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DK Eyewitness Travel’s full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world veritably show you what others only tell you. They have become famous for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are the only guides that work evenly well for inspiration, as a planning tool, a practical resource while traveling, and a keepsake following any trip.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #15807 in Books
- Published on: 2011-02-21
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .1 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
| ReviewYou’d be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive, engrossing and just plain fun-to-read guidebook than the Eyewitness Travel Guide: Ireland. Spilling over with all sorts of utile info for the traveler, you’ll find three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, elaborated neighborhood maps with a street-finder index, and even historical timelines. Broken into assorted subsections (including “Introducing Ireland,” “Region by Region,” “Traveler’s Needs,” and “Survival Guide”), the guide paints a finish picture of the country. Readers will particularly love the hundreds of color photos of everything from the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare to the Connemara landscape of County Galway to out-of-the-way pubs and street-by-street illustrated city walks (Dublin’s Southeast walk takes in famed landmarks such as Trinity College, St. Stephen’s Green and the Shelbourne Hotel). You’ll also find listings for Aran sweaters, Waterford crystal, and Celtic recordings. –Jill Fergus
From Library JournalThis compact, handsomely illustrated guide to Ireland opens with a frequent overview of the island’s history and culture. The tour of the country begins in Dublin, then circles south and west, ending up in Belfast. At the back of the book are subdivisions on lodging, food, shopping, and other practical information. It is similar in style, content, and price to Knopf Guides: Ireland, published in July 1995. Eyewitness Travel Guides assert to be “the guides that show what others only tell you.” This volume does seem to have somewhat more illustrations than the Knopf guide (as well as more hotel and restaurant listings), but it is paper cover will not be as lasting as Knopf’s vinyl cover, and it is a bit heavier to carry. Still, this is a indepth guide that travelers, particularly those off-the-beaten track, will find most useful. Recommended for public libraries.
Mary C. Kalfatovic, Telesec Lib. Svcs., Washington, D.C.
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Review…You feel, looking at them, as if you could close the book and step into the street. — Contra Costa Times
…considered to be the world’s best travel resource to over 30 destinations around the world, make it posing no difficulty to plan a splendid vacation. — North American Press Syndication
Both novice and experienced travelers will be captivated. — US News & World Report
Each book is a visual as well as informational feast regarding a queer place. — The New York Times
Encyclopedic in scope, it’s meant to be applied before, during, and after your stay. — Travel & Leisure
The Best Guidebooks Ever — SKY MAGAZINE
The best travel guides ever. — Sky Magazine
The most graphically stimulating and visually delighting series on the market. — Chicago Tribune
Want to know where to get a outstanding espresso on your way to the Uffizi? Or how much to tip a hotel maid in New York City? Try these travel guides, each an intricate trove of 3-D aerial views, landmark floor plans, color photos and necessary eating, buying goods and amusement info. With titles covering Paris, Prague, and London, these pocket-sized guides are like a Michelangelo fresco: deliriously rich in detail. –People Magazine
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108 of 109 people found the following review helpful.
 The only guide we needed….
By Colleen M. Schneider
My husband and I recently took our first trip out of the U.S. and decided to take a dream trip to Ireland. We started reading this guide well before we left to get an idea of where we wanted to go and what we wanted to see. The guide is fantastic. The pictures and details about each place helped us to choose many sites in a small country with so many beautiful places to go. We took this guide everywhere with us. As first time European travelers we needed to know all the basics; how to get around, what a round-about was (we don’t have those here), where to convert our money, hours that the places are open and when they close, customs of the country, etc. This book really layed it out and helped us in deciding where we wanted to go. We ended up traveling from Dublin to Connemara, to Cork, to Waterford and finally back to Dublin. We felt that we were able to pick facinating sites, covering Newgrange, which is older than the pyramids, to castles, (Blarney & Bunratty), Cathedrals in Dublin, Trinity College, shopping on Grafton Street and buying beautiful scarves and sweaters to take home at Blarney Woolen Mills. Some sites we passed as we drove across the country and decided to make part of our journey, such as Jerpoint Abbey, others we had planned, such as the Rock of Cashel. We also bought the street maps for Dublin done by DK. Our trip was fabulous and we now only choose the DK guides when we take a trip either in the states or abroad. For a beautifully done, comprehensive book, you cannot go wrong here. Take it from the first time traveler….this one had everything we needed.
70 of 72 people found the following review helpful.
 A good guide, but falls short
By A
On the plus side, the Eyewitness guide is easy to read and gives you a more accurate idea of what to expect at the various attractions across Ireland, and has a decent section on Northern Ireland, which is often noticeably lacking in many other guides. However, it is VERY limited in terms of its listings of lodgings, restaurants and pubs. I bought the guide while living in my husband’s native Northern Ireland on the recommendation of a friend, but found I had to continually refer to other guide books to find hotels, B&B and restaurants that normal people (those of us with incomes under $100,000/year) can afford. Also, the listing of hotels, etc., at the back of the book is rather frustrating, as you have to flip back and forth many times to determine if there’s an accommodation, etc. near where you want to travel. Basically, it’s a good companion guide, but not very effective on its own.
51 of 51 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent for visiting sites of interest
By A
I have been to Ireland now several times leading groups of university students, and I always recommend this book to them. Not only does it have a wealth of information, but the drawings and diagrams of the sites that they visit are of immeasurable help in appreciating and understanding the places that we do visit. Since we travel quite rapidly on this course, this is invaluable as a planner and as a reference. And at first, I only bought it for myself!!
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