Eyewitness Travel Guide to Prague

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
No other guidebook series can boast as many beautiful photographs and illustrations as DK's Eyewitness series. Packed with color photographs and maps, this bestselling series covers a wide range of global destinations. With listings of great hotels, restaurants, and shops, as well as historical information, travelers will find it easy to plan an exciting itinerary using these beautiful guidebooks. A special feature of DK's travel guides is the stunning three-dimensional views and cutaway models of significant landmarks. These guides also include easy-to-follow sections on making sense of foreign currency, transportation, and communication systems. Balancing an elegant format with comprehensive information, DK's Eyewitness guidebooks are both practical resources and great souvenirs of your trip.(Julie Carr)

ANNOTATION

It's easy to plan a thorough itinerary through the magnificent city of Prague when you have this unique resource at your fingertips. Street-by-street maps, suggested walking tours, and comprehensive dining, hotel, and entertainment sections are just a few of the features travelers enjoy in this vibrantly illustrated guide--featuring more than 1,500 color photographs and illustrations.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Truly the guides that show you what others only tell you, this book features stunning 3D and cutaway views of museums, cathedrals, and other must-see sights; detailed street maps; a handy phrase section; advice on the best places to eat, drink, shop, sleep, and be entertained; and a Survival Guide to help the traveler sort out essential information such as currency, transportation, and communications. As world traveler and TV personality Michael Palin says, "the Eyewitness Travel Guides are irresistibly seductive.... They also deliver where it matters most -- uncluttered and accurate information." Visit the capital city of the Czech Republic before your trip, with DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Prague. More than 550 vivid color photographs capture the wonders of this lovely city's museums, palaces, churches, synagogues, and gardens. Accurate street-by-street maps and 3-D illustrated overviews direct you through the five quarters: New Town (Nove Mesto), Old Town (Stare Mesto), the Jewish Quarter (Josefov), Little Quarter (Mala Strana), and Prague Castle and Hradcany (Prazsky Hrad A Hradcany). The Old Town Hall is spotlighted in a three-page feature including a striking illustration of the structure, surrounded by key architectural points and a single page devoted to its 15th century Town Hall Clock. The magnificent St. Vitus's Cathedral is the subject of a four-page layout complete with 3-D cutaway, floor plans, photos of its architectural wonders, and a guided tour. Additional features highlight Old Town Square, Old-New Synagogue, the Royal Palace, Strahov Monastery, the National Theatre, and much more. The guide offers suggested day trips from Prague--including trips to Bohemia'spicturesque medieval castles and the historic towns of Karlsbad, Marienbad, and Kutna Hora. In Prague, enjoy three walking tours that take in historical landmarks, city parks, and impressive views of the city itself. Examining the city's rich history, the guide provides an enthralling portrait of Prague's significance through the centuries as showcased in its culture, art, traditions, people, and Czech cookery. With so much to take in, start with the only guidebook that gives it to you all -- DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Prague.

FROM THE CRITICS

Playboy

Easily the best city guides available today.

Chicago Tribune

The most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market.

People Magazine

Want to know where to get a great 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 essential eating, shopping and entertainment info. With titles covering Paris, Prague, and London, these pocket-sized guides are like a Michelangelo fresco: deliriously rich in detail.

Contra Costa Times

This is a guidebook series that always seems to inspire smiles...You feel, looking at them, as if you could close the book and step into the street.

New York Times