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Hong Kong (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide) by: Liam Fitzpatrick, Jason Gagliardi, Andrew Stone List Price: £6.99 City Travel Guides Price: £5.49 You Save: £1.50 (21%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9781405316385 ISBN: 1405316381 Label: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Manufacturer: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: August 31, 2006 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Studio: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Sales Rank: 3051 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Good but not completely up to date.Despite saying that this book was revised in 2006, some entries were already out of date. For example, it lists "James Bond" Bottoms Up in Tsim Sha Tsui. This bar closed in 2004 (and is different to the bar with the same name which is now operating in Wan Chai). Apart from a few exceptions, most things are still accurate, and the "10 best..." format works well for a concise and pocket-size guide, and with several thumbnail pictures per page, is light and easy to dip into. It ranges in detail from "10 Highlights of Hong Kong" to "10 places to People Watch in Tsim Sha Tsui", with pages on bars, places to eat, 10 Security Tips, the 10 best sights in each region etc. Around 85 "10" lists in all (by my reckoning), plus overview ... Read More: Rating:  - Ideal book with no fussHaving travelled to many places I love the Eyewitness top 10 books. They dont go into massive detail - just enough for the virgin traveller to the country/city. The information given is clear and very easy to understand, especially if you are short on time (we were in Hong Kong for 3 nights) it gives you ideas on the top (surprising 10!) places to see from tourist spots to hotels to places to eat and drink. They also come with handy hints of what to do and dont do. I think these Top 10 books are great, they have never failed me - perfect to fit into a small bag and they dont overload you with too much info. I buy one for every city or country I go to. Top 10 marks! Rating: - Better than Lonely Planet, from a LP fanI've always bought Lonely Planets before, whether i'm going somewhere for a long weekend or a month. So I got the Lonely Planet to HK, but this guide also caught my eye for its compact format. And I have to say, it works much harder. Although it may look at first glance like one of those cheap airport Berlitz guides with photos of places from the 70s, its packed with information and written in a very consise, witty way. The 'Top 10' format could be a restriction but actually encourages the writers (of this guide anyway) to be selective. Against this, the Lonely Planet seems much more long-winded and, with its new revised target market of more up-market vacationers and well as its core backpacking fraternity, much more like ... Read More: Rating: - Good basic guideGood basic guide, covers all the standard items with good text overviews and great little pictures. Well structured and overall very good. |
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