Travel to Africa

South Africa (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Format: Turtleback
Author: Kate Poole
ReleaseDate: September, 2003
Publisher: DK Travel
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South Africa (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

I especially loved the street-by-street and pictorial maps -extremely helpful!!!
The only downside is that it doesn't really list any low-budget accomodation, the ones recommended are more on the high end. Excellent travel guide!
It's very up-to-date and has a lot of detailed information.

Great Guide
I had just come from Gothenborg by train and was a bit dazed. I first discovered these books (a series Eyewitness Travel) by accident in a Stockholm bookstore. The book I bought by accident was in swedish but it still useful because of all the photos, cut away views, museum pictures, and maps and historical details. When I got home I bought a pile on Amazon. com of different places that I was going or had visited - but in english.

On a cold day back here in the USA (or Canada) or elsewhere, have a glass of wine and sit in a nice chair or in the garden on a warm day and read this book. For a moment you will be back in South Africa. You are back in a small restaurant overlooking a busy street in Cape Town.

The photos and desicriptions and cutaway drawings are excellent. Plus they throw in some history and details on the art and many other things of interest. A solid 400 page effort - lots of stuff to see and absorb. What is attractive about this book is that South Africa is not a well traveled country so we are not so familiar with the coutry. But the book brings it all to life with just magnificent photos and maps.

Very disapointing
I was excited because I have heard that these books are really good. I got this book as a present before i went to south africa. But after reading through the book, I quickly realizied that it did not give me enough information. I am in South Africa, I see how beautiful it is. I don't need to see pictures, I need maps, (there were only maps for Capetown)information about what i am seeing, costs of addmission, times, ect. There were none, and it became really annoying and unpleasant at many times. These books are good for people who just want to see how other countries/cities look like, but not travel to them. If you want a good travel book, look for the Lonely planet series. .

Related products:
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	Frommer's South Africa (Frommer's Complete)
	The Rough Guide to South Africa Map (Rough Guide Country/Region Map)
	Lonely Planet South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland
	The Rough Guide to South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)