Customer Reviews

Brazil (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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I am a big fan of Eyewitness Travel and buy there books for every place I go to visit. Most people familiar with the brand are aware of its upsides, great pictures, maps and recommendations of where to go.

Although this is a country guide, the majority of people that will visit South America will visit Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. These places are unfortunately lacking the usual eyewitness travel detail and do not break each city down into sections as most of their other books do, including the one for Argentina (which does a great job for Buenos Aires)

I had 5 days to spend in Sao Paulo, and found the book gave me very few indications of where to go aside from a list of sights. I did not get a good feeling like i had seen the city properly, rather had a piecemeal perspective of a few things to do for the first day or two and not much else for the remainder. I am disappointed because I am a huge fan of eyewitness's other books, but this one disappointed.

I am aware that this is a country guide, however it should still give extra attention to the locations the majority of people will visit.

A beautiful, comprehensive overview of Brazil, but some maps are lacking in details. I always have liked "Eyewitness" for their wonderful maps ... however maps, especially for Rio de Janiero could be easier to use. This is a heavy book to carry traveling .... perhaps should have been published as two volumes?

I just picked this up at our local Costco. It was $18 there - but you never know if it will be in stock or not so I'd stick with Amazon. We are going to Brazil in August and will definitely take this with us. We've used several of the Eyewitness books in the past for our European travels and they've never let us down and have always been better than the other travel books that we've picked up along the way. The graphics are perfect, we love the blown up street maps of the popular tourist destinations, and they are filled with tons of helpful tips! Definitely a win-win situation for all!

Going to Brazil then this is an excellent travel book. We like the high quality pages and the printing which is easy to read. This is an excellent booth for finding places to visit in Brazil. We used it extensively on our trip to Rio de Janerio and found that every penny we paid for it was worth it. One thing we like about these books is that the historical spots never change thus you get a book that can be used for years whereas many other travel books need to be updated on a yearly basis.

Brazil is a huge country to get your arms around. I wish this were a much bigger book, with more pictures and text, but I'm happy with what's there. You could do a book this length on Sao Paulo alone.

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES are the best guides you could find. I've bought every one they have published to the places I have visited, and always know where I want to go and what are the most important places to visit,
with the pictures and 3D images of the buildings and maps I don't get surprises as to visit a place not worth while. You optimize your travel time. I have about twenty of their guides, just hope they increase the places they review in the near future.

I travel a lot and always try to get the DK Eyewitness book for the area I am visiting--they are accurate and informative. And I like the pictures--before and after I see the real areas.

I always enjoy reading eyewitness books , it gives a brief view about the place but to find out more abot dining and accommodation you need more views or opinions.