the Rough Guides founders “aimed to combine a journalistic
approach to description with a thoroughly practical approach to travels’
needs, a guide that would incorporate culture, history and contemporary
insights with a critical edge, together with up-to-date,
value-for-money listings.” They have met this goal.
The site’s main page primarily features some of Rough Guides’
books, maps, and other products, but by clicking on the Travel tab or
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by using the pull-down menus, you will be able to find your way to
descriptive information for countries and cities and other features,
such as Spotlights, Community, Travel Talk, Podcasts, and Newsletter.
Rough Guides’ Destinations
To get information on a specific destination from the main Travel
page, click on the Destinations link on the main menu. From there, you
can use a world map, pull-down menus, a search link, or a geographic
directory arranged by continent and country. Whatever you do, don’t
pass up the country listings; on each country’s page, look for links to
sections such as “Best of …”, Basics, Language, “Explore …”, etc.
(Figure 2.4). Many of these sections go down through multiple levels of
information (e.g., Basics > Getting Around > Buses) and provide nittygritty
facts that you will undoubtedly find useful. Under the Basics section,
you will find a variety of subsections, such as Accommodation,
Eating, Drinking, Getting Around, Communication, Tour Operators,
Hiking and Rough Camping, Costs, Money and Banks, Red Tape and
Visas, Phone Numbers, and Security.
The Destination pages for cities contain similar sets of links, but at
the city level (you already figured that out, right?). As with the country
pages, for whatever topic you choose, you will usually find from one to
five paragraphs. Don’t forget to look for additional links leading to more
in-depth information. Hotel and restaurant recommendations may be
found in the Basics section, specifically under the Accomodations and
Eating and Drinking subsections.
Other Sections of Rough Guides
Rough Guides’ main page provides links to the following features:
• Spotlights – Contains hundreds of articles by Rough Guides
authors, typically on a particular country or city. The articles
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