Lonely Planet Canada

by Lonely Planet, Korina Miller, Kate Armstrong

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Canada is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike the Rockies, marvel at the Northern Lights, or indulge in cultural delights from Montreal's cafe culture to the island villages of Haida Gwaii -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Canada and begin your journey now! Lonely Planet Canada Travel Guide: About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. The world awaits! Lonely Planet guides have won the TripAdvisor Traveler's Choice Award in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Canada, Reference, History, American

896 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1983

About the author

OUR STORY
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.

Reviews

[Kirsty]

As ever, another fantastic Lonely Planet publication. My only qualm is that the pull-out map is for Vancouver rather than Toronto, the city which I visited, but there is so much information here, and so many recommendations of places to visit. I will definitely look forward to reading it again on future trips to Canada.

[Yaaresse]

Just doing some armchair travel during the yet another COVID surge to keep myself from going stir-crazy.

I'm not sure how useful this would be during a real trip, but it looked pretty well organized. It does lean heavily into outdoor activities and the usual touristy attractions. It's heavy on camping, seeing moose (mooses?), staying at "luxurious" lodgings, and eating at "famed" restaurants, and fairly light on arts, culture, and hidden gems. That's pretty much the norm for travel guides, though. If you read the one for where I live, you'd think there's six things to do in the entire state and maybe three decent restaurants.

[Jj]

These manuals are a short-hand version of learning quickly about a country, region, and province. I don't always like these manuals because they can be subjective based on your travel interests. However, I did these the manual served to be useful to give highlights.

[Autumn Jean]

It was a nice guide book - I would have liked one central pull out map or visual aides. I did like the detail of pricing and both famous & lesser known places to visit.

[JC Cornell]

I love Lonely Planet travel books. Great way to work out the not to miss sights before deep diving the internet.

[Sophie]

A very handy guide when planning a trip to the country.

[Alana]

Very helpful preparation for a tour from Toronto to Montreal and many stops between.

[Sandro Helmann]

Embora não foque muito na parte selvagem, auxilia a quem pretende conhecer um pouco de tudo neste imenso país.

[Vanessa Petsuch]

Chock full of great information in this very large travel guide!! I'm actually reading a newer edition than the one shown (15th).

[Jill]

Love all the recommendations for vegan restaurants! (And by "all" I mean three, but it's three more than I found in any other travel guide!)

[Hanna Menges]

Muss sagen dass die vorherige Ausgabe viel detaillierter und brauchbarer ist als die aktuelle. Bisschen enttäuschend von lonely planet

[Marc]

I did not find that this guide did Canada justice. Maybe due to the fact that I am from Canada and have been fortunate enough to have traveled across the entire country I was hoping for more. Mind you, I did not use this book as a traveler. An Australian friend of mine asked me to look at his copy and tell me whether it was worth while having on his cross-Canada road trip.

[Ruby_blue]

Lonely Planet Guides are the best! I've used them for my own out-of-country travels and thought I'd see what they had to say about my own. The contributors did an excellent job! In fact, they gave a few recommendations that made me inwardly cringe: "Don't tell everyone! Think of the lines!"
I came away with fresh inspiration to explore my own backyard this year.

[Wiebke Kuhn]

Surprised to see how much space some provinces received and how little others. Considering how little time we spent in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, it seems odd that we managed to hit most of the points listed in these chapters. There has to be more to these places besides parks and thunderstorms.

[Lia Lowenthal]

i only got this because i needed the section on montreal. although i understand the guide is about canada as a whole and not just montreal or quebec, but it let me down. i still recommend lonely planet guides.

[Martin Witchard]

It's new (as I write) and seems an improvement over the last Lonely Planet guide I purchased on Canada back in 1996. I'm not sure about the addition of colour to the product. When I have had a more comprehensive read of the guide I'll let you know how it stacks up.

[Andrew]

I'm trying Ringo. I'm trying real hard.

[Mike]

I think I read an earlier version, but this book totally saved my tail when I ventured too far north a few summers ago.

[Mark]

Lonely Planet Books are indispensable, I just wish they were better at referencing the map in the text, and the page ref from the map key.

[Theo]

Love Canada better place than any world so far i have seen or heard.

[Melanie]

As usual with Lonely Planet, this guide gives you all the information you need if you want to travel around in Canada. Or if you trying to find the motivation to do so. (DO IT)

[Tim Nowotny]

When have you read a travel guide?
I planed our summer trip with this one and have the feeling to know everything there is to know. We will see in summer if that is so.

[Delhi Irc]

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[Misty Farias]

Well written overview of each province. Lots of good information for your Canadian adventure!

[Meor]

useful! but my edition was older.

[Kristin]

This is a great companion to take along on a vacation. It provides information on towns and cities right across Canada including popular restaurants, parks, museums, landmarks and hotels.

[Itzy Vitzy]

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