Wallpaper City Guide: San Francisco [Paperback]

Editors of Wallpaper Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Series: Wallpaper City Guides | Publication Date: March 19, 2007

"Wallpaper City Guides" not only suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up and coming areas, landmark buildings in an 'Architour', design centres, and the best shops to buy items unique to that city. "Wallpaper City Guides" present travellers with a fast-track ticket to the chosen location. The edited guides offer the best, most exciting, and the most beautiful of that particular city. As well as looking beautiful, the guides are expertly designed with function as a priority, and have tabbed sections so that the tourist can easily find what they are looking for. There are maps, rate and currency cards, colour-coded parts of the city, and an easy navigational tool. They are the ultimate combination of form and function.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'The answer to every short-breaker's dream. Small, perfectly formed - they fit into pockets of jeans or jackets - they contain almost everything one needs to know...The jewel-coloured guides look beautiful and are exquisitely designed. Even a geographically challenged dolt like me stands a chance of finding my way around Shanghai with the simple map at the back of the book.'

About the Author

Wallpaper* City Guides are compiled by the magazine's travel experts, both by in-house editors, and correspondents who actually live in the highlighted cities, providing up-to-the-minute information

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press (March 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0714847305
• ISBN-13: 978-0714847306
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,028,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #71 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > United States > States > California

Customer Reviews

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I hate looking like a tourist, June 25, 2007

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Stephen Quinn "Steve" (Providence, RI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wallpaper City Guide: San Francisco (Paperback)

So, I lived in NYC for 10 years, and as a result, I hate looking like a tourist. I never want to be one of those people standing on a street corner with a huge map spread out, even though I still need those maps. Especially in a city like SF, where I have been probably 10 times, I don't want to stick out. This guide is a great answer--enough map to help me get around, fits in my jeans back pocket, doesn't look like a guide. Plus, I found some very cool new places that I hadn't been to before. If you like magazines liek Travel & Leisure, this is a great guide. Not a nuts & bolts, so if you are a first-timer, these are not the way to go.

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool book, but......, August 19, 2010

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jason (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wallpaper City Guide: San Francisco (Paperback)

In general, I enjoyed this book. It provided some great places and things to do that are "off the radar " in terms of tourist destinations. If you like to experience more of the city than just the over-hyped tourist spots and want to get a feel for what the locals see and do, this book will help. Be sure to call the restaurants of your choice ahead of time as more than a few of the ones listed were either closed for business or moved from the location listed in the book.