Lonely Planet New Zealand

• 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 New Zealand provides an insider's guide to the country. Entertaining and detailed, the guide starts out with a basic overview about traveling through New Zealand and has all the public transportation, maps, and restaurant recommendations the savvy traveler needs.

At the beginning of Lonely Planet New Zealand, 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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 New Zealand will make sure that you know everything you need to about traveling to New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is no exception. If you plan on visiting New Zealand, Lonely Planet New Zealand is the book for you!

Some of the cities and regions included in Lonely Planet New Zealand are: The Aukland Region, Northland, Coromandel Region, Waikato & the King Country, Taranaki, Wanganui & the Manawatu, Central Plateau, Bay of Plenty, the East Coast, the Wellington Region, Marlborough & Nelson, the West Coast, Canterbury, Otago, Southland and Stewart Island & the Outer Islands.