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Berlitz: Munich Pocket Guide
This fully revised and updated Berlitz Pocket Guide is all you need to enjoy Munich. Major attractions such as Marienplatz and the Residenz Palace are explored within colour-coded and easy-to-read sections, featuring full colour fold-out maps that provide instant orientation. Travel tips cover transport, accommodation and much more.
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144 pages, Paperback
First published January 28, 2002
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April 23, 2022
Bought to help me prepare for my upcoming trip to Munich, the guide book is small enough to easily fit in my luggage. The 20% off sign means I got it for the approximate equivalent of $3... and that's where the hype ends.
After having dutifully trudged through one of the most boring retellings of its 1000 year history, I mainly recall that Munich's inhabitants liked hanging people... a LOT (chiefly in Marienplatz, pictured below) .
Perhaps not such a surprising fact, seeing that the Wittelsbach family that ruled it for over 700 years, did so with a dictatorial hand. At least I now know, why the name was presented in such "reverent" manner in The Ludwig Conspiracy.
Anyway, for those of you who like to compile written lists of sights, the book is an excellent source.
On the other hand, for the naturally lazy (like myself), following the written description of select routes gets confusing pretty fast. I had to arm myself with a popup map* AND Google Maps to finish reading it.
While, I have found some interesting recommendations for tourist destination (besides Neuschwanstein Castle) such as :
Munich Residenz, the famed residence of the Wittelsbach family
Nymphenburg Castle, just outside the city and easily accessible by bus
for the most part, I found the guide woefully inadequate. It mostly reads like a boring description of a navigation software's indications.
Incidentally, the front cover sports some questionable translations:
- Good Night is Gute Nacht not Guten Nacht, as Nacht is of feminine genre.
- "Kann ich .... haben?" means "Could I get ...?" not "How may I help you?"
Score: 2/5
You get what you pay for, I guess. It's a good starting point, but not a particularly fast read... not if you want to recall anything useful. You can get the same information from better written travel blogs... for free.
After having dutifully trudged through one of the most boring retellings of its 1000 year history, I mainly recall that Munich's inhabitants liked hanging people... a LOT (chiefly in Marienplatz, pictured below) .
Perhaps not such a surprising fact, seeing that the Wittelsbach family that ruled it for over 700 years, did so with a dictatorial hand. At least I now know, why the name was presented in such "reverent" manner in The Ludwig Conspiracy.
Anyway, for those of you who like to compile written lists of sights, the book is an excellent source.
On the other hand, for the naturally lazy (like myself), following the written description of select routes gets confusing pretty fast. I had to arm myself with a popup map* AND Google Maps to finish reading it.
* Gotta love the struggle of folding a popup map right. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
While, I have found some interesting recommendations for tourist destination (besides Neuschwanstein Castle) such as :
Munich Residenz, the famed residence of the Wittelsbach family
Nymphenburg Castle, just outside the city and easily accessible by bus
for the most part, I found the guide woefully inadequate. It mostly reads like a boring description of a navigation software's indications.
Incidentally, the front cover sports some questionable translations:
- Good Night is Gute Nacht not Guten Nacht, as Nacht is of feminine genre.
- "Kann ich .... haben?" means "Could I get ...?" not "How may I help you?"
Score: 2/5
You get what you pay for, I guess. It's a good starting point, but not a particularly fast read... not if you want to recall anything useful. You can get the same information from better written travel blogs... for free.
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