Prague

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Easy and informational - Rated
This line of books (DK Eyewitness Travel Guides) is my favorite. It shows a lot of pictures of things and places to do and see, witch makes it faster to read and look through for interesting choices on your vacation, than "only text" books. The books show drawings of key areas in the city, with info about routs to take when walking around, and pictures of interesting things in that area.

Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guides). - Rated
An excellent guide book with an easy to use format and just enough information to inform with out becoming tedious. The illustrations are very useful and the text is clear and well laid out.

Prague is a beautiful city and it was so good to have a guidebook which helped us get where we wanted to go, without being so complicated that we spent all our time staring at it, and not the sights arround us.

Near perfect Prague - Rated
This book was recommended by a colleague who visits relatives in Prague. The maps and suggested walks are particularly good as it's easier to locate where you are on a 3D view than an ordinary map. I found that it helped us to maximise our visit by enabling us to plan in advance what we could see each day. Three days was not enough, even with the guide to help us though. It also points out things that they don't tell you in travel brochures - some places are closed November to March which was disappointing.

Like any living city, things change, so the book may be out of date in certain aspects. The Spanish synagogue is now open to visitors for example and there is a joint ticket covering the Jewish history museum sites - very interesting and moving.

The main improvement IMO would be to beef up the restaurant list - only 2 listings in the Castle district is poor when there are several other excellent (and cheaper) ones. Also, those that are listed (Eg 'Palffy Palac' or 'Nebozizek') do not get an adequate description of just how good they are. You will not starve in Prague and you won't need to resort to fast food chains if you use the existing listings - but there are more that merit inclusion.

To summarise, a very good guide book that will help you make the most of your visit - but scan the internet for additional information on restaurants and airport transport.

A little outdated, but not bad - Rated
This book tells you where to go in Prague, what things to see. I like the layout, it has lots of pictures and lots of historical information about the things it suggests that you should see. It has a map of Prague, which is always good for when you are booking a hotel.

There is lots of useful information in this book, like hotel reviews, costs etc. You can plan a very good itinerary using this book. However, this book is let down by the fact that a lot of the information appears outdated. For explain, it warns that there is a prostitute problem in the main square. There wasn't when I went there (admittedly it was in December, and may have been too cold).

I was told that as a veggie I would starve. But I ate like a king in Prague. I think this books would get 5 stars if the information was up to date. I recommend supplmenting this book with information on the internet (for the updates).