Time Out Vienna (Time Out Vienna, 2nd Ed)

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Summary: let's go vienna
Review: I was very happy with this book - I was interested mostly in shopping and restaurants, since I had already done all the touristy type stuff in a previous visit to Vienna. It lists things by district, the maps are easy to follow, it has both an alphabetical and street index, and it is small enough to carry around. The restaurant reviews were right on - I went by this guide for about 10 meals/drinks/desserts (all of which were great), and helped me discover places I would have overlooked. It includes restaurants for ALL budgets. The shopping guide helped me find niche shops and boutiques, not just chains, and also a lot of the stuff that I discovered on my own and LOVED was already in the book once I looked back to check on it. Even though I didn't use the sightseeing section as extensively as the restaurant and shopping guide, it is superpacked with background info and pictures. I picked this book over lonely planet and let's go since it was the most recently published of the 3, and also because I regularly purchased the TimeOut magazines when I lived in London, and I feel like I really got my money's worth.