A dazzling new guide to the new capital of Germany, DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Berlin shows why this historic city is an increasingly popular destination for many business and vacation travelers. Over 850 full-color photographs and street-by-street maps cover the wide range of all the major sights -- including museums, historic and modern buildings, and parks while unique cutaways, floor plans, and 3-D aerials help you explore all the important sights. Experience the Pergamon Museum, the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, and Schloß Charlottenburg. Visit the Tiergarten, Museum Island, and Potsdamer Platz. A Survival Guide helps you with local currency, public transportation, communications, and accurate street maps give you easy access to Berlin's different districts and detailed listings of hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues.
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great travel companion, great souvenir!,
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Adding to other reviews, I just returned from a visit to Berlin with this wonderful book as my travel companion. The pictures are great, the descriptions wonderful, and there is a lot of good, practical information to help one get around in the city. There are a series of maps in the back which covers the whole city in sections which is also in grids. Sites refer to page number and grid on the map, so one can easily find where it is in the city. The city is divided into sections and color coded, with information about each section, since the city is characterized by the different areas in it. I found this particularly helpful in knowing where I was and where I wanted to go.The only drawback, if one were to find one for this great book, is its weight. Because it is on heavier stock paper, the pictures are better, but the weight is increased. Overall, though, the extra weight is worth carrying around. I found this to be a great souvenir of my trip upon my return. In fact, I stayed with friends who are now living in Berlin. They found the book so useful, they begged to be able to keep it. I am ordering another copy for myself.
49 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Guide Out There!,
By gellio "gellio" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Berlin (Paperback)
Just got back from a trip to Europe. Thought before hand that Prague or Paris would have been my favorite city. Although everything you may have heard about Prague is true- it is the most charming and beautiful place I've ever been - Berlin is simply magnificant.I recently read, in a book (name escapes me) "Berlin is always in a state of becoming and never in a state of being." That was first said around 1900 and it again holds true 100 years later. That in part, is what makes Berlin so magnificant. It has so many things that no other city in Europe has. Bombastic imperialistic architecture lies within bombastic communistic showpiece architecture, which lies next to classic baroque architecture, which all lies next to ultra modern architecture. West Berlin the capitalist show piece during the Cold War and East Berlin was the communist show piece. United as one- Berlin is in the state of becoming Europe's showpiece. This guide takes you through Berlin like no other guide could possibly do. I had the unfortunate circumstance of being in Berlin a few weeks before this guide came out. I hit the main sights -but missed so much more because I used Time Out! It is unfortunate because this guide is so much better- save the lack of hostel information... but it shows you everything you could possibly want to see and do and know.. From strolling down the beautiful Unter den Linden to sitting in the Lustgarten or roaming through the green arces of the Tiergarten...or even soaring to the top of the television tower. Eyewitness Guide will take you there. If I could be anywhere in the world right now, I'd be anywhere and everywhere in between the Brandenburg Gate and Alexander Platz. If you're thinking of going to Berlin- stop thinking and go... If you're thinking of buying this guide, stop thinking and buy.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent guide,
By M Bell (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Berlin (Paperback)
Just got back from Berlin and found this guide very helpful. Used in combination with Time Out, you have the city covered. Where one is weak, the other is strong. This guide has great pictures, maps and area information. Time Out is better with restaurant reviews, first-hand perspectives on neighborhods and the local scene in general. Take them both!
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