Travel to California

California (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Format: Paperback
Author: DK Publishing
ReleaseDate: 20 March, 2006
Publisher: DK Travel
Rating:

Below average print quality with great content
However, travelers beware, it still tends to be on the heavy side given the paper type. As a member of the Eyewitness Travel Guides, this book's presentation and organization are fabulous and updated. I also own the previous (2003) edition of this book, and haven't found the changes to be too important. Furthermore, I don't find the color quality and sharpness of its pictures to be as great as the 2003 edition. I still prefer to use my older version.

nice complete book
I wish there had been more complete maps, but I purchased an atlas and that helped. This is a great book to own about California. I was mostly in Southern California, and so I didn't get much into the large section on San Francisco bay, but next time I go, I'll have a nice resource. I like the pictures and the writing and the information, I'd recommend it.

Great place to start and finish your trip
The focus is primarily on LA and San Francisco but there is also quite a bit of information on the rest of the state as well. This is a good book to use to begin researching a trip to California. Like the rest of this series, this one also includes lots of pictures, illustrations and maps to give the reader/traveler a clear idea of the various sites. Detailed information about public transportation - where available - as well as traffic, health, banking. . . everything a traveler to California might need to know is offered.

This particular entry to the DK Eyewitness series covers a very large and diverse area making this volume rather larger (and heavier) than others in the series. Unless you are traveling throughout the state I would recommend getting one of the more specialized volumes. In addition this series does not update as often as other travel guides so it is necessary to check specific information just as hotel rates, or opening/closing of attractions by another source. For detailed local maps outside of featured areas it is also necessary to go to another.

With all of these drawbacks why get this book? This book contains a wealth of information concerning California history, geography, weather as well as the usual guide book information about tourist attractions and accomodations. This is an excellent book to give a would be traveler needed information about the area. Once the destinations have been selected this guide gives incredible detail about major (and some not so major) attractions in the form of photos, illustrations and diagrams as well as written descriptions.

Get this book to research your trip and keep it to remember your adventures.

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