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(More customer reviews)When I travel, I love having breakfast at some local place that serves locally inspired food while I browse a good guidebook to the area. Renee Wright's guide to North Carolina's Outer Banks was just what I wanted, too.
It will help you find that special breakfast spot and just about anything else that you're looking for in Nag's Head, Kitty Hawk, Manteo, the Emerald Isle or the rest of the Outer Banks.
All of the Countryman Press Great Destinations books are solid guides to where to stay, what to see, and how to get there with contact information and maps. But they also have a personal touch I like.
Wright's, particularly in the introductions to each section and the sidebars ("The North Beaches, Where the Road Ends," "The Charles Kuralt Trail," "Hatteras Island, One Road On, One Road Off," offer a fun mix of the area's rich history, local lore, and primary attractions. It builds your anticipation before you set off to see the light houses, wild ponies, and windswept dunes.
I also like finding stuff like the out of the way restaurant where the boiled crab cakes make the drive worthwhile, and this book is full of that sort of inside info.
The writing is crisp and entertaining and the photographs, also by Wright, are well done and the captions always tell you something interesting (For example: "The remains of a mini-golf course peek through the sands of the largest dune on the Outer Banks").
The only bad part about this book is that you'll want to stay longer than a short vacation may allow. But heck, you can always come back.
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Explorer's Guide North Carolina's Outer Banks & Crystal Coast: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations)"Consistently rated the best guides to the regions covered...Readable, tasteful, appealingly designed. Strong on dining, lodging, and history."-National Geographic Traveler
Explorer's Guide North Carolina's Outer Banks & Crystal Coast covers the coast from Virginia to Hammocks Beach State Park. Includes Manteo, Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Hatteras Island, Ocracoke, Beaufort, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle and Swansboro.Distinctive for their accuracy, simplicity, and conversational tone, the diverse travel guides in our Great Destinations series meet the conflicting demands of the modern traveler. They're packed full of up-to-date information to help plan the perfect gateway. And they're compact and light enough to come along for the ride. A tool you'll turn to before, during, and after your trip, these guides include these helpful features: chapters on lodging, dining, transportation, history, shopping, recreation and more; a section packed with practical information, such as lists of banks, hospitals, post offices, laundromats, numbers for police, fire, and rescue, and other relevant information; and maps of regions and locales.
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