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Title: Best Places Vancouver (Best Places Vancover) by Kasey Wilson ISBN: 1570613427 Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25
Rating: 3
Summary: Excellent recommendations no maps
Comment: The Best Places books are outstanding for recommending the best sites to see and I particularly like the restaurant reviews. The hole in these books are the lack of maps. There's a double sided fold out map at the back of the book but that's it. There are no neighborhood maps. The books should do more to help me find a restaurant in a town I don't know than just list the address. Until they figure out maps, you'll need a streetwise map to go hand in hand with this series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Extremely Helpful and Well-Organized
Comment: We just came back from a trip to Vancouver and Victoria and had a very relaxing and rewarding experience with the help of this book. The portion relating to Vancouver was great with a helpful discussion of navigating your way around the city and its various neighborhoods. The restaurant/cafe recommendations were very helpful, and we thought, quite on the mark. Lodging recommendations were also on the money (even though we weren't thrilled with what we ended up with, but based on what else was available at that level of rating, the book's rating seemed to be right on). Finally, the section on Victoria and Whistler were especially helpful given our quick 'sojourns' to these areas. Oh yeah, we did a quick cross-reference of the ratings in this book with Zagat's and they were pretty much in line with each other. There were also lovely discussions in general about shopping in Vancouver (quite plentiful) as well as the parks and the top 20 attractions. Highly recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: Thorough, clear, and well-researched
Comment: Best Places provides a wonderful guide to Vancouver. The restaurant guide is especially thorough. Symbols appear next to attractions that are especially suited to certain interests (romance, families, budget travelers, and those seeking a spot with a uniquely Vancouver character) making it easy to customize your trip. Chapters on Whistler and Victoria are a nice plus. For my money Best Places is the best book for your trip to Vancouver.
Some other titles in this category are nearly as good: The Lonely Planet guide is a little weaker on details of attractions but still tells you about lots of things to do. It also has more info for the less seasoned traveler or someone coming from outside (the west coast of) North America. While Best Places gives you one massive list of restaurants The City Smart guide groups restaurants by neighborhood, so if you want to plan all your dinners in advance, go with Best Places, but if you're looking ahead to a spontaneous movable feast, the City Smart guide will probably get you to the table more easily. All three of these are written by people who know the area, so the information is reliable.
I wasn't so crazy about Frommer's Irreverent Guide. It costs nearly as much as the other three, but doesn't have anything else to recommend it above the others.
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Title: Lonely Planet Vancouver (Vancouver, 2nd Ed) by Sara Benson, Chris Wyness ISBN: 1864503742 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Streetwise Vancouver by Streetwise Maps, Michael Brown ISBN: 1886705100 Publisher: Streetwise Maps Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: City Smart: Vancouver by Ray Chatelin, Raymond Chatelin ISBN: 1562614827 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Frommer's Vancouver & Victoria 2003 by Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries ISBN: 0764566970 Publisher: Frommer Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Best Places Seattle (Best Places Seattle) by Shannon O'Leary ISBN: 1570613184 Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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