Great Destinations™ puts the "guide" back in "guidebook.""Consistently rated the best guides to the regions covered...Readable, tasteful, appealingly designed. Strong on dining, lodging, culture, and history."—National Geographic Traveler. "A crisp and critical approach for travelers who want to live like locals."—USA Today. Distinctive for their accuracy, simplicity, and conversational tone, the diverse travel guides in our Great Destinations series meet the conflicting demands of the modern traveler. They're packed full of up-to-date information to help plan the perfect getaway. And they're compact and light enough to come along for the ride. 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, laundry mats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information.• Maps of regions and locales.With more than 40,000 copies in print, this best-selling guide in the Great Destinations series dominates the competition in both sales and coverage of these enchanting locales on the Gulf Coast.