Travel to Washington Dc

Washington, D.C. (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides)

Format: Paperback
Author: DK Publishing
ReleaseDate: 20 January, 2003
Publisher: DK Travel
Rating:

A great guide for day to day use in DC
It lays out excellent recommendations on where to eat and visit. If you are looking for a guide to carry with you when exploring DC than this is the guide. I would plan your trip with a bigger guide but this is the one I would carry with you on your day to day travels in DC.

handy guide
It may not be as complete as some others, but it has a lot of information in a size small enough to carry. I like the size of the book and the different categories.

beautiful graphics, but not very informative
I spent 6 days in DC, bought this book on my first day there, tried to use it that day and the next, and finally just gave up. My ultimate opinion on how to rate a guide book is the frequency with which I use it while traveling. While the graphics are very attractive and while the guide LOOKS very helpful, the appearance proves to be mostly superficial. It seemed like, whenever I'd consult the book with a question about a particular site, it lacked the information I needed. I found myself using it mainly for the phone numbers, which I think I easily could have obtained without paying for a whole book.

A guide book should provide quick answers and clear directions and information, but I got very little from this. Instead I found myself consulting other sources. I had a map from my hotel, several National Parks brochures, and a pamphlet from the Smithsonian institute, all of which proved infinitely more useful than this book. And, as previous reviewers have pointed out, I found the restaurant section very lacking. I carried this book around with me for the duration of my stay, but whenever I reached into my bag for information I invariably grabbed something else. .

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