North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Written by an experienced insider, the latest edition to Insiders’ Guide to North Carolina’s Outer Banks is a comprehensive source for in-depth travel and relocation.

The updated guide provides tips on lodging, including unique vacation rentals, along with restaurants, events, fun things to do with the kids, nightlife, fishing spots and shopping. Some attractions listings are known favorites, while others wait to be discovered and cost little or are free. The Outer Banks is a true arts community and the arts and culture section offers details on the many eclectic galleries there. The recreation chapter runs the gamut for outdoor activities, from windsurfing, hang gliding, scuba diving and parasailing to golf, tennis, in-line skating, sightseeing cruises, ATV excursions and beachcombing. There’s also advice on how to live and thrive in the area, covering retirement, real estate, education and health care. The book is written by Kip Tabb, a freelance journalist living on the Outer Banks.

Insider Guide Series. 352 pages, softcover, $22.95; e-book, $16.49. 800-843-2665