Customer Reviews

New England (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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Eyewitness books are perfect. Compact, soft cover, extensive New England travel book. I love it! Has everything in a compact, easy to hold/handle travel book. Historical background, museums, recreation, parks, suggested hotels and restaurants. Highly recommend.

Even if you have been to new England many times, this wonderful DK book will remind you of favorite places,while presenting in a colorful and readable format many new ideas for your adventures in New England

Over the years of traveling, I have purchased many of the Eyewitness Travel Guides. Not only are they informative but they break down the sights you need to see and more importantly, how to get to them withouu losing your composure. Never having been to the New England area, this book was great. It listed restaurants,hotels, maps and everything else needed to make a great driving vacation. If you've never purchased a travel guide, I strongly recommend the Eyewitness series, you won't be disappointed.

These books weigh a ton, so it's not a great book to take backpacking. But they are wonderful for planning trips or for taking on a road trip. The book is full of beautiful pictures. I've added destinations just because I saw a picture of something that looked a lot more interesting than it sounded in text.

But the book isn't just a picture book. It has a lot of useful information in it, including history and practical information (phone numbers, addresses, etc). It is broken down into regions so you can go directly to the pages corresponding to the location you are interested in and see what there is to see in that area. One of the reasons the book is so heavy is that it covers a lot of information. Even smaller towns and smaller tourist attractions are mentioned in this book. The text is easy to read with location names in a bold font. There are decent maps to give you general guidance on directions and major routes. The book's index is also very extensive and easily used.

I wouldn't use it to book your hotel (unless your in a pinch). They list hotels and restaurants for each area, but there aren't a ton of listings and they tend to list the expensive places more than the budget options.

Good for someone who is not internet aware. Not any more information then what you would find on web sites.