Customer Reviews

Canada (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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I just came back from a trip to Canada where I toured Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City and Niagara Falls. Before I depart for this trip, I spent a lot of time in bookstore and my friend and I finally settle down with a Insight tour book and this one. We plan on using Insight for Montreal and Quebec, then the rest with DK. As it turns out, my Insight is completely useless. Despite good story telling, it is totally useless when it comes touring around the place, not to mention mistakes everywhere in the book, even in map they messed up a major road. In the end, we used only DK for the entire trip.

In the end, we relied heavily on this book, and find it a great resourse. The colorful pictures gives us an idea of what to expect, and have a feeling of how the city is really like. Also, the descriptions are fairly well-placed, we need not go through the whole book to look for a particular tour site (like the Discovery one). Essential information are listed clearly, and it even contains visiting tour plans.

I just hope that DK can have a book for Quebec province on its own. It is such a beautiful place, I think it deserves a book to itself.

Years ago, as a child, I traveled with my family to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. It was one of the best memories I have of my childhood. Flash forward to 30+ years later, I have since learned that my maternal grandfather was born and raised in Nova Scotia while doing my family tree; additionally, I have a distant cousin, whom I used to play with, now married and living in Nova Scotia. This summer I plan to visit Nova Scotia for the first time since my childhood. I bought this particular book over Fromer's and other similar travel book because this series of Eyewitness Travel Guides is THE BEST ever! It is very informative and up-to-date, something that other travel books lag on. Plus the stunningly beautiful photos in this book and detailed diagrams and maps of cultural and historical places really gives you a bird's eye view before you even get there! This book also provides information on the country of Canada as well as NS and PEI. I plan to use this book again and again for future travels to Canada. The best part of the book is the last section you should read first...the Survivor's Guide. It gives you practical information such as entry requirements, cash and currency, driving laws, emergency/medical information should you need it, and much more! DK Eyewitness writers constantly reviews and updates the information in this book! I highly recommend readers buy this book and pass it on to your family and friends! P.S. My NS cousin says this book is right on the money!

Consistent with all the DK Guides we have purchased, their Canada Guide is comprehensive, accurate, and current.

The guide proved to be a very useful source for our trip to Eastern Canada.

I have just recently received this book and went through it and of course liked it a lot. I was in Toronto,Montreal, Niagra Falls and it was so nice to go through those places through the book and also checking the other places where I had no chance to go. I like these Eyewitness travel guides how they are build , they give a nice overview on a country or city and of course the lovely photoes and drawings those help a lot.
This is my 32.nd book from this travel guide series and I was not disappointed by buying this one also.

"Eyewitness Travel's Guide to Canada" is the latest edition (2010) of a superb resource for planning and enjoying a vacation in Canada. DK guides combine a unique mixture of narrative, maps, photos, and diagrams in a user-friendly format to capture the highlights of each region, from natural beauty to historical sites to city zoos and Canada's excellent provincial museum system.

Many visitors are unaware of the sheer size and diversity of Canada. Pictureque Atlantic Canada features fishing villages, echoes of ancient colonial wars, and special items such as the Green Gables House of L.M. Montgomery's famous "Anne of Green Gables" novels. The big cities of Montreal and Toronto offer everything that first rate urban environments should, from shopping to culture to entertainment. The vast prairies of central Canada have their own unique history and points of interest, including the Academy and Museum of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Regina. The Canadian Rockies offer some of the most spectacular scenery and outdoor recreation opportunities to found in North America, while Vancouver is Canada's diverse and fascinating outlet to the Pacific and the Orient. The wilds of the Yukon offer an entry point to the Canadian Arctic.

In such a huge and diverse country, a single guide can't hope to cover all possible topics of interest. However, this guide is a great one-stop starter kit, with its regional coverage and practical tips on navigating Canadian customs, airports, dining and accomodation options, and currency. This reviewer has frequently used his edition for trips to Canada, supplemented by local maps. In keeping with the digital age, the guide lists lots of websites for further research.

"The Eyewitness Travel Guide to Canada" is very highly recommended to anyone planning a trip to Canada, a very worthwhile destination.

No travel book can ever cover everything you will need but this is a great way to start your research about visiting Canada. I have lived in Canada and been to almost all of it but I still found it an excellent way to start my planning for a visit there again.

This book is my favourite one. I like DK's travel books very much.Good pictures,elegant print and useful knowlage.Taking DK`s book is the best way to learn about the country you would be traveling to.And the elegant print is also a favourite collection to me. Thanks Amazon for the careness in the shiping.

Beware Rocky Mountaineer Vacations!
We booked a day trip to Whistler with them and when we arrived at the destination found they had failed to organize any of the events promised and we were left having to pay for a Greyhound bus home. It also turns out the package was very over priced. They eventually offered us only a 30% refund. Perhaps if we had used a book like this we would have spotted the alternatives.

First I was curious how a so large country could be put into so few pages. Then I was impressed that I could get some glimpses why Canadians are so proud of their country. You can find yourself walking on the street or climbing up to the mountains. Worth to read it.