Customer Reviews

New Orleans (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

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We recently did a 4 day short stay in New Orleans. Although focused on the French Quarter, we did make it to the Garden District. Usually, I buy several travel books, but, as the trip was short, I went with just this one. Good choice. The pictures really helped decide what we wanted to see and that we had found it when we got there. Recommendations for hotels and eating places were pretty accurate (as individual tastes and day-to-day changes effect this, I always expect some divergence from what a guide says.) However, the strength was in the sights, maps and history provided. We had a pretty good take on the French Quarter and general NO history before we went (from reading the book.) Because time was short, we were able to hit the hot spots that we wanted to see and had time left over to relax, see the few sights that were further down the list and generally enjoy the atmosphere and culture. This book was so accurate and helpful, I got two of their guides to places in Spain.

My work has provided me with the opportunity to travel a good bit. I am the type of person who wants to get a working background for my destinations, both in terms of history and geographic layout. Because I work, I don't have a great deal of time to spend reading and studying different, often lengthy, travel guides before or during my trips.

Because these guides are concise, beautifully illustrated, relatively compact, and impeccably organized, I cannot recommend highly enough the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides! The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is THE guide I buy for every destination. Not only do I get a quick history and background of the destination, but I also will be provided with a visual guide to everything. The visual detail is really what sets the DK Eyewitness Travel Guides apart.

The street maps of common destination points are drawn in dimensional detail so you will visually recognize when you "get there." This is particularly helpful when you don't speak the native language.

The regional maps are colorful and concise. However, the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide really shows its stuff with the drawings associated with attractions such as museums. Their presentation of museum layouts allow the traveler who is short on time to quickly see the best of the museum within the time the traveler has to spend.

Each DK Eyewitness Travel Guide has a good summary section in the back with practical information about where to eat, where to sleep, what to do, and how to get around.

While I may supplement the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide with others for a more detailed travel guide, the other guide is only more to read, not more to see. Buy the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide first for any destination.

DK Guides are always great. This one is no exception. It has great background information about New Orleans and great sightseeing information and suggestions. As usual with DK guides, the maps and illustrations are attractive and useful.

This book, along with every other book in the DK series, details a place where you can visit, offering rich photos and text that will make you want to visit. In the case of this book, I purchased it and it was delivered only about a week before we went to New Orleans. This guide was instrumental in planning my visit, offering me choices on things to do that would be fun, interesting and historical. If you have ever seen or purchased any of DK's book then you know they are really beautiful offering some of the most incredible color photos. I highly, wholeheartedly recommend this book for anyone who is going to New Orleans as well as anyone who wants to learn about New Orleans. It's a beautiful city that is coming back after years of difficulties after Hurricane Katrina and it is a worthwhile place to visit. They need our support out there and you won't be disappointed as there is a lot to do in one of our most historic cities.

I love the DK travel guides. They have a lot of information, and what I enjoy most: lot of pictures and maps! So it is easier to decide what to see.

I used this almost every day of my 1 week trip. As is with all ET guides, if they marked hotels and restaurants on their maps, it would be much more user friendly instead of having to rely on Yelp and/or mobile phones. Also would've been nice if they had a section on the 9th ward or at least just labeled it on their map.

There's also a small section on Baton Rouge and surrounding areas. Would've been nice to know as then I wouldn't have bought another book just for that purpose.

Very informative and well formatted. I visited New Orleans with my family and this book was invaluable to our enjoyable trip. It does need to be updated to reflect the changes since Katrina.

I had a few outdated, pre Katrina guides to New Orleans. This one is up to date, accurate and easy to read. Highly recommended.

DK is the best publisher that there is for travel books (and kid's books). Always done with accuracy and style.

As long as the reader understands that this book was released in 2004, before Hurricane Katrina, this is still a very useful guide to New Orleans, especially the French Quarter. Some businesses have changed or gone under due to the lack of tourist trade, but the French Quarter had almost no significant damage from the storm. We visited New Orleans in June of 2008, so we took this book with us. There is a revised issue coming in the late Fall of 2008, so if your trip is after that time wait for the new revision. The information is very well presented, and the book is a great carry-around guide.