Official brochures

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The Isle of Wight Tourist Board offers a wide range of free booklets, maps and brochures to help plan your holiday on the Island. Whether you're looking for a weekend break or family holiday, the official Isle of Wight Tourist Board brochure pack contains everything you need to help you plan your perfect getaway.

To order your free pack today please telephone 01983 813818 or email the tourist board at info@Islandbreaks.co.uk. Remember to include your full name, postal address and post code.

Free holiday pack

The official Accommodation Guide makes finding the right place to stay simple. Choose from over 500 quality graded properties across the Island. Wheather you'd prefer to stay in a family run bed and breakfast, a grand hotel by the sea or get away from it all in a caravan or camping park, you'll find something to suit your taste and budget.

The official Attractions Guide is a definitive A to Z guide to over 60 Island attractions. You'll be spoilt for choice with the huge range of exciting and educational attractions, including theme parks, castles, wildlife centres, botanical gardens and cinemas. Bring the hand map with you, when visiting the Island, for quick and easy reference to attractions.

Summer pocket guide

The official Summer pocket guide is packed with 128 pages of information about resorts, beaches, pubs, restaurants and last-minute places to stay, as well as listing over 90 attractions and activities. The handy, back-pocket size guide is available on board all cross-Solent ferries, Isle of Wight tourist information centres and hundreds of outlets across the Island. You will find your free copy at all Isle of Wight ferry terminals and on-board vessels, also at one of the 6 Island tourist information centres and at hundreds of retail outlets.

Other free guides

To order any of the free booklets and guides below, please call the Wight Hotline on 01983 813813. There is a postage and packaging charge of 50p per guide up to a maximum of £2. These publications are also available at any of the six tourist information centres on the Island.

The Eating out guide - You'll find some great ideas in the official pocket guide to eat out on the Island, available free of charge from Tourist Information Centres. Sample the delicious local produce, wines and beers in a host of smart restaurants and bistros, historic country pubs, or waterfront inns with fine views and terrific atmosphere.

The Camping guide - The ideal guide for planning a camping trip to the Isle of Wight. This guide details a variety of accommodation options and gives a selection of great holiday activity ideas.

The Sandown and Shanklin guide - A 24 page, pocket size guide which was developed in partnership with Island 2000 Trust and the Countryside Agency. The rural walks and cycle routes detailed in the publication are located within the Island’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The Golf guide - Sponsored by Red Funnel, and part of the tourist board's ongoing commitment to promoting the Island as a quality destination for golfing breaks. The new 24 page guide provides details on the Islands eight golf courses (Osborne, Ryde, Newport, Shanklin & Sandown, Ventnor, Freshwater Bay, Cowes and Westridge) which vary in size and character and with pars ranging from 58 to 70, all abilities are catered for.

The Pub walks guide - To appreciate the unspoilt beauty and atmoshpere of the Island, there is no better way than to strike off along a footpath. All routes in the official pub walks guide include at least one hospitable pub which serves food and has a beer garden. Walking routes are all based on designated footpaths.