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Bali Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to Bali’s best cultural, shopping, spa and dining experiences.Bali is known for its tumbling rice paddies, beautiful culture and world-class surf. But delve deeper and you’ll discover that every area of the island has its own distinctive personality. Artistic Ubud is home to centuries-old temples, yoga shalas galore and some of the most inventive plant-based restaurants in the world. On the south coast, Seminyak is all about designer boutiques and vibey beach clubs with swim-up bars and sunset soundtracks. Head north and volcano bagging, rice-terrace trekking and exceptional scuba diving all become possibilities. This guide also includes a selection of field trips that encourage you to get off the beaten path and visit areas further afield including North Bali and the neighbouring island of Lombok. With the worst of the pandemic behind it, Bali remains a popular holiday destination where locals welcome tourists with open arms. Slip this guide into your pocket and head off on an adventure, experiencing the most fascinating sights and surrounds, just like a local.

Steeped in history, tradition and beauty, Kyoto reflects the changing of the seasons more than any other city in the world. There are 2000 temples and shrines to visit, the intricate culture of Geisha, tea houses, Zen gardens, and artisan crafts that are just as important today as they were a thousand years ago. In a compact, light paperback format perfect for slipping into your back pocket, Kyoto Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city’s most interesting cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences.Divided into separate precincts, each section lists the best shops, restaurants, bars and sights to see in the area. There are also a selection of 'field trips' that encourage you to venture outside the city, on the Eizan and Nara train lines, and to Arashiyama.With a beautiful design, vibrant images and detailed reviews, you’ll easily navigate Kyoto’s ancient pathways and bonsai gardens. Konnichi-wa and welcome to Kyoto!

Hanoi is a picturesque mix of the old and the new, with the fading grandeur of its French colonial history juxtaposed against modern architecture. It's a city where early-morning tai chi is followed by the rush of noisy mopeds as they cruise up wide, tree-lined boulevards; and old-style street food vendors are nestled alongside high-end boutiques and shopping malls. In a compact, light paperback format perfect for slipping into your back pocket, Hanoi Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city’s most interesting cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences.Divided into separate precincts, each section lists the best shops, restaurants, bars and sights to see in the area, across 9 precincts covering the four main districts of urban Hanoi. In the centre there's Hoàn Ki?m, which contains the Old Quarter crammed with elegant shophouses and temples; to the south there's the fashionable nightlife and shopping district of Hài Ba Trung; to the west there's Ba Ðinh with its mix of French colonial villas, modern skyscrapers, squares and parks; and to the north you'll find genteel, upmarket Tây H?.This handy pocket-sized guide also includes suggested field trips outside Hanoi, including an overnight stay in H? Long Bay, as well as maps of the four districts of inner Hanoi.

Cosmopolitan and effortlessly bilingual Montreal is the largest city in Canada’s French-speaking province of Québec. This UNESCO City of Design offers everything from the arts to ice-hockey, the maple harvest to craft beer, and world-renowned jazz and comedy festivals. In a compact, light paperback format perfect for slipping into your back pocket, Montreal & Quebec City Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city’s most interesting cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences.Divided into separate precincts, each section lists the best shops, restaurants, bars and sights to see in the area. The precincts the guide covers are Old Montréal, The Old Port & Parc Jean-Drapeau, Downtown, Plateau-Mont-Royal, Little Italy, Les Quartiers du Canal, Mont Royal, The Latin Quarter & The Village, and Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.As well as detailed reviews and maps for major attractions through to hidden gems, this guide includes a selection of 'field trips' encouraging you to venture outside Montreal to Québec City with its centuries-old heritage charm, north to Mont Tremblant’s adventure, and west to Canada’s capital, Ottawa.

From the saffron-coloured buildings and cobblestone-covered streets, to the sleek modern bars and trendy restaurants, Stockholm is a city of history, style and impeccable design. In a compact, light paperback format perfect for slipping into your back pocket, Stockholm Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city’s most interesting cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences.Divided into separate precincts, each section lists the best shops, restaurants, bars and sights to see in the area. The precincts the guide covers are Gamla Stan & Riddarholmen, Norrmalm & Skeppsholmen, Djurgården, Södermalm, Hornstull & Långholmen, Östermalm, Vasastan, Ladugårdsgärdet, and Kungsholmen. Go beyond the city’s glittering surface to underground cafes and basement dance clubs, tiny vintage boutiques tucked inside historic buildings, epic fashion and the perfect cafés for fika (the daily coffee break).Also included is a selection of 'field trips' to encourage you to explore outside the city, including nearby islands like Björkö (home to the viking city of Birka), as well as the popular university city of Uppsala.

San Francisco combines iconic history with the modern Golden City that tech built. Discover the downtown area with its stalwart diners and dive bars, take a cable car across the city's undulating streets, or let the effects of Silicon Valley and tech giants like Google sink in while you shop in some of the best designer shops and vintage stores to be found anywhere in the US.In a compact, light paperback format perfect for slipping into your back pocket, San Francisco Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city’s most interesting cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences.Divided into separate precincts, each section lists the best shops, restaurants, bars and sights to see in the area. The precincts covered are: Embarcadero, FIDI & North Beach; Fisherman’s Wharf, Russian Hill, Telegraph Hill & North Beach; Haight & Golden Gate Park; Hayes Valley & NOPA; Nob Hill, Chinatown & Polk Street; Presidio, Outer Sunset & Lands End; South Beach, SOMA & Civic Center; Mission & Castro. As well as detailed reviews and maps for major attractions through to hidden gems, this guide includes a selection of 'field trips' encouraging you to venture further afield to the outer Bay Areas, Santa Cruz and the coast, the Napa Valley wine region and Yosemite National Park.

Venice Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city's best cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences, with each precinct covering the best of Venice's sestieri.Venice is an improbable, inimitable masterpiece. Emerging from the Adriatic as if by miracle, its storybook palaces and churches burst with top-tier frescoes, monuments and Insta-snapping tourists. But the place known as "La Serenissima" is more than this. Slip into its calli (streets) to discover the city lived and loved by locals; a maze of dirt-cheap, canal-side bacari (Venetian bars), progressive restaurants and artisan studios crafting everything from handmade jewellery to provocative ceramics.As well as detailed reviews and maps for world-famous attractions through to hidden treasures, Venice Pocket Precincts also includes a selection of field trips encouraging you to venture further afield to Padua, Vicenza and Verona. And all information has been considered in light of the coronavirus pandemic.Slip this guide into your pocket and head off on an adventure, experiencing authentic places in Venice and surrounds like a local.

Lisbon Pocket Precincts is your curated guide to the city’s best cultural, shopping, eating and drinking experiences.Set over seven hills by the mighty Rio Tejo, Lisbon mixes 17th-century grandeur with an easygoing lifestyle, suburban food and wine venues, and a vibrant contemporary art and music scene. Skip the lines for Portuguese tarts, dodge the Tram 28 crowds and instead step inside this deeply historic and fast-booming city. Divided into separate precincts, each section takes in one or more of Lisbon’s traditional districts, listing the best shops, restaurants, bars and sights to see in the area, with insider reviews of both outstanding attractions and hidden gems, as well as easy-to-use maps.Lisbon Pocket Precincts also includes a selection of 'field trips' that encourages you to venture further afield, to the natural beauty of Sintra and Comporta, as well as the beautiful northern city of Porto.