Lonely Planet India

• Travel on any budget
• A practical guide to tourism as well as culture and customs
• Find the best hotels and restaurants in your price range

Lonely Planet India provides an insider's guide to this savory and exotic country. Entertaining and detailed, the guide starts out with a basic overview about traveling through India and has all the maps, information on public transportation, and restaurant and hotel recommendations the savvy traveler will ever need.

At the beginning of Lonely Planet India, you are given a brief background, including history, culture, sports, religion, art, architecture, literature, cinema, music, theater, and the environment. It then goes through all major (and most minor) cities in India alphabetically, making them easy to find. Under each city, you will find, sights, activities, festivals and events, accommodations (arranged by price), where to eat (also arranged by price), night life, entertainment, shopping, and transportation to and around the city.

Lonely Planet India also manages to include recommendations for traveling solo, with small children, or with disabled travelers, and where to ski, hike, and cycle. You will find cultural backgrounds covering customs, drugs, racism, theft, gay and lesbian scenes, and local money.

And finally, Lonely Planet India will make sure that you know everything you need to about traveling to India, and how to stay healthy while you're there. The Lonely Planet books prove to be excellent resources over and over, making sure that anyone can see what they want to see on any budget, and Lonely Planet India is no exception. If you plan on visiting India, Lonely Planet India is the book for you!

And for a more in depth look at India's food, we recommend picking up a copy of Lonely Planet's World Food India as well.

Some of the cities and regions included in Lonely Planet India are: Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab & Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, Bihar & Jharkhand, Sikkim, the Northeast States, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands