guidebook
/ˈɡʌɪdbʊk
/noun
A book of information about a place, designed for the use of visitors or tourists.Outside, office workers are hurrying home and the city's more adventurous tourists, guidebooks open at the Where to Eat page, are out hunting a restaurant for dinner....
- Tourist industry guidebooks always tell you to tip handsomely.
- Tourist guidebooks are full of stories about the tricks that rickshaw drivers pull on unsuspecting tourists.
Synonyms
guide, travel guide, tourist guide, Baedeker, travelogue;
visitor's guide, companion, handbook, directory, manual, ABC, A to Z;
reference book;
Latin vade mecum
informal bible
rare enchiridion, promptuary