Eyewitness Travel Guide to Boston [Paperback]

Patricia Harris (Author), David Lyon (Author)

Book Description

Series: EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE | Publication Date: February 12, 2001

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you! Whether planning a trip for business or pleasure, DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Boston is the only guide to the Bay State you will ever need. All of Boston's most popular sites are here: Fenway Park, the Massachusetts State House, Boston Common, Faneuil Hall, Old North Church, and Harvard Yard. Take a walk on the Freedom Trail, stroll through colonial Boston, Beacon Hill, the North End, and the Back Bay. Street-by-street maps suggest walking tours to explore all of Boston's landmarks, restaurants, shopping, museums, and nightlife.

Editorial Reviews

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Encyclopedic in scope, it's meant to be used before, during, and after your stay. (Travel & Leisure) Both novice and experienced travelers will be captivated. (U.S. News & World Report) Each book is a visual as well as informational feast about a particular place. (The New York Times) Let this guidebook be your companion for a visit to Boston. (Oregonian) The best travel guides ever. (Sky Magazine) For comprehensive advice that is attractively presented, publisher Dorling Kindersley's guides for serious travelers are tough to beat. (US News & World Report) Hats off to DK for the Eyewitness Travel Guides...[they] raise the bar for all others. (Dallas Morning News) The most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market. (Chicago Tribune) Best book to have in your guest room at all times. (Boston Herald) Eyewitness Travel Guides are marvels of writing, color photography and illustration. What makes these so special is their thoroughness. (New York Times Syndicate) This is a guidebook series that always seems to inspire smiles...You feel, looking at them, as if you could close the book and step into the street. (Contra Costa Times ) Want to know where to get a great espresso on your way to the Uffizi? Or how much to tip a hotel maid in New York City? Try these travel guides, each an intricate trove of 3-D aerial views, landmark floor plans, color photos and essential eating, shopping and entertainment info. With titles covering Paris, Prague, and London, these pocket-sized guides are like a Michelangelo fresco: deliriously rich in detail. (People Magazine) Eyewitness Travel Guides, considered to be the world's best travel resource to over 30 destinations around the world, make it easier to plan a splendid vacation. (North American Press Syndication) Each new Eyewitness Guide adds more of the world to this wonderfully visual series.... What sets these guides apart from others is their striking, three-dimensional cutaways of key sites. (New York Daily News)

From the Inside Flap

Created by local writers and photographers, Compass American Guides are the ultimate insider's guides, providing in-depth coverage of the history, culture and character of America's most spectacular destinations.  Covering everything there is to see and do as well as choice lodging and dining, these gorgeous full-color guides are perfect for new and longtime residents as well as vacationers who want a deep understanding of the region they're visiting.
Outstanding color photography, plus a wealth of archival images
Written by Boston residents
Extensive reviews of more than  200 hundred restaurants and hotels
Day trips to Lexington, Concord, and Plymouth
Freedom Trail and Beacon Hill walking tours
Insider tips on the city's best music clubs and Irish bars
Great museums of the Boston Area
City festivals and annual events including the Boston Marathon
Boston's world-renowned colleges and universities


About the Authors

Journalists and critics Patricia Harris and David Lyon review restaurants online for Boston Sidewalk and write extensivley on art, travel, and food.  They are frequent contributors to Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide to New England, and their articles have appeared in a range of publications from American Craft and Boston Globe to Food Arts and Travel Holiday.


About the photographers

Joel Sartore is a contract photographer fo National Geographic magazine.  He has won many awards, including being named a Pulitzer Prize finalist.


Robert Holmes has twice received the Travel Photographer of the Year Award from the Society of American Travel Writers.  He has 18 books in print and is featured in the "Day in the Life" series. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel; 1 edition (February 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789466457
• ISBN-13: 978-0789466457
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,338,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good hotel recommendations, April 21, 2001

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Philip Greenspun (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Boston (Paperback)

My old favorite is the Michelin Green Guide to New England and it remains the best for driving tours. But if you're popping into the city for a weekend of power tourism, this D-K book is the best. If you're a photographer, you'll appreciated the thumbnail images of every sight that you're considering visiting. As a bonus, this guide offers thoughtful hotel and restaurant recommendations. I've lived in Boston for 20 years and didn't find anything in the book with which I disagreed.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide book, extremely well laid out, February 27, 2002

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Jennifer McKay (New Orleans, LA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Boston (Paperback)

The Eyewitness Travel Guide to Boston was recommended to me in a bookstore and it was perfect for a recent 5-day trip to Boston. The guide is laid out by area, so you really get a feel for what else is around you when you are at a particular destination. The overall maps are very good and well detailed and the book is chock full of great photos. It also includes great history and background info. My Boston friend kept asking me "how do you know all this stuff?"

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for planning, July 9, 2001

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Michiel Maandag "Michiel" (Helsinki Finland) - See all my reviews
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This Eyewithness book is up-to-date and very practical. It contains a lot of pictures which is extremely usefull if you are planning a trip. When planning the trip it makes the book in a way easier to use than for example the Lonely Planet of Boston since you got a clear picture of the surroundings.