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Title: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Amsterdam by Robin Pascoe, Christopher Catling, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown, DK Travel Writers ISBN: 0-7894-0186-X Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.74 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Book!
Comment: After reading some reviews, I bought two guides (just in case), since DK Eyewitness Guide was labled as "expensive". But I wound up using only DK Guide. It has everything you need. The information is easily accessible. The maps are great. Just perfect for a quick reference. You'll find yourself refering to it again and again while walking the streets of Amsterdam (I just couldn't deal with reading long pages of information (probably very useful) in Frommer's Guide).
The selection of restaurans was great. Every restaurant rated in this book that we went to was a hit.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Travel Guide, Beautiful Coffee Table Book!
Comment: .
Summary:
Every Dorling Kindersley Guide has been a great and interesting book... and delightful to have and use, even if you are not traveling to that location, but are only interested in learning more!
The Guides are well organized in a logical and easy to follow manner. They are beautifully illustrated, well developed with accurate information (it is unusual for hotel and restaurant information to be that accurate), have enough history to help the reader understand the people and cultural background, and have a lot of useful travel information and useable maps in the appendixes.
The really great attraction to this book is several fold; it is:
............Very complete
............Easy to read
............Beautifully and artistically completed
............Good shopping, safety and other tips
............Gorgeous photographs too numerous to list.
Specifics:
The guides are organized as follows:
How to use this guide
Introduction to Historical and Geographical information
............Introducing Amsterdam
........................Amsterdam on the Map
........................History of Amsterdam
........................Amsterdam at a Glance
........................Through the Year (events, holidays)
............Amsterdam Area by Area, each section includes:
........................Introduction to street by street area
........................Detailed pictorials of area buildings
........................Architectural drawings, pictures, cut-aways of buildings
........................Specific stops, historical monuments, churches, buildings, etc.
Travelers Needs - includes full list with rankings and notes
............Hotels
............Restaurants, bars, cafes
............Shops / Markets
............Entertainment
Survival Information
............Practical
........................Tourist info., Etiquete, Personal Security and Health
........................Currencies, Telephones, misc info.
............Travel Information
........................Planes, trains and automobiles, signs
............Street Maps
............General Index
............Phrase Book
Discussion:
The book begins with "Introducing Amsterdam", including a complete map, a review, the city's history, and Amsterdam through the Year - including events, etc.
For the specific areas it provides an "At a glance" overview, then has subsections of specific blocks, or sections, then specific locations, churches, historical monuments, bridges, galleries, etc.
Architectural reviews include various views, and cutaways; given greater understanding and better perspective. They are all attractive, if not works of art - honestly.
The travelers' Info. offers good and valid info. on prices, currencies, customs, important words, etc. I used the reviews on hotel's restaurants and nightclubs, etc. and found they were useful and accurate, and helpful with my touring and site decisions
The books are so well thought-out that it has multiple maps, with various lookup tables, and the book's flaps are designed to be used as bookmarks for map pages.
Conclusion:
Each book in this series is a great help, and beautiful collectible resource. As the President, CEO of an International Meeting Planning Corporation we have many resources and techniques to learn about places we have meetings / groups at as well as the cities and sights. But, as a traveler, this book really is top notch and I would recommend it to anyone going on a personal trip, or wanting to learn about a city, or location. We have used some of these books to augment our research to investigate cities for our groups.
Rating: 5
Summary: Just a Pleasure to Use and to Keep Later for Remembering
Comment: I have to confess up front. I love these books. I must have a dozen. I really like the Paris book, and the one for Prague, and Stockholm, and South Africa, and .... You get all the detailed material similar to other great travel books plus you get great visuals.
On a cold day back here in the USA (or Canada) or elsewhere, have a glass of wine and sit in a nice chair or in the garden on a warm day and read this book. For a moment you will be back in traveling. The photos are that good.
As I said, the photos and descriptions and the cutaway drawings are excellent and more than make up for any lack of small detail. But there is lots of detail here. The book includes the history of the city and many details on the art, art galleries, parks, culture, historical figures, cutaway views of historical buildings, and many other things of interest. The history is summarized at the beginning of the book with historical time lines and cross referenced to the culture and political figures. A solid effort - lots of stuff to see and absorb.
It has the other things too such as maps, accommodations, transportation, and the rest.
You will be pleasantly surprised with the depth and quality of this book and it makes a nice souvenir to refresh your memory when you get home.
Jack in Toronto
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Title: Get Lost! the Cool Guide to Amsterdam by Joe Pauker ISBN: 9076499039 Publisher: Get Lost Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Streetwise Amsterdam by Streetwise Maps, Michael Brown ISBN: 0935039821 Publisher: Streetwise Maps Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Amsterdam (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) by Fiona Duncan, Leonie Glass ISBN: 0789491826 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Vienna by Stephen Brook, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown ISBN: 1564586472 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Madrid (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) by Christopher Rice, Melanie Rice ISBN: 0789491877 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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