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.Vienna (Lonely Planet City Guide)
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by: Neal Bedford

April 01, 2007
My wife and I, and some friends spent four days in Vienna in late May 2007. We enjoyed the city very much, and found that we were constantly referring to this excellent guide. The required information was easy to find.
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.Vienna (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
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by: Stephen Brook

February 01, 2008
It looked good on first looking through it but it didn't keep my attention for the duration of the stay.
It is well illustrated, the maps quite good, and it is quite comprehensive in terms of buildings and museums (well it is Vienna).
However, as someone who usually likes the eyewitness guides as a quick way of getting around, this one seemed a bit clinical and didn't appeal so much. Maybe I just didn't appreciate the detail in the book as much as I should have. In addition to the architecture, I enjoyed the Spanish riding school and the Butterfly House in the city, so as the week progressed I would have liked a bit more variety in the content, and some descriptions that would give me a real feel for the place.
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.Vienna (Eyewitness Pocket Maps and Guides)
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from: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd

February 01, 2007
It looked good on first looking through it but it didn't keep my attention for the duration of the stay.
It is well illustrated, the maps quite good, and it is quite comprehensive in terms of buildings and museums (well it is Vienna).
However, as someone who usually likes the eyewitness guides as a quick way of getting around, this one seemed a bit clinical and didn't appeal so much. Maybe I just didn't appreciate the detail in the book as much as I should have. In addition to the architecture, I enjoyed the Spanish riding school and the Butterfly House in the city, so as the week progressed I would have liked a bit more variety in the content, and some descriptions that would give me a real feel for the place.
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.The Rough Guide to Vienna (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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by: Rob Humphreys

July 01, 2008
It looked good on first looking through it but it didn't keep my attention for the duration of the stay.
It is well illustrated, the maps quite good, and it is quite comprehensive in terms of buildings and museums (well it is Vienna).
However, as someone who usually likes the eyewitness guides as a quick way of getting around, this one seemed a bit clinical and didn't appeal so much. Maybe I just didn't appreciate the detail in the book as much as I should have. In addition to the architecture, I enjoyed the Spanish riding school and the Butterfly House in the city, so as the week progressed I would have liked a bit more variety in the content, and some descriptions that would give me a real feel for the place.
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.Austria (Lonely Planet Country Guide)
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by: Anthony Haywood, et al

May 01, 2008
It looked good on first looking through it but it didn't keep my attention for the duration of the stay.
It is well illustrated, the maps quite good, and it is quite comprehensive in terms of buildings and museums (well it is Vienna).
However, as someone who usually likes the eyewitness guides as a quick way of getting around, this one seemed a bit clinical and didn't appeal so much. Maybe I just didn't appreciate the detail in the book as much as I should have. In addition to the architecture, I enjoyed the Spanish riding school and the Butterfly House in the city, so as the week progressed I would have liked a bit more variety in the content, and some descriptions that would give me a real feel for the place.
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.Salzburg Berlitz Pocket Guide
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by: Berlitz

June 18, 2008
It looked good on first looking through it but it didn't keep my attention for the duration of the stay.
It is well illustrated, the maps quite good, and it is quite comprehensive in terms of buildings and museums (well it is Vienna).
However, as someone who usually likes the eyewitness guides as a quick way of getting around, this one seemed a bit clinical and didn't appeal so much. Maybe I just didn't appreciate the detail in the book as much as I should have. In addition to the architecture, I enjoyed the Spanish riding school and the Butterfly House in the city, so as the week progressed I would have liked a bit more variety in the content, and some descriptions that would give me a real feel for the place.
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.Vienna (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide)
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by: Michael Leidig, Irene Zoech

January 25, 2007
An excellent guide. Quick and easy to find things to see and do. Excellent suggestions. Enough information to keep you going, without overloading you with stuff to wade through. Perfect for a weekend break - and not too heavy to stuff in your bag. Maps are excellent. Loads of mini-maps inside too so, if you decide you want a cafe for lunch, flick to 'top10 cafes' and not only are there great suggestions, but there's a little map so you can work out which one is closest. A real find!
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.Danube (Panther)
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by: Claudio Magris

January 18, 2001
A book based on wide knowledge, deep thought and considerable pretentiousness that adds up to much less than the sum of its parts. Magris offers a cornucopia of information about events and books connected (sometimes rather loosely) with a journey along the Danube; he doesn't provide a lot of context, so to get the best out of the book you really need a degree-level knowledge of German, Austrian and middle-European literature and 19th-20th century history (he's not very interested in earlier periods). Plenty of philosophical musing; some of it interesting, some of it vacuous - you could reverse some of his statements and they would make no more and no less sense - all of it very Italian. The real problem is that there is no real structure, no coherence, ... Read More:
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.Austria (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
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from: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd

March 03, 2008
A book based on wide knowledge, deep thought and considerable pretentiousness that adds up to much less than the sum of its parts. Magris offers a cornucopia of information about events and books connected (sometimes rather loosely) with a journey along the Danube; he doesn't provide a lot of context, so to get the best out of the book you really need a degree-level knowledge of German, Austrian and middle-European literature and 19th-20th century history (he's not very interested in earlier periods). Plenty of philosophical musing; some of it interesting, some of it vacuous - you could reverse some of his statements and they would make no more and no less sense - all of it very Italian. The real problem is that there is no real structure, no coherence, ... Read More:
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.Dawdling by the Danube: With Journeys in Bavaria and Poland
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by: Edward Enfield

March 03, 2008
A book based on wide knowledge, deep thought and considerable pretentiousness that adds up to much less than the sum of its parts. Magris offers a cornucopia of information about events and books connected (sometimes rather loosely) with a journey along the Danube; he doesn't provide a lot of context, so to get the best out of the book you really need a degree-level knowledge of German, Austrian and middle-European literature and 19th-20th century history (he's not very interested in earlier periods). Plenty of philosophical musing; some of it interesting, some of it vacuous - you could reverse some of his statements and they would make no more and no less sense - all of it very Italian. The real problem is that there is no real structure, no coherence, ... Read More:
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