New Orleans (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
Whether you are planning to visit a city, a region or a country, DK’s foolproof ‘Eyewitness’ approach makes learning about a place a pleasure in itself. All the traditional guidebook subject matter is covered-descriptions of sights, opening times, hotels, restaurants, shopping, entertainment, phrase books etc- but, with the help of specially commissioned illustrations and maps, DK makes essential information easy to access and quick to absorb. No other guides explain the history of a place as clearly in words and pictures. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides the best guides ever created.
Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is back. The city has fought back with a vengeance and in 2007 drew record crowds to many of its festivals. For example, the 2007 French Quarter Festival celebrated its 24th year with a record crowd of over 450,000. The 2007 Mardis Gras drew over 800,000 and hotels reported a 95% occupancy rate. There are now over 140 major hotels open with near pre-Katrina numbers of rooms available. Nearly 100% of French Quarter and main tourist areas have reopened. Most major airlines have added flights to New Orleans over the past year. New Orleans remains one of the most visited US cities and the new DK Eyewitness Guide New Orleans is timed perfectly to the city’s resurgence.
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(out of 7 reviews)
List Price: $ 20.00
Price: $ 11.19
Review by Blackstone Gates for New Orleans (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
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My work has provided me with the opportunity to travel a good bit. I am the type of person who wants to get a working background for my destinations, both in terms of history and geographic layout. Because I work, I don’t have a great deal of time to spend reading and studying different, often lengthy, travel guides before or during my trips.
Because these guides are concise, beautifully illustrated, relatively compact, and impeccably organized, I cannot recommend highly enough the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides! The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is THE guide I buy for every destination. Not only do I get a quick history and background of the destination, but I also will be provided with a visual guide to everything. The visual detail is really what sets the DK Eyewitness Travel Guides apart.
The street maps of common destination points are drawn in dimensional detail so you will visually recognize when you “get there.” This is particularly helpful when you don’t speak the native language.
The regional maps are colorful and concise. However, the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide really shows its stuff with the drawings associated with attractions such as museums. Their presentation of museum layouts allow the traveler who is short on time to quickly see the best of the museum within the time the traveler has to spend.
Each DK Eyewitness Travel Guide has a good summary section in the back with practical information about where to eat, where to sleep, what to do, and how to get around.
While I may supplement the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide with others for a more detailed travel guide, the other guide is only more to read, not more to see. Buy the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide first for any destination.
Review by George D. Bianco for New Orleans (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
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Very informative and well formatted. I visited New Orleans with my family and this book was invaluable to our enjoyable trip. It does need to be updated to reflect the changes since Katrina.
Review by Frank J. Degennaro for New Orleans (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
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This book, along with every other book in the DK series, details a place where you can visit, offering rich photos and text that will make you want to visit. In the case of this book, I purchased it and it was delivered only about a week before we went to New Orleans. This guide was instrumental in planning my visit, offering me choices on things to do that would be fun, interesting and historical. If you have ever seen or purchased any of DK’s book then you know they are really beautiful offering some of the most incredible color photos. I highly, wholeheartedly recommend this book for anyone who is going to New Orleans as well as anyone who wants to learn about New Orleans. It’s a beautiful city that is coming back after years of difficulties after Hurricane Katrina and it is a worthwhile place to visit. They need our support out there and you won’t be disappointed as there is a lot to do in one of our most historic cities.
Review by Ray T for New Orleans (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
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We recently did a 4 day short stay in New Orleans. Although focused on the French Quarter, we did make it to the Garden District. Usually, I buy several travel books, but, as the trip was short, I went with just this one. Good choice. The pictures really helped decide what we wanted to see and that we had found it when we got there. Recommendations for hotels and eating places were pretty accurate (as individual tastes and day-to-day changes effect this, I always expect some divergence from what a guide says.) However, the strength was in the sights, maps and history provided. We had a pretty good take on the French Quarter and general NO history before we went (from reading the book.) Because time was short, we were able to hit the hot spots that we wanted to see and had time left over to relax, see the few sights that were further down the list and generally enjoy the atmosphere and culture. This book was so accurate and helpful, I got two of their guides to places in Spain.
Review by Bridget for New Orleans (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)
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I love the DK travel guides. They have a lot of information, and what I enjoy most: lot of pictures and maps! So it is easier to decide what to see.