Michael Brein's Guide to Honolulu & Oahu by The Bus (Michael Brein's Guides to Sightseeing by Public Transportation) (Michael Brein's Guides to ... (Michael Brein's Travel Guides) [Folded Map] [Map]

Michael Brein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1998 | Series: Michael Brein's Travel Guides

#Michael Brein's Guide to Honolulu & Oahu by The Bus shows travelers how to go to Honolulu's top 50 visitor attractions by the TheBus (public bus). The guide shows which bus transit to use, e.g., which lines to take, which stops to board and exit at, and, using about 30 detailed mini-area-walking maps, shows exactly how to walk from these stops right to the visitor attractions. Additional nearby points of interest are also indicated on these mini-maps. An ultra-large (very easy to read) official map of Honolulu's transit system is also provided. The Honolulu guide is concise, compact, and comprehensive and fits in your pocket (leave the bulky books back in the hotel room!). Michael Brein's Honolulu guide is part of the world's first and only travel guide series specifically designed to show travelers how to sightsee the top 50 visitor attractions by public transportation in a variety of the world's most visited cities.#

Editorial Reviews

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For those who want to know where a subway will take them, there is a new series of city public transit maps packed with information. --New York Times

In all my years in travel, I've seen some offbeat things, but when I got a copy of Sightseeing by Public Transportation I was hooked, fascinated and wondered why no one's done this before. --On the Road with John Clayton

#Sightseeing like the locals. U-Bahn, tram, underground, metro, bus ... sometimes the best way to see a city is by public transportation. Michael Brein s maps include public transit routes and directions to the top 50 points of interest in cities around the world ...# --United Airlines Hemispheres In-flight Magazine

In all my years in travel, I've seen some offbeat things, but when I got a copy of Sightseeing by Public Transportation I was hooked, fascinated and wondered why no one's done this before. --On the Road with John Clayton

#Sightseeing like the locals. U-Bahn, tram, underground, metro, bus ... sometimes the best way to see a city is by public transportation. Michael Brein s maps include public transit routes and directions to the top 50 points of interest in cities around the world ...# --United Airlines Hemispheres In-flight Magazine

From the Publisher

This all-new "underground" sightseeing map series has surfaced for the budget conscious and independent traveler who yearns to visit major tourist attractions in cities around the world by using public transportation as an alternative to cars, taxis or organized bus tours. The series includes similar guides for London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Munich, Sydney and other cities. Michael Brein's Guides give you the one thing all the other travel guides do not, namely, how to actually go to points of interest! This powerful series provides you with compact, concise and comprehensive information in a small-footprint, map-fold format that fits conveniently in your pocket. Leave the big, bulky, heavy travel books in your room and don't leave your hotel without Michael Brein's Guides. And once you've used one of Michael's Guides, you'll want the others!

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Product Details

• Map: 2 pages
• Publisher: Michael Brein, Inc.; Map edition (June 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188659001X
• ISBN-13: 978-1886590014
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 4.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,821,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was the best planning tool to have for Oahu!, May 17, 1999

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ShadowRider (Ft. Worth, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michael Brein's Guide to Honolulu & Oahu by The Bus (Michael Brein's Guides to Sightseeing by Public Transportation) (Michael Brein's Guides to ... (Michael Brein's Travel Guides) (Map)

If you are planning a trip to Honolulu/Waikiki or the rest of the island of Oahu, throw away all your other maps. This is the only one you will need. Pick the attraction you would like to visit and this map will tell you where to catch the bus, the number of the bus, where to get off the bus, how to get to the attraction once you leave the bus, and where to catch the bus for your return trip. Only a human personal guide could be better. The map is easy to read and packed full of information. I highly recommend it for your trip to Oahu as it will save you valuable time in planning your sightseeing. Michael Brien also has maps for other major cities of the world with the same easy to follow direction, please check them out too.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat Useful, But A Marginal Value, November 22, 2004

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This review is from: Michael Brein's Guide to Honolulu & Oahu by The Bus (Michael Brein's Guides to Sightseeing by Public Transportation) (Michael Brein's Guides to ... (Michael Brein's Travel Guides) (Map)

This map is useful for negotiating the bus schedule of Honolulu and Oahu, but it has three principal drawbacks: the maps themselves are fragmentary and not good for overall awareness of where you are going, although in mine the bus route numbers had just been updated (as had the price); the map is expensive for what you get; and the map presents little text information about using the bus, and leads users to believe that the round the island bus tour is a viable option (most people would disagree and would recommend taking a day tour, which are abundant in Hawaii.)

On the positive side, "TheBus" is much easier to figure out with this guide, and the information is kept very up to date by the publisher. "TheBus" is suitable for travel around Honolulu; if you are going to venture further, skip it (and this map) and rent a car or take a tour. A much better overall alternative to this map is the Nelles Maps "Honolulu and O'ahu" map. It is not specifically as useful for bus riders, but for most travelers, it is perfect: detailed, user-friendly, and complete. Unless you only care about bus travel, I recommend the Nelles map instead.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misrepresentation, May 11, 2002

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mr. michael calnan (rydalmere, nsw Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michael Brein's Guide to Honolulu & Oahu by The Bus (Michael Brein's Guides to Sightseeing by Public Transportation) (Michael Brein's Guides to ... (Michael Brein's Travel Guides) (Map)

This item has been wrongly labeled as a paperback book. It should be better labeled as a map. And as a map it is extremely overpriced. The contents are in very small print which means that it is difficult to read The pictures themselves look like they were done on the cheap. VERY DISAPPOINTED. I was not amused when I received this item in the mail.