Blue Guide Krakow, First Edition (Blue Guides)

Rating:
Summary: What choices do you have?
Review: We bought this one this past summer because it was one of the only guides on Kracow then available. I think there may be a DK guide now, which I would definitely purchase before going back.

The book has some strong points. There is lots of detailed information about churches, the food, and Kracow's interesting history (I especially liked learning about the trumpet call from St. Mary's). It is an excellent guide for getting background information.

As a practical guide, however, it wasn't very helpful. Much of the restaurant information was out-of-date. I'm also not sure why they chose to include pencil drawings rather than photographs; we often compared the drawing in the book to the actual site and said, "Are you sure this is the right place?" Lastly, all guide books should be durable. The pages to the Blue Guide were falling out before we left home.

Rating:
Summary: What choices do you have?
Review: We bought this one this past summer because it was one of the only guides on Kracow then available. I think there may be a DK guide now, which I would definitely purchase before going back.

The book has some strong points. There is lots of detailed information about churches, the food, and Kracow's interesting history (I especially liked learning about the trumpet call from St. Mary's). It is an excellent guide for getting background information.

As a practical guide, however, it wasn't very helpful. Much of the restaurant information was out-of-date. I'm also not sure why they chose to include pencil drawings rather than photographs; we often compared the drawing in the book to the actual site and said, "Are you sure this is the right place?" Lastly, all guide books should be durable. The pages to the Blue Guide were falling out before we left home.