Best Raleigh North Carolina Travel Books
A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to what is one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike. • Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations. • How to live & thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation. • Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As a family considering retiring in the Research Triangle area, this was one way we could take a look at the area until we're physically able to spend some time there."
"I came to visit a friend who is new to the area and we relied on this book the whole time I was there."
"Fine shape, good delivery, excellent service."
"I bought this book for my son and daughter-in-law who recently moved to the Triangle area."
"Purchased this book for our daughter and son-in-law who are moving to the Research Triangle Park area."
"Great for a newcomer to the Raleigh area."
"I had an old version of this book that was 3 times the size and contained much more info about the various areas of these towns near where I live."
This guidebook covers 40 family-friendly hikes within 100 miles or about 1 hour from the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill areas. Johnny Molloy. is an outdoor writer who has camped more than one hundred nights in the wild each year since the early 1980s.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We bought this for a trip down to Chapel Hill and it was a great help identifying some great hikes in the area."
Five-Star Trails: Raleigh and Durham is a guide to the best day-hiking trails within a two-hour drive of the urban areas of Raleigh and Durham. Joshua Kinser is the author of Moon Handbook's guide to the Florida. Gulf Coast , 3rd Edition , and several hiking guidebooks to the southeast including Five Star Trails: Charlotte, NC and Five Star Trails: Raleigh, NC .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"After years of saving spare change, and after talking Pops into returning to sea life for a few days (he was a seaman in the U.S. Navy during WWII), I'm taking my first cruise! I have been reading a lot of books written by frequent cruisers to get some insight into what I've signed up for. I won't write any spoilers here, and you really may not believe me if I retold some of his stories, anyway, but I came away with some eye opening revelations."
"A BLAST of a book that will get you thinking seriously as well as philosophically about some issues, but only fleetingly, as most of your reading time will be spent snorting in laughter. Anyone new to seafaring will be steeped in ship lore right quick, and anyone that's an old hand will feel back "on board" with this book in tow. Did I mention that I recommend standard Irish pub favorites such as "Drunken Sailor" by Patrick Day as the perfect backdrop/soundscape to accompany the reading of these briny chapters? I thought it was hilarious that the only Kindle readers' highlight that I found marked in the book was this little piece of advice: "You should sneak Everclear aboard the cruise ship in water bottles like everyone else."
"I JUST LOVE HIS SHORT FUNNY LITTLE BOOK CRUISE SHIPS DO FUNNY THINGS TO ME I LOVED IT SO MUCH SENT COPIES TO TWO TRAVEL AGENT FRIENDS AND MYBOYFRIND WHO ALSO WAS A SINGER AND THEN CRUISE DRIECTER."
"He recounts his experience living aboard the ship and tries to write in the format of answering common questions that passengers want to know about the crews' livng conditions."
"I was just captivated and drawn to this book like white on rice!"
"Pulling back the curtain on the back of the house was interesting and presented in a wonderful writing style that was enjoyable and informative at the same time."
Best North Carolina Travel Guides
Exquisitely illustrated with over 100 original pen & ink illustrations by the artist author, the Ultimate Guide is the only book available that presents all of the 250 attractions in the mountains, from tiny historical museums and craft galleries to blockbuster attractions, including Biltmore Estate, the Cherokee Indian Reservation, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Appalachian Trail and the Blue Ridge Parkway. A highly recommended book for anyone planning a trip to Western North Carolina the The Ultimate Guide by Lee Pantas surpasses in scope all other area guides. The Ultimate Guide has proven over the years to be a valuable resource not only for the many tourists and visitors who flock to our mountains, but also for those folks who are considering Western North Carolina as a place where they might like to live.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good resource for getting to know Asheville and surrounding towns."
"We've referred back to this book many times in the short time we owned it."
"Informative, well-written, and up to date."
"All the info I hoped for and much more!"
"Had a great vacation."
"I know that the availability of tourism websites has likely cut into the guidebook market, but personally, I appreciate having everything in one place (and a warning: the Western North Carolina mountains will likely make your cell service unreliable - so don't count on having the internet everywhere you travel!)."
"The big attractions such as Biltmore, the Grove Park Inn, Carl Sandburg Home and the Thomas Wolfe House are all here, but it's the off-the-beaten path things only a local could tell you that make this volume worth buying."
"This is wonderful guide book written by Lee James Pantas, local artist who has lived in Fairview NC, right outside Asheville. Having lived in the area for many years, the guidebook is written from a local point of view."
Best Wilmington North Carolina Travel Books
A tool you'll turn to before, during, and after your trip, these guides include chapters on lodging, dining, transportation, history, shopping, recreation, and more; a section packed with practical information, such as lists of banks, hospitals, post offices, laundromats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information; maps of regions and locales, and more. A native with deep roots in Virginia soil, Renee Wright knows the region as few others do.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We had a couple of other guide books for the area, but this one was the best and the only one we really used."
"I've been to Myrtle Beach several times but this book showed me that I'm missing a lot!"
"Maps and desriptions of the neighborhoods were helpful."
"We are new to the area and really appreciated having this book."
"Found some interesting places to visit."
"hard to find books just on primarily on Myrtle Beach, excellent condition, lots of info on things to do there and in the area."
"Loved this book."
"This is a traditional travel guide, which we used during our recent visit to Myrtle Beach."
Best General North Carolina Travel Guides
Exquisitely illustrated with over 100 original pen & ink illustrations by the artist author, the Ultimate Guide is the only book available that presents all of the 250 attractions in the mountains, from tiny historical museums and craft galleries to blockbuster attractions, including Biltmore Estate, the Cherokee Indian Reservation, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Appalachian Trail and the Blue Ridge Parkway. A highly recommended book for anyone planning a trip to Western North Carolina the The Ultimate Guide by Lee Pantas surpasses in scope all other area guides. The Ultimate Guide has proven over the years to be a valuable resource not only for the many tourists and visitors who flock to our mountains, but also for those folks who are considering Western North Carolina as a place where they might like to live.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"We've referred back to this book many times in the short time we owned it."
"Informative, well-written, and up to date."
"All the info I hoped for and much more!"
"Good resource for getting to know Asheville and surrounding towns."
"Had a great vacation."
"I know that the availability of tourism websites has likely cut into the guidebook market, but personally, I appreciate having everything in one place (and a warning: the Western North Carolina mountains will likely make your cell service unreliable - so don't count on having the internet everywhere you travel!)."
"The big attractions such as Biltmore, the Grove Park Inn, Carl Sandburg Home and the Thomas Wolfe House are all here, but it's the off-the-beaten path things only a local could tell you that make this volume worth buying."
"This is wonderful guide book written by Lee James Pantas, local artist who has lived in Fairview NC, right outside Asheville. Having lived in the area for many years, the guidebook is written from a local point of view."