Lonely Planet Las Vegas [Paperback]

Scott Doggett (Author)

Book Description

Series: Lonely Planet Las Vegas, 2000 ed | Publication Date: January 2000

A guide to the gateway of glamorous shows, shopping and slot machines this book provides details on how to escape the neon lights and see the stars at Red Rock Canyon and Lake Mead; extensive coverage of dining options, including the best in late-nigh buffets; and advice on which big hotels are worth the chips.

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As usual, the guidebook standard is set by Lonely Planet.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; First Edition edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1864500867
• ISBN-13: 978-1864500868
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,016,296 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best guidebook I've ever read., January 30, 2000

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Harvey Walker (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Las Vegas (Paperback)

Heck, it's the ONLY guidebook I've ever read from cover to cover. I go to Vegas a lot and thought I knew the place, but there are sooo many places and things about Vegas I didn't know of that this guidebook describes. And the book is hysterically funny. I just kept on reading it. It's addictive. Sometimes I pick it up and read parts of it for a second or third time. The book is full of good information and it's a total crack up. It's a really good thing to read on a plane on your way to Vegas. You land with a new appreciation for the place and in a really good mood.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average Travel Guide, January 29, 2004

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J. Turner (Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Las Vegas (Paperback)

I have always preferred LP travel guides to any other guide. The been-there-done-that pithy writing style, combined with coverage of the off-the-beaten-path areas make my vacations (or business trips) memorable.

However, this one stands apart from the other LP travel guides. This guide is only 232 pages, about the size of a novella. Missing are the cheap eats, some transportation information, and the typical insider's insights.

Reading the information, I got the feeling that this was less of an insider's guide, and more of a condensation of the visitors guides published by the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

As a result, I was somewhat disappointed by this one. Still, it is on par with the other travel guides on Las Vegas, just not up to the LP standards.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What's happened to Lonely Planet?, March 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Lonely Planet Las Vegas (Paperback)

I miss the old Lonely Planet! For those familiar with the Lonely Planet format, this book will be a disappointment. Really, I found it similar to all the other guidebooks on the city - glossy and photo-filled without the off-the-beaten-path information that used to set Lonely Planet apart. Missing were items such as the how-to-get-around, how-to-eat-cheap type info that independent travelers' turn to LP for. Maybe LP has expanded their line too far too fast...