With their user-friendly rounded spine and portable size, Insight City Guides are a pleasure to handle. They're a joy to use, too, because they present a city's main attractions and cultural context in a strikingly visual style while retaining Insight Guides' traditional strength of in-depth and elegantly written text.

These are cities seen through the eyes of local writers who know what it's like to live there, not just visit. As well as providing a wealth of travel tips for visitors, Insight City Guides also offer real insight into the destinations' history, culture, politics, arts and, above all, the people.

Key features:

• The Best Of....: the top attractions at a glance
• Restaurant Guide: fold-out "Z" map of the best places to eat and drink
• Places: detailed area-by-area guide, linked to maps
• Illuminating cultural features written by local experts
• Photo Features: focus on cities' special highlights
• Travel Tips: A-Z of essential data
• Hundreds of evocative photographs convey everyday life as well as the famous sights
• Format: rounded spine and jacket flaps for ease of use
• Size: 135mm (H) x 197mm (W); average length = 256 pages