Customer Reviews

Top 10 Bangkok (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
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The PLUS: 5 Stars!
The guide takes a pyramidal approach to the sights of your destination. So you slowly can work yourself through the areas that really interest you by easily skipping things you would not want to see or visit at all.
It also makes it easy to find the things that are important to you because the descriptions are small enough and pictures further make it easy to attract your interest or pass things by.

The MINUS: 4 Stars!
The good about the Maps is that they are there at all and also that there is an index of some streets.
The contained foldout maps though helpful when there is nothing else at all are not my favorite because they are quite small and are more an overview to identify the area where something is to be found on a better more detailed map. The same maps as the foldouts are also on a separate map that is detachable. This is a good idea but they are way to small and hard to read especially in dim light and in an awkward format to be really useful. - When available, I rather get a local map from the tourist office and transfer my destinations to it.

SUMMARY: 5 Stars!
This guide is an extremely useful sightseeing guide and small enough to be carried with you all the time for quick reference. It also allows you to choose the amount of detail you want to follow for the town: top 10 Highlights - top 10 to each highlight - top ten to some general categories like museums, bars, hotels, restaurants, shopping, and also some specific categories just for this destination like most beautiful Buddhist temples or best entertainment venues.
Insider tips or as they call the sections: "Street smart" round up this little guide. The maps are OK but could be improved. The deficiency of the maps though should not detract from the overall usefulness of this guide for your destination. This is true for a first time visitor with limited or all kinds of time and also for the return visitor, who wants to to repeat some destinations in more detail or avoid the same old top ten but venture out into new territory.

We just used this book in Bangkok for a 2-day trip. It's a good book and it definitely highlights the top 10 destinations in Bangkok. Over a 2 day trip, we managed to cover nearly half the items in the 'Top 10' list.

However, the destination pages should have contained more information. Spending 2 pages, 1/2 of them on images, is not sufficient. You can find this same information online across various sites - for free.

But, if you're looking for a guide book for 48-72 hours in Bangkok, without planning in advance, I highly recommend this book. Make sure that you use the back sections of this book for information on what to avoid while in Bangkok.

If you are on a few days city trip this is a very good little book to carry a long. Handy, easy to find tips for your trips and fast to read. Comes with a separate map!

This guide have many good tips were to go, if you spend one or two weeks in Bangkok. Nice picture's and pocket size outfit. Included map could be little bit wider.

As with the Hong Kong book, this Top 10 edition gives the reader a concise idea of what to see and do when only in Bangkok for a few days. This book isn't going to go into the history or culture of Bangkok but will help you identify where you might want to go in order to get the most out of your short visit to this beautiful city.

The book was a good companion during our visit to Bangkok - helped us navigate around for a couple of 1st time tourists to the country. However, the food recommendation was way below our expectations - we tried two highly rated restaurants in the book, both of them had plain to bad food and the price is expensive by the Bangkok standard. That is way worse than what we randomly picked up in the Paragon area.

The guide is perfect for 3-5 days in Bangkok, but case is very small, so if your close distance sight is not good the guide will not be usable. If your sight is good it is perfect as it is concise, light to carry and updated.

Pretty much as expected, although it would be nice if the photos could be expanded/enlarged using the iPhone's usual interface. Can't beat its portability, however...lots of info and easily accessible.

As with all the Eyewitness Top 10 guides, this book really helps narrow down Bangkok to its best highlights. However, 2 of the 10 items are actually not in the immediate Bangkok area. One is Ayutthaya, the old capital of the Siamese empire, which is 53 miles north of Bangkok. The other is the Damnoen Saduak Floating market, which is 68 miles west of Bangkok. These are far enough to prove a challenge to fit into a short trip into Bangkok.