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Access New Orleans 6e by: Access Press, Press Access List Price: CDN$ 29.95 Price: CDN$ 3.09 You Save: CDN$26.86 (90%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 917 EAN: 9780060547844 ISBN: 0060547847 Label: HarperCollins Canada / Reference Manufacturer: HarperCollins Canada / Reference Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: October 30, 2003 Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Reference Studio: HarperCollins Canada / Reference Sales Rank: 1347032 Browse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - don't waste your moneyI recently visited New Orleans, and used this book as my travel guide. Let's just say it was a mistake. Some of the entries were incorrectly marked on the map, addresses were missing for some sights, and there was no consistency as to when something was shown on the maps - it felt like they had to meet a deadline and didn't follow through on editing the book. I also hated the color-coding system - when I'm looking for a restaurant, instead of going to a section called restaurants, you have to figure out which of the five colors the restaurants are listed in, and then look through all the listings in an area to find them. Thumbs down. Rating:  - The best single guidebook you'll findRichard Saul Wurman produces the single best guidebook for about two dozen cities worldwide. The New Orleans guide is no exception. The guide breaks the city into neighborhoods, each with its own locater map, and the entries are color coded to help you find what you're looking for; restaurants, shopping, architecture/siteseeing, hotels. Lots of local "favorites" and restaurant reviews that have never failed me. Through the New Orleans guide I discovered Jana's B&B for a trip when a big conference was in town and all the hotel rooms were booked. Wurman is an acclaimed architect and graphic designer and those disciplines have guided the construction of this series. When you only want to take one guide book with you, Access ... Read More: |
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