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This 258-page guidebook to Amsterdam presents the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format, with the following key features: the best of Amsterdam - overview of vital information for visitors, including money- and time-saving tips and the most family-oriented attractions; places - district-by-district guide, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; restaurant guide - a pull-out, pocket-size "Z" map, with review listings of recommended restaurants and bars; photo features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the city's most famous sights, including museums and galleries; essay features - incisive essays on Amsterdam's history, people and culture; travel tips - practical listings, covering accommodation, entertainment, transport, and more; and street atlas - colour maps of Amsterdam's main streets, with grid-referenced index.
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INSIGHT CITY GUIDES are the next generation in travel guides. Lively essays by local writers, hundreds of full-color photos, dozens of maps, a user-friendly format, and expert advice on the not-to-be-missed attractions all come together in the most portable, affordable, comprehensive travel guide on the market.
This 258-page guidebook to Amsterdam presents the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format, with the following key features: the best of Amsterdam - overview of vital information for visitors, including money- and time-saving tips and the most family-oriented attractions; places - district-by-district guide, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; restaurant guide - a pull-out, pocket-size "Z" map, with review listings of recommended restaurants and bars; photo features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the city's most famous sights, including museums and galleries; essay features - incisive essays on Amsterdam's history, people and culture; travel tips - practical listings, covering accommodation, entertainment, transport, and more; and street atlas - colour maps of Amsterdam's main streets, with grid-referenced index.
From the Publisher
INSIGHT CITY GUIDES are the next generation in travel guides. Lively essays by local writers, hundreds of full-color photos, dozens of maps, a user-friendly format, and expert advice on the not-to-be-missed attractions all come together in the most portable, affordable, comprehensive travel guide on the market.
KEY FEATURES
*Magazine-style instant orientation such as money-saving tips, activities for kids, free attractions, website addresses, and insider advice
*Expert evaluations of the must-see sites illustrated with 4-color, full-bleed photos and an emphasis on practical information
*A bonus take-it-with-you mini restaurant guide and city map
*An 8-12 page street atlas and street listings at the back of the guide provides a grid-referenced index to local streets
*Special two-page spreads spotlight particular topics of interest, such as museums and religious buildings, with captioned photos and floor plans
*Appropriate destinations include a detailed map of the rail lines
*Comfortable, portable format and rounded spine is ideal for people on the go
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From its origins as a 12th-century fishing village, Amsterdam became a prosperous wool-trading centre, and a hotbed of religious dissent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
canal belt, weigh house, gable stones, raw herring, canal houses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Centraal Station, Golden Age, Red Light District, East Indies, Prins Hendrikkade, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam School, Stedelijk Museum, Anne Frank, Hendrick de Keyser, Nieuwe Kerk, North Sea, New York, United Provinces, Amsterdamse Bos, Oude Kerk, United East India Company, Dam Square, Oude Schans, River Amstel, Schiphol Airport, The Hague, Frans Hals, Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam Historical Museum New!
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From its origins as a 12th-century fishing village, Amsterdam became a prosperous wool-trading centre, and a hotbed of religious dissent. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
canal belt, weigh house, gable stones, raw herring, canal houses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Centraal Station, Golden Age, Red Light District, East Indies, Prins Hendrikkade, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam School, Stedelijk Museum, Anne Frank, Hendrick de Keyser, Nieuwe Kerk, North Sea, New York, United Provinces, Amsterdamse Bos, Oude Kerk, United East India Company, Dam Square, Oude Schans, River Amstel, Schiphol Airport, The Hague, Frans Hals, Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam Historical Museum New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Good Hope (Methuen Modern Plays) by Lee Hall on page 40
- Anne Frank by Josephine Poole in Front Matter
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank in Back Matter
- Puppet on a Chain by Alistair MacLean on page 220
- Dutch Painting (World of Art) by Rudolf Herman Fuchs in Back Matter
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