Exceptional
Rough guides and lonely planets annoy me because they unceremoniously dump factoids upon you, and are often culturally insensitive. (They serve a purpose for basic information though, so sometimes it is advantageous to put up with them.) This book is different. I expect it will amaze and delight you if you go at it expecting just another travel guide. It is learned, incisive, and even wildly humorous at times. Like a knowledgeable friend. The best!
Prague (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
This book was recommended by a colleague who visits relatives in Prague. The maps and suggested walks are particularly good as its easier to locate where you are on a 3D view than an ordinary map. I found that it helped us to maximise our visit by enabling us to plan in advance what we could see eac..
One can only be grateful that the author saw fit to research this book while it was still possible to interview those who had lived through the events it records. Terezin itself was an extraordinary place, intended as it was to present the acceptable face of National Socialist anti-semitism to the w..