Frommer's Prague Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket) [Paperback]

Mark Baker (Author)

Book Description

Series: Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket | Publication Date: June 16, 2008

Special interest tours focus on families, romance, Kafka's Prague, Communist Prague, and more

Neighborhood walks wind through Old Town, the Jewish Quarter, Malá Strana, and the Castle District

Side trips take visitors to the 14th-century Karlštejn Castle, Konopište, and the stunning Renaissance town of Ceský Krumlov

With a Czech-English glossary of useful phrases and menu terms

These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.

• Full-color package at an affordable price
• Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions
• Foldout front covers with maps and quick-reference information
• Tear-resistant map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet
• Handy pocket-sized trim

 

Editorial Reviews

Review

‘…brilliantly laid out by area…save[s] a lot of frantic thumbing.' (Sunday Times, July 2010).

From the Back Cover

18 Self-guided Tours. 29 Maps. One Great Trip.

At last, a travel guide that tells you how to see the best of everything—in the smartest, most time-efficient way.

• The best of Prague in one, two, or three days

• Thematic tours for every interest, schedule, and taste

• Walking tours of the city's best-loved neighborhoods

• Hundreds of evocative color photos

• Bulleted maps that show you how to get from place to place

• Hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife for all budgets

• A tear-resistant foldout map—enclosed in a handy plastic wallet you can also use for tickets and souvenirs

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 1 edition (June 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470194049
• ISBN-13: 978-0470194041
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #417,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > Travel > Europe > Czech Republic > Prague

More About the Author

Mark Baker is a freelance travel writer with a penchant for offbeat stories and forgotten places. He's originally from the United States, but now makes his home in the Czech capital, Prague.

He writes mainly travel guides on Eastern and Central Europe for publishers like Lonely Planet, Frommer's, Fodor's and National Geographic, but finds real satisfaction in digging up stories in places that are either too remote or too quirky for the guides. He also contributes occasionally to publications like The Wall Street Journal and National Geographic Traveler. Prior to becoming an author, he worked as a journalist for The Economist, Bloomberg News and Radio Free Europe.

When he's not traveling, these days he's teaching Central European history and journalism at Anglo-American University in Prague or out riding his bike. He has a master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Frommers Prague Day by Day, September 3, 2009

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Renita I. Hanfling (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a comprehensive easy to read travel guide book especially when planning a trip. Very nicely illustrated. Compact size.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good and accurate, August 17, 2009

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This review is from: Frommer's Prague Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket) (Paperback)

The most important criteria in a guide book is that it be accurate, and the next is that it have lots of useful information without being too overwhelming. This one meet those criteria. I used it one for Berlin and this one for Prague on the same trip. Berlin better lends itself to the day-by-day guides than the Prague itineraries, but it was still very useful and easy to follow.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor, October 11, 2010

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Oliver Daniel S. Telles - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's Prague Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket) (Paperback)

Poor guide with uncomplete information.
The "map inside" just shows downtown and have just few street names.