Whether spotting a moose stopping traffic in Anchorage or exploring Alaska's stunning glacier-lined coast by cruise ship, the Last Frontier is sure to exceed all expectations. Complete with 3D mapping, extensive hotel and restaurant selections, guided walks and evocative photography, this is the most colorful and comprehensive guide to Alaska on the market. Let DK Eyewitness Travel Guides: Alaska be your planning aid, companion and souvenir as you experience the richness of our northernmost state.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The best general guide to the state I have found, great illustrations,
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I am a frequent Alaska tourist and have used several of the Eyewitness city guides in the past, so I was glad to see that they came out with this book. No one can touch Eyewitness for design and illustrations and their Alaska guide is no exception. Their maps are amazingly clean and functional. It is impossible to pick up this book and not get sucked into it.
The guide is not as comprehensive as a Frommer's or Fodor's, but for me, who needs a listing of every restaurant and gift shop in an area. Eyewitness focuses on the can't-miss attractions and gives more than enough shopping and dining options to cover your stay in state. The information is in bite-sized chunks that are easily scanned and give a good overview to the areas you're visiting. If I had to say something against this guide it would be that it is so filled with photos that they need to be pretty small. When I flip through it and see these tiny images of areas I have visited, they just don't do justice to the scope of the landscape. But then, maybe this will just help you appreciate Alaska when you are there in person. If you or someone you know is going to Alaska for a vacation, get them a copy of this book. This is the best guide to the entire state I have found.
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I have used the Eyewitness guides for several other countries. The Alaska guide has the same beautiful color pictures but the city & tour info was nat as complete as some of the other guides. I ended up borrowing a Fodor's guide from a friendFodor's Alaska 2007 (Fodor's Gold Guides)
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The guidebook contains a lot of good illustrations, pictures and maps. However, detailed information on the places is limited, and definitely not sufficient for me to plan the full trip. I used the book together with the LP Discover Alaska which I prefer over this one given there are more details and maps are also great. But in both cases you will need some more information, I ended up planning most of the trip over internet and just used the books as indications on where to go. All in all, it's a good book to learn about Alaska but it's not enough to plan a trip in detail.
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Alaska can be roughly divided into eight main regions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
king salmon, charter floatplane, additional map symbols, hush plane, blanket toss Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gold Rush, Road Map, Denali National Park, Prince William Sound, Southeast Alaska, Alaska Railroad, Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage Tel, Dawson City, Gulf of Alaska, North America, Kenai River, Dutch Harbor, Ave Map, Alaska Marine Highway, Arctic Circle, Alaska Highway, Arctic Ocean, Dalton Highway, Bering Sea, Parks Hwy, Sterling Hwy, Price Guide, Southwest Alaska Browse Sample Pages:
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Alaska can be roughly divided into eight main regions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
king salmon, charter floatplane, additional map symbols, hush plane, blanket toss Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gold Rush, Road Map, Denali National Park, Prince William Sound, Southeast Alaska, Alaska Railroad, Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage Tel, Dawson City, Gulf of Alaska, North America, Kenai River, Dutch Harbor, Ave Map, Alaska Marine Highway, Arctic Circle, Alaska Highway, Arctic Ocean, Dalton Highway, Bering Sea, Parks Hwy, Sterling Hwy, Price Guide, Southwest Alaska Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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