Morocco (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Turtleback)

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The guides that show you what the others only tell you.

DK's Eyewitness Travel Guides have increasingly become the most sought after guides by seasoned and novice travels alike. Featuring up-to-date information and spectacular 3-D aerial views -- all photographed in full-color -- each location is shown at its best. Recognized as the most unique and comprehensive travel guides on the market, Eyewitness Travel Guides create the new standard for travels. Every guide in the series is updated annually. 3-D aerial maps help you make the quickest journey from one place to the next. Red star sights help you get the most out of the shortest visit. Full-color photographs are taken specifically for each travel guide, and cut-away & floor plans present unique drawings of historic buildings and museums to show exactly where you are and what you see. All the sights in each area are described in depth with special keyed icons, and there's no need to buy an A-Z guide with our fully indexed street maps. Eat and shop with confidence with our reliable listings of hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops in all areas and at all prices. When it comes to entertainment, Eyewitness Travel Guides contains complete listings of theaters, music venues, cinemas, clubs, sports facilities, and activities for children. A special survival guide shows you how to use local currency, public transportation and telephones through pictures. Before your next trip, pick up one of our best-selling Eyewitness Travel Guides today!

Product Details

• Turtleback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, Inc. (November 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789489465
• ISBN-13: 978-0789489463
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #997,643 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very insightful, November 1, 2005

By	Simon - See all my reviews

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

I think this series of guides is very good. I've just come back from Morocco and found this to be the better of the books to be carrying (others I met had Footprint, Rough Guide or Lonely Planet). It is as good as an inspiration to go as it is as a reference inside that mosque, market or on that mountain. It must not be confused with the 'comprehensive' reviewed/listing/directory book of the Lonely Planet genre (for people who call themselves adventurers yet cannot go to a hotel that has not been 'bigged up' in their 'bible' - well at least they're all guaranteed to end up in the same shed based on one person's opinion!). There's rarely a book with as many photos and full color diagramatical explanations - call me illiterate but sometimes I just want to see a photo of something and say 'I want to go and look at that'!

Of course the DK guide mentions some of the finer hotels, restaurants etc - but it is limited and one needs to supplement the book with some advance research (and/or booking) or just go and take good advice from locals or other travellers. It has rarely failed me.

I would like to see slightly more detailed maps, however, it is often more convenient to pull out a local copy of a detailed city map when one is strolling around town.

Recommended for before, during and after a trip.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Pictures, Bad Maps, December 14, 2006

By	Summeroz (sacramento, california) - See all my reviews

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

The eyewitness travel guides have 1 thing going for them --- the pictures. You know what you are you looking for and looking at. They are perfect for looking a buildings, or gardens etc.

The bad thing about this guide in particular were the maps were dreadful. The maps for casablanca and marrakech lacked detail and left off major sections especially in the medina. If you are looking for details on mosques and art this is the best book, if you are looking for a guide with maps, reccommendations on food etc this is not the book for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars GREAT FOR PICTURES BUT NOT THE BEST TRAVEL INFORMATION SOURCE, March 23, 2009

By	Jack E. Levic (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

I like the Eyewitness Travel books because they are full of full color pictures and diagrams of famous buildings. Unlike other guide books, you get to see the places you plan to visit. I'm planning a trip to Morocco so I got the Eyewitness Travel book. While the pictures are fantastic, the travel information is limited. You get a good brief history and description of a location but travel information is very limited. I miss the rich detail of other guidebooks like THE LONELY PLANET series. The hotel and restaurant sections are brief as is information on the background of the country. This would be a fantastic book for someone who has been to Morocco and wants pictures as a keepsake. Morocco is new and exotic for me and I wanted as much detailed information as possible. The EYEWITNESS GUIDES don't get you information on how to travel in the country. Locations are listed as if you are traveling by car. No details on operating hours or entry fees are given. Of course, specifics always change year to year but it is good to have a rough idea. I would recommend this book as a companion to a more thorough guide book but not as your one and only guide