guidebook
noun
guide·book
ˈgīd-ˌbu̇k 
plural guidebooks
: a book that gives useful information about a particular subject : handbook
I had been hired to write a cultural study, "how to" guidebook on being a Canadian …—
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especially
: a book of information for travelers
Most cities have some sort of restaurant guidebook that often proves helpful. —Jinx and Jefferson Morgan
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—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026
Decades later, the restaurant is the only Charlotte establishment listed in the guidebook that is still around.
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An unexpected setback helped reveal what makes Scotland so special beyond the guidebooks.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 18 June 2026
Decades later, the restaurant is the only Charlotte establishment listed in the guidebook that is still around.
—Phillip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026
An unexpected setback helped reveal what makes Scotland so special beyond the guidebooks.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 14 June 2026
Travelers now want something a guidebook can’t deliver — a meal at the corner spot the bus tours skip, a story about the temple that only the neighborhood knows, an afternoon shaped by someone who actually lives there.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026
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guidebook
noun
guide·book
ˈgīd-ˌbu̇k
: a book of information for travelers
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