The Rough Guide to Prague (Rough Guide Travel Guides) |
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Rob Humphreys, Rough Guides
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Pages: 288 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1843539918
Pub: Rough Guides
Pub date: 2008-03-03
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 95721
Reader Reviews:
Rough Guide to Prague (0/0 people found this helpful)
We've just returned from Prague and found the Rough Guide an invaluable aid. Lots of detail about places to visit, plus easy to use maps. Many amusing historical anecdotes. Sometimes it's tricky to find the thing you want to read about.
Not great for finding things (5/7 people found this helpful)
I was in Prague for a week with some friends, one of whom had the Rough Guide. I was looking for a bookstore and the Rough Guide listed several - unfortunately it only gave very approximate directions to find it. My girlfriend and I trailed for a long time looking until we chanced upon a different shop and bought a Lonely Planet. The LP had great street maps and pinpointed the bookstore some way away.
This might seem like rather a trivial thing to rate a book on, but when you're in a new place the devil's in the detail and in general I prefer the Lonely Planet guides to the Rough Guides.
If you are interested in more than just the beer... (17/18 people found this helpful)
I adore Prague and have read so many guide books on the city you wouldn't believe! This is by far my favourite... true it's wordy and lacking in photos, so if you're just visiting for a weekend and want to see the obvious sights, you may fare better with other guides.
I rate this guide above the others on the city purely because of the research and detail that has gone into its creation. Sure others tell you what to see when you arrive, but this one takes the extra step and holds your hand whilst you travel around the sights. I like that! Then again, maybe I just like tantalising trivia :)
The best way I can describe it is... other guides I've read on Prague tell you that the Trade Fair Palace (National Art Gallery) exists and how to get to it... this one tells you about the highlights of the collection, which floor they're on and a little bit of detail or history about the piece of art you're looking at. I should also point out at this point, that despite all this wordiness, it's also refreshingly straightforward and easy to read.
I couldn't disagree more (6/7 people found this helpful)
What a relief Rough Guides are when nearly all so-called guidebooks published recently consist mainly of touched-up photographs with sparse text. I bought this in Prague having found the guide I brought with me to be next to useless.
A Waste of Money (10/19 people found this helpful)
I find Rough Guide to be expremely difficult to use while traveling. When suggested places of interest, the book does not give information on how to get there! There are hardly any pictures so when reading about these places to visit, it is difficult to visualise them in your head. All in all, this was a complete waste of time and money and I ended up buying a Lonely Planet instead.
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