**MUNICH & THE BAVARIAN ALP**

by Izabella Galicka, Katarzyna Michalska

Tour book of Munich

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Germany, Reference

336 pages, Flexibound

First published June 1, 2002

Reviews

[Ralph Burton]

Beautiful book comes with glorious illustrations.

[Kay]

I'm a big fan of the Eyewitness Travel Guides. The format is appealing -- a lavishly illustrated introductory section expounding on the history and key features of the city followed by color-coded sections, each devoted to a different area. The rear of the book is devoted to practicalities such as transportation, hotels, restaurants, and entertainment. Since it heavily relies on pictures rather than words, it's easy to pick up a guide, thumb through it, and let a striking photo serve as inspiration for where to go or what to do. The text on even the major sights is succinct, so if it's the full monty you're after, supplement this guide with something more substantial like a Blue Guide. However, if you want to get a quick sense of what a destination has to offer, an hour or so spent with one of these guides is probably one of the most effective ways to do background research.

Alas, I've never had a chance to explore Bavaria much beyond Munich, though in the future I hope to. This guide has a half dozen or so sections devoted to major areas of Bavaria that should help me narrow my focus.

One quibble is that since the Eyewitness Guides are printed on nice, heavy stock, they're not that light. Perhaps in the future another format - digital? - will get around this problem.

[Dani Neumann]

Great for pictures (I'm a picture girl when it comes to travel books..) they gave me more ideas on things to look up more in depth. Definitely NOT an in-depth guide, I would recommend supplementing it with another travel book, but great for ideas.

[Yuki]

4/03, 10/04, 8/06

[Cloay]

Available in SG Library Sengkang 914.

Useful to provide some venues for my visit to Munich and Black Forest in Jun-2010.