- ISBN13: 9780756636494
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, The DK Top 10 Guides use exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies, The DK Top 10 Guides take the work out of planning any trip…. More >>
4 Responses to “Top 10 Bangkok”
The PLUS: 5 Stars!
The guide takes a pyramidal approach to the sights of your destination. So you slowly can work yourself through the areas that really interest you by easily skipping things you would not want to see or visit at all.
It also makes it easy to find the things that are important to you because the descriptions are small enough and pictures further make it easy to attract your interest or pass things by.
The MINUS: 4 Stars!
The good about the Maps is that they are there at all and also that there is an index of some streets.
The contained foldout maps though helpful when there is nothing else at all are not my favorite because they are quite small and are more an overview to identify the area where something is to be found on a better more detailed map. The same maps as the foldouts are also on a separate map that is detachable. This is a good idea but they are way to small and hard to read especially in dim light and in an awkward format to be really useful. – When available, I rather get a local map from the tourist office and transfer my destinations to it.
SUMMARY: 5 Stars!
This guide is an extremely useful sightseeing guide and small enough to be carried with you all the time for quick reference. It also allows you to choose the amount of detail you want to follow for the town: top 10 Highlights – top 10 to each highlight – top ten to some general categories like museums, bars, hotels, restaurants, shopping, and also some specific categories just for this destination like most beautiful Buddhist temples or best entertainment venues.
Insider tips or as they call the sections: “Street smart” round up this little guide. The maps are OK but could be improved. The deficiency of the maps though should not detract from the overall usefulness of this guide for your destination. This is true for a first time visitor with limited or all kinds of time and also for the return visitor, who wants to to repeat some destinations in more detail or avoid the same old top ten but venture out into new territory.
Rating: 5 / 5
As with all the Eyewitness Top 10 guides, this book really helps narrow down Bangkok to its best highlights. However, 2 of the 10 items are actually not in the immediate Bangkok area. One is Ayutthaya, the old capital of the Siamese empire, which is 53 miles north of Bangkok. The other is the Damnoen Saduak Floating market, which is 68 miles west of Bangkok. These are far enough to prove a challenge to fit into a short trip into Bangkok.
Rating: 4 / 5
The guide is perfect for 3-5 days in Bangkok, but case is very small, so if your close distance sight is not good the guide will not be usable. If your sight is good it is perfect as it is concise, light to carry and updated.
Rating: 4 / 5
This guide have many good tips were to go, if you spend one or two weeks in Bangkok. Nice picture’s and pocket size outfit. Included map could be little bit wider.
Rating: 4 / 5