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Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides
Top 10 San Diego
Packed with the same reliable information and breathtaking color photography as our DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Eyewitness Travel Top 10 Guides are fully illustrated, pocket-sized travel guides, with handy pull-out maps marking all the major sights.
128 pages, Paperback
Published July 15, 2013
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September 16, 2020
Extremely useful & easy to use.
September 16, 2019
Does the job. Good fold out map.
April 22, 2016
I loved the first section where this book detailed the different sites to visit. We found a couple of museums and things to check out while in San Diego that we wouldn't have known about otherwise. Especially nice is the feature where certain attractions have the address, phone number, hours of operation, and admission cost listed. Less research that we have to do before our trip!
However, we were disappointed with the restaurant and bar suggestions. I checked out several of the suggestions on Yelp and they had very negative reviews. I realize this could just be the author's perception vs the reviewers on Yelp, but it was discouraging.
A big negative about the book is that the restaurant and bars are priced with the usual $$, $$$, $$$$ way of pricing, but how they came about this pricing scheme isn't all that helpful. The book states the following: "Price Categories include a three-course meal for one, half a bottle of wine, and all unavoidable extra charges including tax." It is hard to judge what they consider $$ or $$$ as we don't drink wine nor do we both order an individual appetizer and dessert when we go out. If this is how you eat, this probably won't bother you, but it was hard for us to figure out if a restaurant/bar was actually in our desired price range or not.
Missing was a list of breweries in SD. Seriously, SD is a HUGE brewery hot-spot and there wasn't a Top 10 list for that. As self-proclaimed beer aficionados, this was a glaring error and knocked a star off our rating of this book.
Loved the pullout map (even though it didn't include Escondido which we needed).
Anyway, overall it was an okay book.
However, we were disappointed with the restaurant and bar suggestions. I checked out several of the suggestions on Yelp and they had very negative reviews. I realize this could just be the author's perception vs the reviewers on Yelp, but it was discouraging.
A big negative about the book is that the restaurant and bars are priced with the usual $$, $$$, $$$$ way of pricing, but how they came about this pricing scheme isn't all that helpful. The book states the following: "Price Categories include a three-course meal for one, half a bottle of wine, and all unavoidable extra charges including tax." It is hard to judge what they consider $$ or $$$ as we don't drink wine nor do we both order an individual appetizer and dessert when we go out. If this is how you eat, this probably won't bother you, but it was hard for us to figure out if a restaurant/bar was actually in our desired price range or not.
Missing was a list of breweries in SD. Seriously, SD is a HUGE brewery hot-spot and there wasn't a Top 10 list for that. As self-proclaimed beer aficionados, this was a glaring error and knocked a star off our rating of this book.
Loved the pullout map (even though it didn't include Escondido which we needed).
Anyway, overall it was an okay book.
April 15, 2008
Top 10 San Diego is a small little travel resource that fits nicely in a pocket, purse, or backpack. There are plenty of maps included in this book. All are full color and fold out large enough so that the lost tourist can actually figure out where they are going. I can't stress this point enough. I've been stuck too many times on public transit or while negotiating a busy street while flipping through some oversized travel guide to find that one black and white map that I need a magnifying glass to read.
I also like the whole top ten notion. Before reading this guide, I had already done a good deal of research on the places I wanted to go, where I wanted to stay, and what activities San Diego had in store for me. Top 10 San Diego gives me a good reference that I can use to get to these places no matter what area of the city that I happen to be in at the time. Looking through these lists, I was also pleasantly surprised to find a few more little gems that I hadn't previously known. I was particularly impressed with the various sections on restaurants, shopping, performing arts venues, and offbeat activities.
I also like the whole top ten notion. Before reading this guide, I had already done a good deal of research on the places I wanted to go, where I wanted to stay, and what activities San Diego had in store for me. Top 10 San Diego gives me a good reference that I can use to get to these places no matter what area of the city that I happen to be in at the time. Looking through these lists, I was also pleasantly surprised to find a few more little gems that I hadn't previously known. I was particularly impressed with the various sections on restaurants, shopping, performing arts venues, and offbeat activities.
April 21, 2013
Read this book twice already while planning my trip in a couple of weeks! This is a great top ten list book for San Diego travel ranging from the top ten tourist attractions to top ten places to eat and stay, amongst other things. I will definitely be taking advantage of at least one thing on nearly every list in this book. It's also nice to have price range info for things as well so it is easier to budget. Great reference to have on hand!
August 20, 2008
This was very helpful on our trip to San Diego recently. We were there for a long weekend and benefited greatly from this book.
July 30, 2014
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April 15, 2016Linked Index at end. Good info. Covered some things other books did not.
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