Lonely Planet Korea (Lonely Planet Korea) - Softcover

Martin Robinson; Andrew Bender

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1740594495 ISBN 13: 9781740594493

Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications, 2004

Synopsis

Densely forested mountains, colourful Buddhist temples and sleek modern cities - discover all this and much more with this bestselling guidebook. Korea's welcoming people, unique culture and incomparable cuisine make it one of the great destinations of Northeast Asia. Whatever your pleasure, we cover it all: North, South, eats, the works!

* BE INSPIRED by our new highlights and itineraries sections * GET AROUND with the help of over 100 detailed maps, including a full-colour map of Seoul

* DINE OUT in the best restaurants with our Korean menu decoder * UNDERSTAND - from religion to politics and war, our history and culture chapters will put you in the picture * GO NORTH! Check out our North Korea chapter - even stranger and more sinister than the plot of the Ian Fleming novel you bought at the airport

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Review:

...for the adventurous traveler who wants to live like a native.' --Real Simple Magazine, June 2005

About this edition

• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1740594495
• ISBN 13: 9781740594493
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 384