Thailand (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Andrew Forbes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2008 | Series: Eyewitness Travel Guides

This lavishly illustrated "DK Eyewitness Travel" guide is all you need to discover Thailand at its very best, from the verdant mountains of the north to the Southern peninsula with its strikingly beautiful beaches. Full-colour maps, city plans and 3D aerial views enable you to explore everything from the bustling Bangkok capital to the exquisite coral reefs of the Andaman Sea, whilst expert recommendations provide you with the best hotels, restaurants and nightlife on offer. With cutaways and floor plans of all the major sights, markets and festivals listed town by town, walks, scenic routes and thematic tours, experience the essential highlights of this unforgettable country. And with special features and expert information on everything from the historic Buddhist temples to the art of Thai cuisine, and over 1,500 sumptuous colour photographs, maps and illustrations, no other guide can match the seductive Eyewitness approach.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

This colorful and thoughtfully arranged guide provides easy access to Thai history and culture, religion and politics, music, sports, and festivals. From Chiang Mai to Bangkok, Phuket to Ko Samui, the many pleasures, diversions, sites, and activities are detailed in a conveniently usable format. Orchid parks and elephant training centers, wats and Buddhas, beaches, treks, museums, and rainforests--it's all there to peruse and choose. With lists of hotels and restaurants, information on shopping, whitewater rafting, golf, diving, Thai massage, and lots of maps and pictures, Dorling-Kindersley has put together a guide that's both practical and beautiful. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

Absolutely gorgeous...and deceptively informative Amazon reader review A pleasurable read with ravishing photography plus maps and plans of supreme quality. The Observer

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405329475
• ISBN-13: 978-1405329477
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,438,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

72 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Accurate, even from a Thai point of view, August 21, 2000

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"winyu" (Cambridge, MA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Thailand (Paperback)

As a Thai, I found this book surprisingly accurate to a certain degree. Even to some notorious aspects about Thailand, it provides some truthful information rather than worse-than-reality stuff for those potically correct issues. The graphics is amazing and precise in terms of Thai architecture (I'm an architect). Another compliment goes to some inside info e.g. shopping districts and local customs. I even decided to buy a copy myself even though it's my own country as a good intro to Thailand whenever my Ameican friends ask me to describe it which they usually do.

I recommend this book for people who search for cultural aspect rather than hotels and restaurants. I'm using some books from this very series to travel in Europ too.

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Out Of Date, December 17, 2002

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"ozinjapan" (In Japan from Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Thailand (Paperback)

This is a great book with beautiful pictures, maps and nice glossy color pages. The only problem being that it is out of date! Having said that, I would not recommend it for your guide book if travelling to Thailand. Wait for an updated issue.
I am well travelled in Thailand and some of the descriptions in the book make me feel like I was travelling in Thailand 20 years ago! Hope this helps...

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Visual Encyclopedia of Thailand, November 8, 1999

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Geoffrey A. Landis "author and scientist" (Berea, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Thailand (Paperback)

We liked this book a lot. It is not so much a tour guide as an illustrated encyclopedia of what you see in Thailand, with clear, labelled drawings of things such as the interior of a Wat. A great book if you want to understand what you're looking at.