In many respects it is hard to fault this pocket sized guide to one of the great cities of the world. It contains a wealth of information, and I particularly liked the fold-up map in the back, although I rarely had to get it out of the plastic wallet because the chapter by chapter, district by district maps are so good. It is hard to imagine how you could get much more into such a small book. The focus is on Manhattan, but it does dip into Brooklyn and Queens.
There is, however, quite an emphasis on shopping, restaurants and hotels over information on tourist attractions, and I did miss the exploded map views and pictures of the iconic artworks etc that you get in the DK "Eyewitness" series - hence just the four stars. I am, ... Read More:
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In many respects it is hard to fault this pocket sized guide to one of the great cities of the world. It contains a wealth of information, and I particularly liked the fold-up map in the back, although I rarely had to get it out of the plastic wallet because the chapter by chapter, district by district maps are so good. It is hard to imagine how you could get much more into such a small book. The focus is on Manhattan, but it does dip into Brooklyn and Queens.
There is, however, quite an emphasis on shopping, restaurants and hotels over information on tourist attractions, and I did miss the exploded map views and pictures of the iconic artworks etc that you get in the DK "Eyewitness" series - hence just the four stars. I am, ... Read More:
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In many respects it is hard to fault this pocket sized guide to one of the great cities of the world. It contains a wealth of information, and I particularly liked the fold-up map in the back, although I rarely had to get it out of the plastic wallet because the chapter by chapter, district by district maps are so good. It is hard to imagine how you could get much more into such a small book. The focus is on Manhattan, but it does dip into Brooklyn and Queens.
There is, however, quite an emphasis on shopping, restaurants and hotels over information on tourist attractions, and I did miss the exploded map views and pictures of the iconic artworks etc that you get in the DK "Eyewitness" series - hence just the four stars. I am, ... Read More:
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We've just used this guide on a short break in central Munich. Although that means we did not test a lot of the information, what we did use was well presented, easy to find and to understand. There is a separate map in a wallet that is also clear and handy. On the basis of this experience, I would look first at one of the others in this series if I was going to another city that they cover.
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We've just used this guide on a short break in central Munich. Although that means we did not test a lot of the information, what we did use was well presented, easy to find and to understand. There is a separate map in a wallet that is also clear and handy. On the basis of this experience, I would look first at one of the others in this series if I was going to another city that they cover.
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Good grief! After booking my holiday I bought this book to help me get to the hotel, which is near the center of Brussels. The hotel address is on Boulevard Emile Jacqmain. But the street does not exist in the maps in this book. I assumed the travel agent got it wrong, because this is an AA book, but after further research on the internet I find that this book has got it wrong. It has the street misnamed as "Boulevard Eugene Jacmain"! That's two mistakes in one street name - the Eugene and the missing "q".
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