While it does give quite a lot of information, it doesn't give enough, I found. There is little to no history about the places and the very short paragraphs about places, towns etc. actually often leave more questions than they answer. Still I found some useful information in this book, there are some parts about certain places that give more information, describe tours etc., the big map in the back is also a plus and over all I liked traveling with it. I just wished it was about three times this size.