USA (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [Turtleback]

DK Publishing (Author), Mark Wutka (Author)

Book Description

Series: EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE | Publication Date: February 2004

Highlights the USA's national parks, scenic routes, the vast wilderness, world-class cities, top museums and galleries. Regional chapters cover the culture, history and sights in-depth. A practical section on visiting the USA helps you plan your trip in advance, giving tips on travel, customs, laws and what to expect while the USA.

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A pleasurable read with ravishing photography plus maps and plans of supreme quality. The Observer --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Turtleback: 800 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel (February 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789493241
• ISBN-13: 978-0789493248
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great help for planing a cross country trip, March 22, 2007

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This review is from: USA (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Turtleback)

This is an excellent guide for those who want to sample what the United States has to offer. It is an excellent place to start especially if you are only going to be traveling through a lot of places. If you are going to someplace for a week this book will not be helpful and you should get the regional guides. Overall planning a cross country trip it gives lots of advice on cities as well as small out of the way places that would be fun to see. Great addition to a travel book collection.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eyewitness is Awesome, October 20, 2008

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Johanna (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: USA (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Turtleback)

This book, like all the other Eyewitness books, was awesome. It provided so much information about seeing the U.S. Whether looking for tourist attractions, general information, facts about each state, or hotel and restaurant suggestions, this book provides it all - with tons of pictures to boot.

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Starting Place For Every Trip, July 30, 2005

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Blackstone Gates (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: USA (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Turtleback)

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." The regional maps are colorful and concise. And the drawings associated with attractions like museums 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.