Author: Jane Foster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781904777625
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The third edition of Footprint Croatia gets behind the glossy brochures to uncover the real appeal of this holiday favourite. Medieval towns, Venetian ports and Roman remains vie for attention with a seascape of scattered islands, crystal-clear water and hidden coves. This fully updated guide shows you how to make the most of your stay, with advice on diving, sailing, hiking, watersports and swanning about on a yacht. Includes eccentric places to stay from lighthouses to quaint old stone cottages, socialist era hotels and where to find the best food and drink. Local customs from drinking Turkish coffee to celebrating the Day of the Dead are covered with background insights into history, culture, wildlife and environment.
Cuzco & the Inca Heartland
Author: Ben Box
Publisher: Footprint Handbooks
ISBN: 9781904777618
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Cuzco, ancient capital of the Incas, Footprint's acclaimed guide to the region, now in its 3rd edition, helps you get the most out of this fascinating corner of Peru, with insights into Inca culture and details of how to reach all the best ruins. The fully-updated new edition keeps you up-to-date with Cuzco's ever-changing nightlife, as well as including essential information on whitewater rafting, mountain biking and climbing, and full descriptions of "new" trels, allowing the more adventurous and conservation minded travellers to take the pressure off the famous Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Full-colour maps to help you get around, includes coverage of capital city, Lima, and the southeastern jungle, where to find the best tours to Manu and Tambopata jungle reserves,detailed background section giving you everything you ever wanted to know about the Incas. Extensive hotel, restaurant and nightlife listings and full festival and events guide.
Publisher: Footprint Handbooks
ISBN: 9781904777618
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Cuzco, ancient capital of the Incas, Footprint's acclaimed guide to the region, now in its 3rd edition, helps you get the most out of this fascinating corner of Peru, with insights into Inca culture and details of how to reach all the best ruins. The fully-updated new edition keeps you up-to-date with Cuzco's ever-changing nightlife, as well as including essential information on whitewater rafting, mountain biking and climbing, and full descriptions of "new" trels, allowing the more adventurous and conservation minded travellers to take the pressure off the famous Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Full-colour maps to help you get around, includes coverage of capital city, Lima, and the southeastern jungle, where to find the best tours to Manu and Tambopata jungle reserves,detailed background section giving you everything you ever wanted to know about the Incas. Extensive hotel, restaurant and nightlife listings and full festival and events guide.
Diving the World
Author: Beth Tierney
Publisher: Footprint - Activity Guides
ISBN: 9781910120057
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Footprint's Diving the World is essential reading for anyone interested in diving. With over 200 prime sites and color images throughout, this book offers the ultimate inspiration as well as all the practical information you need to plan your next dive. Whether you're looking for the most biodiverse dive spot, or one that's the best value for money, Diving the World 3rd edition will help you get the most out of your trip both underwater and on dry land.
Publisher: Footprint - Activity Guides
ISBN: 9781910120057
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Footprint's Diving the World is essential reading for anyone interested in diving. With over 200 prime sites and color images throughout, this book offers the ultimate inspiration as well as all the practical information you need to plan your next dive. Whether you're looking for the most biodiverse dive spot, or one that's the best value for money, Diving the World 3rd edition will help you get the most out of your trip both underwater and on dry land.
Wilderness Weekends
Author: Phoebe Smith
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 184162912X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Bed down among some of the most dramatic landscapes in the world and discover your own bolthole in one of Britain's rugged corners. Wilderness Weekends reveals the 26 best places for wild camping from the south coast of England to Scotland's far north. Each weekend includes practical advice, detailed maps and inspiring photographs to help the camping enthusiast take the next adventurous step. With a host of hard-won tips on what to take and when to go, this is the helping hand needed to unlock your outdoor potential.
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 184162912X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Bed down among some of the most dramatic landscapes in the world and discover your own bolthole in one of Britain's rugged corners. Wilderness Weekends reveals the 26 best places for wild camping from the south coast of England to Scotland's far north. Each weekend includes practical advice, detailed maps and inspiring photographs to help the camping enthusiast take the next adventurous step. With a host of hard-won tips on what to take and when to go, this is the helping hand needed to unlock your outdoor potential.
The Water Footprint Assessment Manual
Author: Maite M. Aldaya
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136538526
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. This book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of the global standard on water footprint assessment as developed by the Water Footprint Network. More specifically it: o Provides a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint assessment o Shows how water footprints can be calculated for individual processes and products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses o Contains detailed worked examples of how to calculate green, blue and grey water footprints o Describes how to assess the sustainability of the aggregated water footprint within a river basin or the water footprint of a specific product o Includes an extensive library of possible measures that can contribute to water footprint reduction
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136538526
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business. This book offers a complete and up-to-date overview of the global standard on water footprint assessment as developed by the Water Footprint Network. More specifically it: o Provides a comprehensive set of methods for water footprint assessment o Shows how water footprints can be calculated for individual processes and products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses o Contains detailed worked examples of how to calculate green, blue and grey water footprints o Describes how to assess the sustainability of the aggregated water footprint within a river basin or the water footprint of a specific product o Includes an extensive library of possible measures that can contribute to water footprint reduction
Popular Science
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.