Vienna Eyewitness Travel Guide (Eyewitness Travel Guides) |
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Stephen Brook
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Pages: 288 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1405311975
Pub: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
Pub date: 2005-12-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 151947
Reader Reviews:
Nice pictures, lacks depth (1/1 people found this helpful)
Normally I'd go for an edition of the Rough Guide to get me round a city. I decided I wanted some pretty pictures as well- just in case I'd missed something when planning my visit. This book is heavy due to all the kaolin drenched glossy pictures (17 ounces/ 480g)- I'm starting to fret a little already about my hand luggage allowance (we're planning to travel without the anxious wait around the baggage carousel) .
It is however a complete pictorial guide to being a tourist in Vienna. I doubt we'll get very lost (as we normally do) on this trip as the full colour photos are distributed round a 3D projection of a district or building complex. There's a plan of the main airport and helpful photos of what a policeman and a 72 hour Vienna card look like. In some way it takes all the pleasurable guessing out of a trip to an unfamiliar place.
Where it doesn't score is the social detail- which I can best describe in these terms- The Eyewitness guide provides pictures of a wealth of Viennese patisserie- including the chocolate with cream confection "Mohr im Hemd". The Rough Guide explains that this translates literally as the politically incorrect description "Moor in a Shirt".
In future I think I will purchase the Eyewitness guide first to see if a city has sufficient distinctive architecture, art galleries and yummy snacks to tempt me to visit. However it's back to the Rough Guides for insight.
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