**VIETNAM WITH ANGKOR WAT

by Richard Sterling, Andrew Forbes

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides have been updated to include expanded hotel and restaurant listings, better maps, enhanced itineraries, and easier-to-read print.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference

Paperback

First published May 21, 2007

Reviews

[May Ling]

Reading in advance of my trip in 3 days. Will tell you how useful it is afterwards.

It's a pretty good guide book if you want a quick overview. You definitely will want to read further particularly because many of the sites are quite historic and the guides in many areas are still limited in their ability to communicate English. As a native speaker and an expert in broken English, I didn't have difficulty. However, many of my European friends struggled and used me as a guide to retranslate the broken English.

If you know in advance a little something about what the guide is trying to say it will make it easier in Vietnam. At least for the next few years as they continue to grow their tourism industry.

[Ruth]

Great travel guide! Details on traveler resour ces, places to stay, sites to see, where to eat, shopping and more, mixed with tons of pictures and enough cultural and historical information to provide background.

[Brian Williams]

I have the 2017 edition of this guide and used it during a recent trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. It covers the territory fairly well and is up-to-date. Plus, the photos are good. I like the presentation in the DK guides, but others may prefer the way Fodor and Frommer does their guides. All in all, it's a good basic guide.

[Van Tran]

Great informations but some names are not correct
And the introduction of regions doesn’t seem right The south then middle then the north why not from north to south then Angkor wat? It will be easier to picture the map and planning

[Sara]

An easily read guide to both Vietnam and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Good structure and beautiful pictures, but a bit light on information.

[Dory]

The pictures in these guides are great. They are a good balance to lonely planet, that has almost no pictures.

[Jade17]

I love DK Eyewitness books! It's like travelling to the country without actually going there. But indeed, I am going to Vietnam and Cambodia in a few weeks so this book was really handy.

The good:

- an extensive list of accommodation and restaurants at the back of the page.
- the illustrations and photographs are gorgeous!
- there's also a brief history of every place, museum, etc.
- several maps that would be very handy.
- some more travel and general information at the back.

The not-so-good:

- I was hoping for more custom-related information for every place for example, don't wear this to this temple, etc. \

Apart from that, this is a very beautiful book and a book to be collected and cherished for a long time.

[Sylvia]

Overall, it is a great guide that provides you with good background information on Vietnam and Angkor Wat. I am a collector of DK travel guides. DK guides have always been accurate with their facts, graphics and information, with very minimal critical comments. This particular guide is different. I am delighted to read that certain places might not worth a visit, hence that helps to save our precious time while travelling in a country with less developed public transportation system.

[Sarah Mazdon]

I found this book really useful during my recent trip, allowing me to discover things in more detail and plan an itinery. This is a new version of the DK books and I felt slightly disappointed with the "where to stay" and "where to eat" sections. DK books are always a great resource and I wil continue to use them.

[Danielle]

5 stars... almost just for the photos! Fun books to look through and also informative. Reliable restaurant reviews. I will use the DK Eyewitness guides for any location (other than Western Europe and only because I'm loyal to Rick Steves)!

[Katharine]

I picked this up to find out a bit more about Vietnam before reading The Sympathizer, and I was amazed by the depth of Vietnamese Culture. what other country has built a Temple to Literature and maintained it for 1000 years? Now, I will have to plan a visit.

[Phong Pham]

quality book when coupled w/ the viet nam lonely planet. love me picture books.

[Jen]

Getting ready for trip to Asia. Pretty good travel guide.

[Holly]

great pictorial of this emerging country. can't wait to go this week to see it for myself. I feel prepared after reading this book.

[Charlotte]

Excellent travel book

[Bill]

Lots and lots of photos, slim and worth bringing on the trip. I used one of its suggested hotels in Danang (Ecogreen) which was really nice and in a great location. Highly recommended.

[Jim Blessing]

May be traveling to this country in future.

[Oksana]

gold quality book, dorling kindersley high standard