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Title: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Budapest by Tadeusz Olszanski, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, D K Publishing ISBN: 0-7894-4180-2 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Travel Guide, Beautiful Coffee Table Book!
Comment: .
Summary:
Every Dorling Kindersley Guide has been a great and interesting book... and delightful to have and use, even if you are not traveling to that location, but are only interested in learning more!
The Guides are well organized in a logical and easy to follow manner. They are beautifully illustrated, well developed with accurate information (it is unusual for hotel and restaurant information to be that accurate), have enough history to help the reader understand the people and cultural background, and have a lot of useful travel information and useable maps in the appendixes.
The really great attraction to this book is several fold; it is:
............Very complete
............Easy to read
............Beautifully and artistically completed
............Good shopping, safety and other tips
............Gorgeous photographs too numerous to list.
Specifics:
The guides are organized as follows:
How to use this guide
Introduction to Historical and Geographical information
............Introducing Budapest
........................Budapest on the Map
........................History of Budapest
........................Budapest at a Glance
........................Through the Year (events, holidays)
........................A River View of Budapest
............Budapest Area by Area, each section includes:
........................Introduction to street by street area
........................Detailed pictorials of area buildings
........................Architectural drawings, pictures, cut-aways of buildings
........................Specific stops, historical monuments, churches, buildings, etc.
........................Further Afield (trips just outside Budapest)
........................Two Guided Walks (highly recommended)
Travelers Needs - includes full list with rankings and notes
............Hotels
............Restaurants, bars, cafes
............Shops / Markets
............Entertainment
Survival Information
............Practical
........................Tourist info., Etiquete, Personal Security and Health
........................Currencies, Telephones, misc info.
............Getting to Budapest
............Getting Around Budapest
........................Planes, trains and automobiles, signs
............Street Maps
............General Index
............Phrase Book(forget it.... Hungarian is very, very difficult to learn and pronounce!)
(My grandparents were from Hungary)
Discussion:
The book begins with "Introducing Budapest", including a complete map, a review, the city's history, and Budapest through the Year - including events, etc.
For the specific areas it provides an "At a glance" overview, then has subsections of specific blocks, or sections, then specific locations, churches, historical monuments, bridges, galleries, etc.
Architectural reviews include various views, and cutaways; given greater understanding and better perspective. They are all attractive, if not works of art - honestly. And, Budapest has a great architectural history.
The travelers' Info. offers good and valid info. on prices, currencies, customs, important words, etc. I used the reviews on hotel's restaurants and nightclubs, etc. and found they were useful and accurate, and helpful with my touring and site decisions
The books are so well thought-out that it has multiple maps, with various lookup tables, and the book's flaps are designed to be used as bookmarks for map pages.
Conclusion:
Each book in this series is a great help, and beautiful collectible resource. As the President, CEO of an International Meeting Planning Corporation we have many resources and techniques to learn about places we have meetings / groups at as well as the cities and sights. But, as a traveler, this book really is top notch and I would recommend it to anyone going on a personal trip, or wanting to learn about a city, or location. We have used some of these books to augment our research to investigate cities for our groups.
Rating: 5
Summary: Surprisingly good, concise guide!
Comment: This is a surprisingly effective and well-organized guide, with some interesting photos. If you're planning on spending just a few days in Budapest, then this compact little book will be indispensible in locating the famous streets and tourist sights. The maps are more than adequate and the walking descriptions to each locale are precise and accurate. There is also corresponding material on how to use the public transportation in the city and which station to take for each particular site. There is a separate chapter on the churches of the city with a brief ranking system for the nosiest places, the friendliest, the cheapest food, etc.
If you're planning a lengthy sojourn in Budapest or if you already know the city well, then this book would not be as helpful. It is solely intended for the casual tourist and there is little, if any, information on the intriguing environs of the city. Many of the best sites are neglected because most tourists don't want to bother or simply don't have the time to stick around. Still, this is a thrifty guide you can stick in your pocket and consult when you need to find a restaurant, beer haunt or hotel. In short, if you're a first timer to Budapest, enjoy one of the greatest cities in Europe and be sure to tuck away Olszanski's guide.
Rating: 3
Summary: OK for newcomers
Comment: If you've never been to Budapest before and want to squeeze a lot of sights into your visit, this is the book for you. It's very accessible what with the images of most major sights in the city. There's not much information to go with the pictures - just enough to satisfy those who want to see the sights but don't care to learn all about them. The real strength of the book is the section with the practical information. Pictures of post boxes and policemen and ambulance cars, a street index, a great variety in the hotel and restaurants index - this section alone is worth the money you spend on this book.
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