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Frommer's Boston 2000

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I bought this book because my stay in Boston would be short and i wanted the latest info. I found a lot of the infomation supplied not correct. The boston computer-museum has been closed since june 1999, but the 2000 version of this book still knows it. Entry-prices and telephone-numbers are often wrong. Prices on accomodations are way off, and the people who wrote this seem to focus at expensive locations, lower budget accommodations are hardly mentioned. The included map has no clear markings for subway-stations which makes it ill-usable. The book contains no structured historical information on Boston, I know, it's the information people tend to skip, but for a foreigner with little knowledge of american history it is very handy when you can look up what the Boston Tea Party is. On the whole I did not like this book. The layout and photo's are good, but the info is out of date, despite the 2000 in the title. Travelers on a stricter budget should not read this book, because budget choises like greyhound busses, bycycling and hostels are not mentioned or are given bad remarks.

This was an excellent guide for deciding which places to visit in and around Boston during our stay. The walking guides he suggested were especially helpful. I found Frommer to be very honest about the places he reviewed, and the most charming places we visted were off the beaten tourist track and we would not have found them without the help of this book. I recommend it to anyone planning a trip to Boston.