Las Vegas & the Desert (Insight Guide Las Vegas) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Insight Guide Las Vegas | Publication Date: January 1, 2003

This guide includes a section detailing Las Vegas' history, nine features covering the city's life and culture, ranging from dicing with Lady Luck to going to a Las Vegas chapel, a visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. It also includes hundreds of photographs (including many never seen before photos shot inside the casinos-usually off limits to the camera) and 11 maps.

Editorial Reviews

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'I can think of no book which so effectively captures the essence of a destination' Sir Edmund Hillary

About the Author

Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

Product Details

• Paperback: 355 pages
• Publisher: Insight Guides (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9812348301
• ISBN-13: 978-9812348302
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,042,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Very Helpful Insight, March 27, 2003

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Akron Reader "kdtoles" (Akron, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Las Vegas & the Desert (Insight Guide Las Vegas) (Paperback)

If you are looking for a guidebook that packs in lots of information alongside a ton of color pictures, this would be the one. It has an extensive history section and details the features of all of the major hotels and attractions. Take note that it is produced by the Discovery Channel, because it reads much like the channel's documentaries. That is the guide's downfall. While it is tall on info, it is horrible short on critique. It does not rate the hotels, restaurants, or attractions. If you want a really helpful guidebook, with lots of tips and advice, check out "The Unofficial Guide". The Insight Guide is a good secondary guidebook through which to read up on general Las Vegas info. Just don't make this one the first or only guide you buy about the city if you really want some insight.

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, January 15, 2011

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This review is from: Las Vegas & the Desert (Insight Guide Las Vegas) (Paperback)

I usually don't mind buying older editions of stuff, but this one was just simply too outdated. Most of the stuff in here has changed. It really was not that useful. The book was well written and gave some good insights, you will just want a guidebook that is much more up-to-date.