Lonely Planet: pocket version or the big version?
I want to buy a travel guide for Rome, I found Lonely Planet.
There are two versions, the pocket version and the full version.
The pocket version is 13 euros, the big (full version) is 23 euros.
The pocket version is smaller, like portable book, while the full one is like a university book :)
Which one would you recommend?
My main purpose is to spend good time in Rome and see good places, though trip advices and booking.com really gives me almost all the places that I should see.
Best Answer
In the past I would have said the big one, as it contains a lot of practical information and mostly that on hostels was hard to get any other way.
But as you do use booking.com hostel information is easy to get.
I would likely go for the smaller version and look up information on internet, or do without a book and make notes from internet.
The big LP books get very heavy in the longer run, it often was the most heavy single piece in my luggage.
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