| The Rough Guide to Prague (Rough Guide Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rob Humphreys
Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd
Category: Book
Buy New: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 118349
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1843535106
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.3712045
EAN: 9781843535102
ASIN: 1843535106
Publication Date: January 26, 2006
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 Not great for finding things July 30, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was in Prague for a week with some friends, one of whom had the Rough Guide. I was looking for a bookstore and the Rough Guide listed several - unfortunately it only gave very approximate directions to find it. My girlfriend and I trailed for a long time looking until we chanced upon a different shop and bought a Lonely Planet. The LP had great street maps and pinpointed the bookstore some way away.
This might seem like rather a trivial thing to rate a book on, but when you're in a new place the devil's in the detail and in general I prefer the Lonely Planet guides to the Rough Guides.
 If you are interested in more than just the beer... November 17, 2006
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I adore Prague and have read so many guide books on the city you wouldn't believe! This is by far my favourite... true it's wordy and lacking in photos, so if you're just visiting for a weekend and want to see the obvious sights, you may fare better with other guides.
I rate this guide above the others on the city purely because of the research and detail that has gone into its creation. Sure others tell you what to see when you arrive, but this one takes the extra step and holds your hand whilst you travel around the sights. I like that! Then again, maybe I just like tantalising trivia :)
The best way I can describe it is... other guides I've read on Prague tell you that the Trade Fair Palace (National Art Gallery) exists and how to get to it... this one tells you about the highlights of the collection, which floor they're on and a little bit of detail or history about the piece of art you're looking at. I should also point out at this point, that despite all this wordiness, it's also refreshingly straightforward and easy to read.
 I couldn't disagree more September 15, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
What a relief Rough Guides are when nearly all so-called guidebooks published recently consist mainly of touched-up photographs with sparse text. I bought this in Prague having found the guide I brought with me to be next to useless.
 A Waste of Money June 19, 2006
9 out of 18 found this review helpful
I find Rough Guide to be expremely difficult to use while traveling. When suggested places of interest, the book does not give information on how to get there! There are hardly any pictures so when reading about these places to visit, it is difficult to visualise them in your head. All in all, this was a complete waste of time and money and I ended up buying a Lonely Planet instead.
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