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Title: Budapest 4 Ed: A Critical Guide by Andras Torok, Andras Felvideki, Andras Egyedi ISBN: 1-873429-31-2 Publisher: Pallas Athene Publishers Pub. Date: 30 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A unique city experience
Comment: I came across this little gem in a small bookstore while strolling down Andrassy Ut. in Budapest. It's essentially a loving and learned essay on the city slyly disguised as a guidebook. Of course he's got the requisite walking maps, addresses and practical information, but what he really does is to capture the soul of the city and its denizens, past and present. It's clear that his evocative observations and opinions, laced with wit and candor could only have come from one clever guy who's truly lived the life in Budapest. You'll read every page of this book as though it were a novel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredibly useful and entertaining guide
Comment: As a true city-lover, I found this book invaluable. Not only will you learn what it is you're looking at, but why you should care, and what makes it interesting. The friendly narrative style is truly entertaining, and all the recommendations are spot-on. It's full of enlightening sidebars by a variety of cultural figures, including "Directors Picks" for some of the major museums. Other guidebooks to Budapest don't do the city justice, but this is the book I wish I could write about my big-city hometown. I completely empathize with Mr. Torok's passion for Budapest--large cities can be just as nurturing and familiar as a small town, particularly when it's your own. If you love exploring cities, and trying your best to unearth their individual personalities (suspecting that it's impossible, but being driven to at least scratch the surface), this book is a must. My only regret was that I only found this book while I was there and already half-way through my visit.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Travel Guide I have Encountered . . .
Comment: not just about Budapest but about any city. Passionate, opinionated, deeply in love with his subject, Torok introduces the reader both to the soul of one of the world's most soulful cities and to its haunts, dives, corners, and backwaters. Read it a week before you go, brush up on the way there, immerse yourself in Torok's Budapest, and yopu will experience the city in a way that none of the other available guides can begin to convey. This is , in fact, more than a guidebook, it is a work of travel literature, a genre that has perhaps been subordinated to eensy weensy full color photos and plastic covered pull-out maps. It is almost as much of a pleasure to savor the book's flavor as it is to travel the paths it recommends.
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Title: Lonely Planet Budapest: City Map (City Maps Series) by Lonely Planet ISBN: 1864500778 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Rough Guide to Budapest by Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson ISBN: 1858288894 Publisher: Rough Guides Limited Pub. Date: 19 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Culture Shock! Hungary (Culture Shock! Country Guides) by Zsuzsanna Ardo ISBN: 1558687661 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Frommer's Budapest & the Best of Hungary by Joseph S. Lieber, Christina Shea ISBN: 0764565818 Publisher: Frommer Pub. Date: 11 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Cheap Eats in Prague, Vienna, and Budapest : A Traveler's Guide to the Best-Kept Secrets by Sandra A. Gustafson, Chronicle Books ISBN: 0811821447 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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