Insiders' Guide to Salt Lake City, 4th (Insiders' Guide Series) [Paperback]

Virginia Rainey (Author)

Book Description

Series: Insiders' Guide Series | Publication Date: August 1, 2004

Situated between the desolate splendor of the Great Salt Lake and the alpine crags of the Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake City is a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts. With this authoritative guide, discover cozy mountain resorts, scenic hiking trails, and the "best snow on Earth." A special chapter on Park City provides a complete directory this picturesque recreational boomtown.

Editorial Reviews

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"The Insiders' Guides publishes one of the best travel series around . . . informative, entertaining and user-friendly."
--Longview News Journal (Longview, Texas)

From the Back Cover

For more than twenty years, the Insiders’ Guide® series has remained the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Each guide is written by a local or true insider and offers a personal, practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love.
Situated between the desolate splendor of the Great Salt Lake and the alpine crags of the Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake City is a paradise for outdoor enthusiasts. With this authoritative guide, discover cozy mountain resorts, scenic hiking trails, and the “best snow on Earth.” Inside you’ll find:
• a comprehensive guide to restaurants, lodging, and day trips
• the inside scoop on world-renowned attractions, from Temple Square to Utah Olympic Park, the only public ski-jumping facility in the United States
• countless details on how to live and thrive in Salt Lake City, including information on the area’s active arts community and the lowdown on real estate
• a special chapter on Park City with comprehensive information on this picturesque recreational boomtown
• sections dedicated to children, retirement, worship, and much more
Whether you’re planning a vacation, living in the area, or looking to relocate, Insiders’ Guide to Salt Lake City will show you everything you need to know.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 376 pages
• Publisher: Insiders' Guide; 4th edition (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762728361
• ISBN-13: 978-0762728367
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,292,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #98 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Utah

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Insiders Guide to Salt Lake City, April 29, 2006

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This review is from: Insiders' Guide to Salt Lake City, 4th (Insiders' Guide Series) (Paperback)

This is a very good, informative book, written with warmth and humour by someone who obviously has a great affection for the area and it's people. I've visited Salt Lake City for the last 4 years as a tourist and, as I read this book I'm back there smiling at it's quirks, looking around it's buildings, eating in it's restaurants and shopping in it's malls. The book is as easy going as the place it describes and is written logically, filling the reader in with the history and background before moving them around the city with added knowledge and appreciation of all that's there. This book will be my companion when I visit again this year. Oh and why only 4 stars - colour photographs instead of black and white please!

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars lots of information but too little evaluation, August 19, 2000

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This review is from: Insiders' Guide to Salt Lake City (Paperback)

A guidebook should do two things. First, it needs to present a lot of factual information about places in the area it describes. Second, it must evaluate the places in a way that is useful to its target audience. This book meets the first requirement: it gives some historical information about the Salt Lake area and it describes many stores, restaurants, hotels, and other locations that will interest travelers. It also talks about health care, education, and other topics that are useful to people considering moving to SLC. Unfortunately, this Insider's Guide fails the second requirement by describing pretty much everything in glowing terms: if you believe this book, everyone is nice, the restaurants are all good, and you can't stay in a bad hotel. Compared to the more useful and frank evaluations found in the better guidebooks such as Rough Guide, Lonely Planet, or Let's Go, this book is definitely second class.