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Product details Series Dk Eyewitness Travel Guide Paperback 336 pages Publisher DK Eyewitness Travel (July 16, 2019) Language English ISBN-10 0241365481

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Florida DK Travel 9780241365489 Books Reviews

• I was thinking of taking a road trip in the next year or two, so I thought I’d start by buying a guide to the city in which I was born. I was still quite young when we moved away, so I still don’t feel like I know everything there is to know, by any means. I’m just not sure if the DK guides are as good as they used to be. The entries seem a lot shorter than in the past and some of the photographs are really pretty tiny now. I also seem to remember almost every entry used to have an accompanying photo, but that seems to no longer be the case here. This volume seemed pretty slim for a major American city. Before I knew it, I was already done flipping through the entire book. The information just felt pretty skimpy, overall. For instance, I glanced over the shopping listings, but I only really saw the major national chains listed that are in every American city. Nothing really unique was mentioned that would make you want to go out of the way while you were there. I did notice some typos. I felt the book was a little too expensive for these mistakes to have gone unnoticed. Even if I wasn’t a native, I don’t think I would find this book really helpful, honestly. I really wanted to like this book, but I ultimately ended up sending it back.
  Since I wrote this review, I picked up some other Chicago guides. One I really liked was the Moon Chicago travel guide. It was more comprehensive and more along the lines of what I was looking for.
• We are faithful users of the DK Eyewitness guides...usually I go for their Top 10 guides, but for Chicago I decided to go for the full guide. I'm originally from Chicago, and since I'm already familiar with the city and we were spending a full week there, I wanted to get a little more detail, which I did! As always, the guide gave a great, quick overview of the history of the city but also of different landmarks, etc. Surprisingly, we used the map at the back of the guide most of all this trip (our feet are still recovering!).
  
  Totally loved the Chicago (and other DK guides) and would absolutely recommend it!
• I LOVE DK Travel Guides. They cover everything you want to see in a new place with narrative including history, price, and location. They include pull out maps and full color pictures. I always buy one when I am going to a new place so I don't waste my time trying to figure out what I should go see. They have helped me plan many enjoyable vacations.
• I love Eyewitness guides in general (always look to see if there is one available for any new city I’m visiting). The reason they are so key is because of the very brief yet thorough way they introduce the city to a newbie. The Chicago guide is no exception. I love the quick history it gives from the founding of the city to current day. Paragraphs are brief and pointed. It makes you feel like a native in no time. These gems are key to understanding the culture and makes the trip so much more enjoyable. The guide to the museums and the buildings include beautiful pictures and even maps of inside the building so you can become familiar even before arrival! It was my go-to reference for my week long trip to Chicago and can’t wait for the next!
• The reason I ordered this guide was because it was the most up to date offering at the time! I've always liked DK Eyewitness books on history, science etc.! This travel book lived up to my expectations! The layout, maps and succinct descriptions are well done and the photos give the guide that extra punch that is absent in other similar texts! I'd enjoy perusing the book even if I weren't going to Chicago!
• Excellent book! Greatly helping us in our planned trip to Chicago. From food, to architecture to sights, and just about everything else.
• Very comprehensive about ChicagoLand and coupled with my AAA book, I am prepared to see the sites!
• I enjoy the Eyewitness Travel guides because they spend pages on the museums and art that I am interested in, rather than on whats "kool" or on nightlife. I have several from past trips and enjoy looking at the photos as souvenirs of the trip. The Chicago one has a good section of the Art Institution of Chicago and on how the Metro and the Loop work. There is also good information about the architecture.