Take the trouble out of travel with the AA's easiest to use travel guides...ever.

This new series covers 12 popular destinations, for independent travellers wishing to select the best for their holiday.

Helping you make the right choice, the guides contain special 'locator' maps for sights, shops and restaurants, hundreds of colour photographs throughout and information that you really need.

A practical thorough guide packed with expert information; Hundreds of colour photographs, floor plans, dedicated maps and a comprehensive atlas section; Includes extensive listings of the very best things to see and do and recommended places to eat and stay, at all price levels; All the sights marked on maps & presented with grid references, for ease of location; All the information is uniquely separated with coloured plastic section dividers for ease of use.

Accessible photo-essays give a lively introduction to the location, covering history and what makes the place buzz today. Listings of things to see include scenic places and towns, museums, galleries, great houses, castles and other leading attractions; 'Best of' list at the front, and value judgements within sight-seeing and eating/staying sections ensure you can cut to the top choices; Practical information and advice on getting around your destination by all forms of transport, with a special section on what to do when you first arrive; Back planning section gives advice on everything from weather and temperatures you will encounter, to currency and money issues, personal health and security, local post, phone and communications, opening times, media, best reading and films.