Misguided… Ibiza, Harper Collins & Ministry of Sound, £7.99
Ibiza stalwarts Ministry of Sound are a mine of information on the Balearic clubbing capital and their slim guide draws together their hedonistic expertise.
Entering the territory
Jad Adams surveys sex tourism with Sultry Climates: Travel and Sex Since the Grand Tour by Ian Littlewood
Gin and pistols
Vera Rule on women at sea in Heroines and Harlots by David Cordingly, and Ladies of the Grand Tour by Brian Dolan
Trance dance and Tangerine dream
Tangier has always attracted an eclectic artistic community, from William S. Burroughs to Joe Orton. Novelist Jake Arnott gets a taste for its languid friendliness.
Which? Holiday Destination, Which? Books, £12.99
Countries are summarised in a few pages and the pre-departure advice confined to nine pages. The 69 countries covered by the guide are divided into cities and regions, each with a two-line summary.
Inside Notting Hill, Pallas Athene, £9.99
You've seen the film, been to the Carnival, now read the book. Put together by two residents, the book combines a practical guide, local history and an anthology of writing.
He wrote the poem, you see the sights
Byron didn't get it wrong - the Rhineland really is a land of fairytale castles and fine wines. Will Hodgkinson goes with the flow
Well versed and well travelled
Stephen Moss charts the places that put the romance in the soul of Britain's poetsPlus,
Byron's Rhineland
Nota Bene Destination Reviews, Nota Bene Publishers, £195
Don't expect details of a country's tourist attractions. This is basically a fastidiously researched review of upmarket hotels. The current series includes Bali, Barcelona, Zanzibar and St Moritz
Greek Island Hopping 2001, Thomas Cook Publishing, £12.99
This is an essential for island hoppers. Updated yearly, the guide enables travellers to keep up with the fast-changing islands and the ferry routes that serve them
London’s brilliant parade
Exhaust, brickdust, endless semis: Andy Beckett samples the difficult pleasures of city walking with London Walking: A Handbook For Survival by Simon Pope, and Walking Literary London by Roger Tagholm
Work Your Way Around The World, by Susan Griffith, Vacation Work Publications, £12.95
The book aims to enable those with little money but plenty of motivation to have a great time abroad while earning their keep. It blends anecdotes with information to build up a picture of the possibilities for the working traveller across the globe
Special Offa
This week Wales celebrated St David's Day. Bill Bryson kicks off our special issue with a ramble along the Offa's Dyke Path
Vietnam by Rail by Tess Read, Trailblazer, £11.99
Vietnam is fast becoming one of the trendy places to visit so this book will be a timely and useful addition to the traveller's library. There are 27 town maps, and around 100 pages of practical information covering the country and its history
RAC Inspected Hotels and B&Bs, BBC Worldwide, £14.99
For a simple, no-nonsense guide to places to stay this RAC book is as good as it gets. Over 4,000 properties, from old country house hotels to quaint independent guest houses in Britain and Ireland have been looked at - all are inspected on an annual basis