Visiting a museum, a monument, a market? Want some quick facts to truly appreciate what you're seeing? Make sure you have an Insight Compact Guide tucked into your pocket or travel bag. Compact Guides are like mini-encyclopedias, always available to give you reliable, comprehensive information that will make your travel experience more rewarding. Featuring clear, informative text and detailed plans and maps, aptly named Compact Guides are easily carried for quick on-the-spot reference.

From Basle to St. Moritz, from the Rhine to Lake Geneva, this compact guide to Switzerland is brimming with new features designed to make it more user-friendly including recommended tours and excursions. Full-color photos and maps throughout.

This book is packed with useful information, yet finding what you need is simple: A map on the inside front cover clearly shows the routes suggested in the main text. The routes allow you to follow them right through or pick only the places that interest you. Book jacket.

A travel series unlike any other, Insight Guides go beyond the sights and into reality. Their incomparable photojournalistic approach captures the uniqueness of each culture they cover: their traditions, their arts, their history, their lives. The stunning photography is married to compelling text, written by local writers; the people most qualified to convey their culture's "secrets". Yes, Insight Guides will tell you which attractions to visit, but they'll also tell you a whole lot more. From the most popular resort cities to the world's most remote and exotic villages, Insight Guides will give you the insider's perspective you need to truly experience any destination you visit.

More use-friendly than ever before, Insight Compact Guides are just as beautiful and informative as the bigger Insight Guides, but small enough to tuck into your pocket or purse for on-the-spot consultation.