DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Austria

Eyewitness Travel Guides

by Teresa Czerniewicz-Umer, Craig Turp (Contributor), Joanna Egert-Romanowskiej

DK Eyewitness Travel Austria will lead you straight to the best attractions the country has to offer, from Tyrol and Salzburger Land to Carinthia and Burgenland. DK Eyewitness Travel Austria explores this unique country's culture, history, architecture, entertainment, tours, and scenic and provides all the insider tips you need, whether you're visiting the museums in Vienna or skiing in Styria. You'll find 3-D illustrated cutaways and floor plans of all the must-see sights, including Mariazell Church, Stephansdom Cathedral, and Schönbrunn, as well as street maps and reliable information about getting around. Plus, this guidebook is packed with comprehensive listings of the best hotels, restaurants, shops, and nightlife for all budgets. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that brighten every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Austria truly shows you this country as no one else can.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Guidebook

392 pages, Paperback

First published October 20, 2003

Reviews

[Mir · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fabulous for pictures, not the best guide for planning of the actual travel aspect. I.e., use this to select which monuments and museums you want to see and which areas are prettiest to walk around, not to figure out how to schedule your train travel.

Likewise, this guide also nice if you're not going anywhere but just day-dreaming about lovely destinations; not so useful if you're, say, setting a book in a place you haven't been or trying to get a sense of what it's like to live there. There's not a ton of information provided about daily life and culture of inhabitants.


Here's an article (not from this book) on some fun neighborhoods in Vienna: http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/...

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good travel book to compare to those of Rick Steve's books. DK Eyewitness books have better pictures and maps.

MY GRADE: B to B plus.

[JoJo · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always an informative read with the pictorial aspects giving you a good sense of what to expect. Now the visit!

[Terri Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

As all DK books on any subject are, this is deliciously visual with loads and loads of stunning photos of Austria. I don't recommend it as a travel guide as there is little info on where to stay or eat (and no details given for the ones they do mention) or info on trains, transport, discount cards, or anything like you get in a Rick Steves guide. Just enjoy this for the scenic eye candy.

[Al Maki · Rating 4 out of 5]

The D-Ks are my favorite travel guides for visiting foreign cities. I like them because they give me a better idea of what the cities look like than any other, the style of their maps works very well for me and their practical advice about where to stay, how to pay for busses, where to eat and so on is compact but complete enough to allow me to function with a minimum of puzzlement.

[Tracey Morait · Rating 5 out of 5]

Invaluable guide to our recent trip to the Austrian tirol with details of places to see and things to do all over Austria, beautiful photographs and illustrations, guidance about currency, trains, buses, emergency telephone numbers, embassies and useful phrases.

[Cassandra]

our next trip is to Romania. Preparing!

[Rose]

914.36 Cze

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good guide to Austria, learned a thing or three about its history as well as the places I would like to visit. All in all a good guide.