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Brussels (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dk Publishing
Publisher: DK Travel
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 54046
Media: Turtleback
Edition: Rev Upd
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0756624401
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.930443
EAN: 9780756624408
ASIN: 0756624401
Publication Date: January 15, 2007
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Product Description
The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you! Not only the capital of Belgium, but the capital for the European Union, Brussels is a popular destination for many travelers. DK' Eyewitness Travel Guide: Brussels, Bruges, Ghent & Antwerp will take you to all points of interest in this wonderful city and the historic cities that surround it. Containing over 600 full-color photographs and unique 3-D aerial views, this guide will highlight the best accommodations, cuisine and entertainment while in Belgium. Stop by the Grand Palace and the Hotel de Ville in Lower Town, visit the Quartier Royal and both Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Upper Town, and walk around the Domaine de Laeken in Greater Brussels. In Beyond Brussels, the guide highlights attractions in the cities of Antwerp, Lier, Halle, Ghent, Bruges, Waterloo, and many others. A Survival Guide explains how to use local currency and public transportation. What more can one say about the best travel reference on the market!
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 It covers far more than the tittle tells you December 12, 2000
Ed Nevares (Recife, Brazil)
28 out of 32 found this review helpful
If there's something really wrong with this brand new eyewitness travel guide it's the subtittle: the book covers almost all important, interesting and delightfull pieces of land of this wonderfull "pocket" country and I'd rather nominate it: "Belgium: the essencial". This time, DK (editors) brought us a correctly concised, essencial, plum weight good-to-take-away guide, free from futile information. It has only 192 pages but it's far better than the 224 pages of Stockholm guide, for instance, that describes "atractions" to expent the time of a whole life and tells nothing about the exciting city of Upsalla, just 35 miles from the capital. The Guide describes the "you should go" cities of Leuven, Namur,Mechelen,Liege,Mons and others sites besides the "You must go" ones of Brussells, Brugge, Ghent and Antwerp. It's plenty of perfect tridimensional pictures, maps, texts, photos and special boxes with further detailed information, all of them pieces of art that give you a sistemic understanding about WHAT your mind and the 5 senses should "catch". One more comment: They clearly put in de limelight the flemish-speaking regions of the country. The French ones could receive more attention (perhaps more graphic details). The French-speaking comunity worldwide may not appreciate this uneven treatment. Anyway, the book's tittle and its price doesn't sell a mousetrap as a good camembert, so .... in this edition, The Dorling Kindersley Series almost meet again the perfect and final formula of a travel guide, as they did in the New York, London and Istanbul's editions.
 Very good resource for planning and en route July 12, 2002
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have had great experiences with the DK Guides. I use it extensively in my trip planning and this is the guide I take on the trip.This guide provides execllent information about local sites throughout Beligium. It gives very clear guidance concerning what you can find and access information. It also helps you to locate the sites with indexed maps and diagrams. I have found that this and the other DK Guides are bit weak in providing guidance about what to see. That is, it offers little qualitative information--everything sounds equally wonderful. And we all know this is not necessarily the case. So I always find another guide that has more opinions and recomended tours to determine what to see. I espiecially look for guided the provide suggested walking tours. This has worked out well for the most part. I use other guides to plan the trip and the DK Guide in the country. It has very usable maps although sometimes too limited in scope and you may require a local map to get around beyond the central city. Also, because the book is a bit heavy and too large to fit in a jacket pocket after the first day or so I leave it in the hotel and rely on the local map when walking about. The one topic I find most reliable is DK's restaurant recommendations. The two places I tried in Brussels were fantastic and offered everything that the guide described. I have had equal success with DK's restaurant recommendations in other cities/countries. I think this is an indispensible travel guide as long as you know what you are using it for--planning or background info, etc.
GREAT TRAVEL BOOK March 21, 2006
S. Thornton (Nashville, TN)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This was an indispensable tool my navigation of Belgium. I also purchased the Top 10, published by DK just so I would not miss anything. I liked the large maps and the clear directions to the venues. The pictures were GREAT. This book greatly enhanced my journey.
 Has a few merits February 14, 2002
ALEX R. THOMAS (SAN ANTONIO, TX USA)
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
Although this book is compact it is too heavy to carry if one is on a walking tour. I can read a newspaper without glasses, but with glasses I had trouble with the type. It is not in an orderly format nor is there is a good section on hotels.
Mostly Brussels June 18, 2007
M. Natraj (Oslo, Norway)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We recently took a trip to Belgium, where we intended to visit Brugge, Antwerp, and Brussels, although in the end, we dropped Antwerp in favor of spending more time in Brugge. I bought a copy of this book on the advice that it had a lot of coverage beyond Brussels.
Like most EyeWitness guides, the photos, sketched 3D area maps, etc. were all brilliant for identifying points of interest and notable details. The suggested walking tours also proved to be a great resource, since these cities are best visited simply by wandering the streets rather than heading straight for key destinations.
My only qualm with the book is that (as the title suggests) it is heavy on Brussels. This was a little disappointing, having heard that it included adequate coverage of the other cities in its subtitle. Nearly 75% of the book is dedicated to the capital with the other cities receiving only around a half dozen pages each. If you're planning to spend a lot of time in Brugge, Antwerp, or Ghent, I'd recommend finding a book with more focused coverage. If you plan to spend a lot of time in Brussels, with daytrips to one or more of the other cities, this book would probably be great.
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