Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [Turtleback]

Craig Turp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 20, 2006

Few cities have as much to offer as Prague, so it can be difficult to decide how best to spend your time, but the Eyewitness Travel Guide helps you to get the most from your stay. This guide will introduce you to Prague by locating the city geographically, setting modern Prague in its historical context. Learn about the city's main attractions and sights including a feature on the River Vltava. Discover other places around Prague with the day trips listed in the section Prague Area by Area. It is the carefully researched tips for hotels and restaurants, shops, markets, cafes, bars, entertainment and sporting events that separates this guide from the rest. Let the maps, photography and detailed illustration of the Eyewitness Travel Guide show you what others only tell you.

Product Details

• Turtleback: 272 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel (March 20, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756615488
• ISBN-13: 978-0756615482
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #469,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > Travel > Europe > Czech Republic > Prague

Customer Reviews

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85 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unlike any other travel guides., November 18, 2004

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Shelli Meyers (Centreville, VA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

A chance acquisition of the Prague Eyewitness Travel Guide has made me a rabid and devoted fan of the entire series. Although many travel guides offer excellent text content in terms of descriptions and reviews (Lonely Planet comes to mind), what makes the Eyewitness series such a standout is its innovative use of (glossy, color) photographs and illustrations. The Eyewitness guides use visual displays to convey information that cannot be easily gleaned otherwise, yet is extremely helpful to the travel experience.

Here are just a few examples, from the Prague guide:

* The illustration of the Charles Bridge identifies each statue by the saint's name; information which is not completely obvious (at least not to non-Czech speakers) when you're standing in front of one.

* Cutaway illustrations of churches, museums, etc. identify rooms, sections, items, etc., making it easy to home in on areas of interest, or to identify otherwise unlabeled features.

* Photographs of the outside of the buildings of reviewed attractions.

* Photographs of paper and coin currency.

* Photographs and explanations of foods and beverages.

* My personal favorite: photographs of automatic metro ticket machines with detailed instructions on how to use them.

Don't miss these exceptional and stunningly beautiful guides.

57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and Fabulous for Prague, March 16, 2004

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A. Hines "Book Luvah" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This book blew my mind. Before departing, it helped excite me about the people, history and art of the Czech Republic. Upon arrival, it served as the most perfect guide to Prague. From exquisite must-do walks to the breakdown and illustration of statues along the Charles Bridge, it covered everything worth seeing in Prague. Because of the precise maps and excellent directions, my friends and I were able to cover historic Prague in 4 days, visiting every site that we wanted to because we had such an excellent device for orienting ourselves. I would highly recommend this book to any traveler who loves to understand the history and artistic intricacies of a region. I plan to buy Eyewitness Travel Guides for all my future adventures.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Leave Home without It, June 2, 2003

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ROBERT KELLEHER (SIGNAL HILL, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Just returned from the Czech & Slovak Republics. Recommend this book highly for use in Prague - a delightful, friendly city full of great castles, museums, restaurants, and shopping (and hotels that need to be air-conditioned). This book has good details, pictures, maps. Very helpful! Phrase section was all that was needed, so don't buy an extra phrase book.