 to Mar 21 2013. Everything was accurate, except most of the hotels we used were not in the book. We traveled east to Kandy and then slightly north and then clockwise around the island. Only in Colombo were the hotel recommendations useful.

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J. Beiss

Excellent Guide

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2014

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This Lonely Planet guide assumes you know little or nothing about Sri Lanka so they provide some basic history and background that's so essential for getting the most while visiting a new country. And, all the basics of currency, climate, visa info etc is presented clearly in the "need to know" pages up front.

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Mrs_M

The best of a bad lot

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2014

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So-so. The best of a bad lot. No really good Sri Lanka travel guide. Lower your expectations.

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I found them excellent as an independent traveller

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2016

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I have used Lonely Planet guides for 40 years. I found them excellent as an independent traveller.

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Matth

This crap. Just buy the book and do it old school

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2012

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This is the first Lonely PLanet we have bought for Kindle/Ipad, and will be the last.

It has very little functionality, and is impossible to navigate. Very disappointing.

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salar

Don't waste your money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2013

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Lacks information about major sites and information about potential problems for the more mature visitor such as climbing Sigiriya. Concentrates too much on boarding houses. A disappointment compared to all other Lonely Planet guides

14 people found this helpful

Jane G

Lots on information

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2019

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A useful guide book which covered many aspects of life in all areas of Sri Lanka.

Philip Cowing

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2017

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Great travel book with a lot of useful information

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Not formatted for Kindle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2013

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This is the first time I've bought a travel guide for my Kindle and this was a complete rip-off. Paying over £12, I expected that at least some effort would have gone into formatting it for said media but absolutely no effort had been made, rendering it almost redundant.

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PeteM

Not bad

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2013

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OK, but already feels a bit dated. The tourism infrastructure is developing so quickly. Plus, it's a bit much on the 'This is the most beautiful place ever..' rhetoric. More facts, less flannel would be better.

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