Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher. Founded in Australia in 1973, the company has printed over 150 million books.
Maureen Wheeler and Tony Wheeler, the two co-founders of Lonely Planet, in 2008
Lonely Planet's former headquarters in Footscray, Victoria, in 2006
A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying detail and historical and cultural information are often included. Different kinds of guide books exist, focusing on different aspects of travel, from adventure travel to relaxation, or aimed at travelers with different incomes, or focusing on sexual orientation or types of diet.
A guide book to the 1915 Panama–California Exposition
An assortment of guide books in Japan
A Japanese tourist consulting a tour guide and a guide book from Akizato Ritō's Miyako meisho zue (1787)
John Murray