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Travellers books, guides and maps

Rough Guides – the well known guide books.

Lonely Planet – more guide books and general travel advice.

Travel health

Department of Health – health advice for travellers from the UK Department of Health, including information on the new European Health Insurance card.

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases – NHS hospital dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tropical diseases and travel related infection; also a travel clinic dealing with pre-travel advice, vaccination and anti-malarials, and post-travel screening.

The National Travel Health Network and Centre – travel health advice including information on avoiding insect bites, sun protection, water and food hygiene and travellers diarrhoea; also links to other travel health sites.

The Travel Doctor – UK travel medical site that allows you to produce customised lists of travel medicines for adventure travellers and for ordinary holidaymakers.

Fit for travel – an excellent advice site for all travel health.

Travel weather

www.meto.gov.uk – excellent weather information and good links.

Holiday Weather – provide weather reports for major world-wide holiday destinations and cities, also special activity weather information for surfers, skiers, anglers, divers and other activity holidays.

General Directories and Search

Frequently Asked – A repository of product/service related and informative websites with online purchasing.