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Title: Washington D.C. (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Susan Burke, Alice L. Powers, Dorling-Kindersley ISBN: 0-7894-9576-7 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Full Color Photos Put You Right There!
Comment: I'm a big fan of Eyewitness Guides. Not a lot of fluff, just short and to the point reviews with great photography. I particularly like the buidling cut aways allowing you to see inside, as well as the "Star Sights" pinpointing the must-see spots in a particular building--great if you need to get in and out in a short time. Metro and city maps are also quite good.
Rating: 3
Summary: Pretty but of limited use...
Comment: I think the title of my review wraps it all up: the eyewitness guides are a work of graphic art. Their highlight is probably the great work on the maps, both small and large scale, which are of great help as you navigate around the city looking for sights. As a tool for reaching all of the sights you want to see, I would say that the Eyewitness Guide is among the best, with its street map, neighborhood maps and Metro/subway guide. In addition to this, as another positive comment I would say that it is a great guide to take on a trip if you don't have much time and you need information presented in an easy-to-read, simple manner. The drawings and photos, and the way they are laid out, is very appealing.
The advantages stop there, however. If you really want to get to know a city, you simply need more in-depth historical and cultural information on the sights you are seeing. Most of the descriptions of places in the Eyewitness Guide do not stretch beyond a paragraph or two, which is quite superficial in my opinion. If you really want to know about the history behind the church, monument, museum or park you have traveled so far to see, you will definitely need another guidebook to give you any kind of detail. This flaw becomes far worse when you read the sections on sights outside of the city or in the suburbs (which are many!). The descriptions become utterly superficial.
Harsh critique also for the hotel and restaurant information, which is limited to places designed for the rich and famous, or at least the very upper of the upper-middle class. The best guides give you a little info. on all styles of lodging and food, from low budget to luxury, but these guides make little effort to do so, and even the information on the laps of luxury is limited to little symbols, instead of providing descriptions like other guides do.
With this combination of characteristics, I think Eyewitness is good to take along for a short trip in which you have little time to spend seeing the city and you don't really care about getting any deep information on what you're seeing. Otherwise, keep looking for another guidebook.
Rating: 2
Summary: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Washington DC
Comment: This is a nice compact guide with many great photos. It is organized quite nicely and is a great help in finding your way around Washington DC. Unfortunately, this book has not been updated since 9/11, and contains a great deal of out dated material. The book does have a sticker on it saying it is being continually updated, but the version currently being shipped is not up-to-date. When using this guide make sure you call ahead for visiting any government agency, building or office.
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Title: New York (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Eleanor Berman, DK Publishing ISBN: 0789493829 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Official Guide to the Smithsonian by Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian Institution ISBN: 1588340031 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Streetwise Washington DC by Michael Brown, Streetwise Maps ISBN: 0935039066 Publisher: Streetwise Maps Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Boston (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Tom Bross, Patricia Harris, David Lyon ISBN: 0789495597 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: San Francisco (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Dorling Kindersley Publishing ISBN: 0789494205 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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