Access Las Vegas 5e [Paperback]

Richard Saul Wurman (Author), Access Press (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 8, 1999 | Series: Access Las Vegas

The 15 detailed neighborhood maps in this guide will help you immediately locate the hotels, restaurants, shops, and sights of Las Vegas.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

A frequent contributor to the Washington Post, Travel & Leisure, GQ, and dozens of other publications, he often appears as a travel consultant on CNN and Live with Regis and Cathie Lee!, and can be found on-line in his column called "The SavTravs Weekly Hot Tips." He lives in Washington D.C. and New York City.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Collins Reference; 5th edition (December 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062772805
• ISBN-13: 978-0062772800
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,733,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Access Las Vegas, April 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Access Las Vegas 5e (Paperback)

While I have enjoyed the compact format of Access Las Vegas with its color-coded run-down's of various restaurants, casinos and hotels in the past, I found this edition to be slightly out-of-date, especially in the section on shows (featuring several that closed or changed stars prior to January 2000). I enjoyed the featured "Bests" comments by local Las Vegas personalities and trivia boxes with interesting Vegas facts. However, [..] for 140 pages [..] I found this to be a little pricey.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Access Las Vegas (5th Ed.), March 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Access Las Vegas 5e (Paperback)

'Access Las Vegas' was not exactly what I was looking for, but is a well rounded guide to the city and the attractions. I am a college student taking my first trip to Las Vegas, and I was looking for a guide to the sites on a very small budget. This would be a good book for someone with more of a budget to work with, and more time to spend in the city.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An astonishing number of mapping errors, January 3, 2005

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saskatoonguy (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Access Las Vegas 5e (Paperback)

I am a fan of the Access Guides because of their unique format, which divides a city into neighborhoods and then describes specific buildings, but this particular guide is a disaster. With this format, the neighborhood maps are especially important, and the most important of all - the map of the Strip - is riddled with errors. I counted 19 key buildings that were incorrectly located on this one map, including such landmarks as Caesars Palace, Bellagio, Paris, Aladdin, New York New York, MGM, and Tropicana. The New Frontier, a Strip hotel, is shown as being on Industrial Road! Who edited this debacle?

At the time I am writing this (early 2005), this 2000 edition is the most recent version available. It is shorter than the others in the Access series, about 140 pages, of which 20 pages are devoted to gambling tips. Coverage of the Strip and Downtown is thorough (if you can figure out where things are located), but outlying neighborhoods get less attention when compared to other guides in the Access series.