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.Spain (Country Guide)
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by: Damien Simonis

March 01, 2007
Looking for a guide by this author, would have liked to have gotten the newest edition, but I had to have it right away to give to my daughter who was leaving for Spain. She liked it!
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.Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide to Venice (Eyewitness Travel Top 10)
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by: DK Publishing

February 01, 2006
This is a very thorough guide for when you have only a day or two to visit. It actually has way more in it than we could possibly see or do.
Giving the top ten things to see is great for your first visit. It is also great for probably your second or third.

Very helpful, lots of pictures and maps.
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.Brazil (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
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by: DK Publishing

October 15, 2007
EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES are the best guides you could find. I've bought every one they have published to the places I have visited, and always know where I want to go and what are the most important places to visit,
with the pictures and 3D images of the buildings and maps I don't get surprises as to visit a place not worth while. You optimize your travel time. I have about twenty of their guides, just hope they increase the places they review in the near future.
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.Vienna (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
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by: DK Publishing

2003-09
The eyewitness guides are a pleasure to read .Many great pictures and plenty of detail .I am as pleased with this one as the others I already own .These guides are books you actually pick up and read again after you have completed your trip.
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.The Rough Guide to Spain 12 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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by: Rough Guides

February 19, 2007
The Rough Guides rarely disappoint. They are thorough and interesting. My only complaint is that Murcia, as usual in guidebooks like this, just doesn't get the treatment it deserves. I always buy the most recent edition, but suggest you can probably skip an edition now and then!
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.Moon Cancun and Cozumel: Including the Riviera Maya (Moon Handbooks)
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by: Gary Chandler, Liza Prado

September 28, 2007
This is a very good guide, with tons of information on everything in the area. Its very well written also, and with a very good history section (the Maya civilization and their warrior-ways are very interesting and not generally known by most travellers).
We used it on our 1-week trip to the Tulum area with its eco-rustic 1-story oceanfront cabins(which range from $20 to $300 per night).
The only section that I would reccommend including is a CENOTE section (Cenotes are the unique caves and tunnels filled with water, which only exist in the Yucatan peninsula). The way the authors arranged the Cenote information in the book is just by mentioning the Cenotes in each region.
But in my opinion, the spectacular nature of the Cenotes deserve a ... Read More:
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.Frommer's Buenos Aires (Frommer's Complete)
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by: Michael Luongo

July 30, 2007
Would be better if there was more information on hotels, but in general, a good book
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.Chicago (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
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from: DK Travel

2006-09
I've reviewed several travel guides lately, a number from Eyewitness Travel. This is another useful guidebook. And since I am from Illinois originally and Chicago always beckoned as a terrific place to visit, I was most interested in how well this book satisfied. Well, to end any suspense as to my answer, it satisfied very well indeed.

As with any guidebook, there will be questions about why certain sights were mentioned, certain hotels selected, certain restaurants singled out, etc. But that is a part of development of any guidebook. Choices must be made.

The first part of the book provides background context on Chicago--from four suggested tours of Chicago to a brief history of the place and other introductory information. On pages ... Read More:
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.The Rough Guide to Vietnam 5 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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by: Rough Guides

September 18, 2006
I was in Vietnam (Jan/Feb 2008) and I took with me Lonely Planet and Rough Guide, and the better of the two guides is, by a thin margin, Lonely Planet.

However, there is much to commend Rough Guide Vietnam. It is worth buying just for the section that covers the history, religion (13 pages) and the overall culture of Vietnam. Excellent.

This guide is well laid out; breaking Vietnam into eight sections. Each section has a page that points out the places not to be missed. Each of these sections opens with a very good history and explanation of the area. Rough Guide has an excellent selection of restaurant and eateries (better than Lonely Planet's) with enticing write-ups that tell you what to try, "Goi bo, a salad of banana flower, star fruit ... Read More:
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.Lonely Planet Nicaragua & El Salvador
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by: Paige Penland, Gary Chandler, Liza Prado

October 01, 2006
This guide to Nicaragua and El Salvador isn't great, but if you're traveling to El Salvador, this is all there is.

The book would benefit from better organization, better maps, and less snarkiness. (and why did they put Nicaragua and El Salvador in the same book -- the two countries don't even share a border!) Alas, no other publishers offer a current El Salvador guidebook, so you have no other choices.

When Moon publishes an El Salvador guidebook, I'll be the first in line to buy it...
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