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Summary: LOOK NO FURTHER! THIS IS THE BOOK YOU NEED!
Review: In short, this book helped us so much when we visited San Francico. We only had 3 days and we were able to make the most of them because of Eyewitness' travel guide. Great maps. Great Suggestions. Great walking tours.
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Summary: Excelente para viajeros a San Francisco por primera vez
Review: Recomiendo esta guia visual para los debutantes en esta ciudad. Es muy clara con los barrios y fotos para visitar. Muy recomendable para los hispanoparlantes. Recomiendo tambien la de California para comletar los que visiten el Oeste de EEUU. Espero que les sea de utilidad.
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Summary: Added comment
Review: The Eyewitness Guides are great visual tools. They tend to lack hotel/restaurant information, but the sight seeing info is tops. No surprise with the emphasis on visuals.One additional benefit - you can use the great pictures to fill in you travel scrapbooks.
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Summary: Added comment
Review: The Eyewitness Guides are great visual tools. They tend to lack hotel/restaurant information, but the sight seeing info is tops. No surprise with the emphasis on visuals. One additional benefit - you can use the great pictures to fill in you travel scrapbooks.
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Summary: The Best Travel Guide Series
Review: The Eyewitness Travel Guide is in my personal opinion one of the best, if not the best, travel guide series out there. Aside from the stunning illustration in the book, the book is extremely organized, usually giving you a brief history of the location, followed by a systematic review of the destination by sections. I particularly appreciate the "Tours" section that I found in the SF and New York guides. Various detailed walking tours or driving tours were planned out and clearly marked on maps and specific sights were highlighted so that you know what you are seeing. Many guides tell you what you need to see and do while this serie of guide SHOW you what you are seeing and also point out specific aspects of the sights. For this SF and N. Cal guide, I only gave it a 4 stars because I feel that the guide is rather weak on the N. Cal section. Specifically, many major sights in N. Cal were only given brief 1 page description, which with illustration taking a significant part of the page layout, does not do a thorough job highlighting the various sights in N. California. You will probably want to supplement this guide with another guide if you intend to visit other N. Cal sites.
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Summary: The Best Travel Guide Series
Review: The Eyewitness Travel Guide is in my personal opinion one of the best, if not the best, travel guide series out there. Aside from the stunning illustration in the book, the book is extremely organized, usually giving you a brief history of the location, followed by a systematic review of the destination by sections. I particularly appreciate the "Tours" section that I found in the SF and New York guides. Various detailed walking tours or driving tours were planned out and clearly marked on maps and specific sights were highlighted so that you know what you are seeing. Many guides tell you what you need to see and do while this serie of guide SHOW you what you are seeing and also point out specific aspects of the sights. For this SF and N. Cal guide, I only gave it a 4 stars because I feel that the guide is rather weak on the N. Cal section. Specifically, many major sights in N. Cal were only given brief 1 page description, which with illustration taking a significant part of the page layout, does not do a thorough job highlighting the various sights in N. California. You will probably want to supplement this guide with another guide if you intend to visit other N. Cal sites.
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Summary: Excellent Choice!
Review: The Eyewitness Travel Guide to San Francisco is a colorful guide to Northern California. It has great photography and is full of pictures. If you are a visual person, like pictures and don't like to read a lot, this book is for you. It is very complete with detailed information on sightseeing, shopping, eating out, and interesting things to do. This book is highly recommended. If you are interested in California, then you should also look at the Eyewitness Guide: California. It is a complete guide to the entire state. It is unfortunate that the Eyewitness Guide is not available for other cities in the Western US.
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Summary: Fodors doesn't stand a chance
Review: These are by far the most unique travel guides ever produced. The Eyewitness Travel Guides are filled with glossy pages packed with information. No other resource will take the time to acquaint the traveler with a rather thorough history of the San Francisco area. This is a great way to begin a travel guide. Unlike others, ETG's use an extensive amount of colorful pictures to help you position yourself in the city. San Francisco is not a large city (geographically speaking). It is rather easy though to find yourself lost in the complex grid of one way streets and endless bumps and hills. The guide divides the city into each of the thriving districts and is quick to point out the main spots of interest, along with other things a sight-seer wouldn't have thought of. The drawn maps detailing a block or two of a particular area are incredibly helpful. The only negative is in regards to restauraunts listed. Due to the time between writing and publishing, many restauraunts are no longer in business. These guides are priced a little above most other books but, are well worth the extra money.
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Summary: Fodors doesn't stand a chance
Review: These are by far the most unique travel guides ever produced. The Eyewitness Travel Guides are filled with glossy pages packed with information. No other resource will take the time to acquaint the traveler with a rather thorough history of the San Francisco area. This is a great way to begin a travel guide. Unlike others, ETG's use an extensive amount of colorful pictures to help you position yourself in the city. San Francisco is not a large city (geographically speaking). It is rather easy though to find yourself lost in the complex grid of one way streets and endless bumps and hills. The guide divides the city into each of the thriving districts and is quick to point out the main spots of interest, along with other things a sight-seer wouldn't have thought of. The drawn maps detailing a block or two of a particular area are incredibly helpful. The only negative is in regards to restauraunts listed. Due to the time between writing and publishing, many restauraunts are no longer in business. These guides are priced a little above most other books but, are well worth the extra money.
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Summary: An excellent guide for a first-time visitor
Review: This guide was very helpful for my recent trip to SF and easily the best of the three I carried. Detailed maps, readable and accessible local information, and informative articles with the beautiful illustrations made this the easy choice over Lonely Planet and its more detailed maps made it a first choice over National Geographic's San Friancisco guide for me. You will need another map for a better detailed overview give if you plan to drive in the city since none of these guides provide that.
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