The Netherlands (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Customer Reviews

• A Very Good Overview Of The Netherlands  Aug 11, 2009 (6 of 6 found this helpful)

  "The Netherlands" is another very good guide in the generally excellent DK travel guide series. The book is very well illustrated with superior color photography and maps, and features extensive coverage of Amsterdam and other popular tourist locales. Strengths are the sections detailing with transportation, customs, and cultural norms. The book is most useful for planning a trip to the Netherlands, as it is a bit cumbersome to take on walking excursions and day trips. I have used this book to help plan travel to the Netherlands, and do recommend it on that basis.
  
  My only critique of the book is the focus on obvious tourist destinations, which gives the short shrift to many other great destinations in the country. The section on Rotterdam, the second biggest city in the Netherlands and the capital of European modern architecture, for instance, is a couple of scant pages, which is a complete injustice. I'm not arguing that the information the book contains is poorly selected, but there are additional areas of coverage that would give a more well-rounded view of the country as a whole.
  
  I like the DK guides, and recommend this one to anyone planning a trip (especially a first trip) to the Netherlands.

• Fantastic guide to traveling in the Netherlands  Jan 6, 2009 (5 of 6 found this helpful)

  I love this series of travel books. They give so much information in an easy-to-access format. Maps are included and give a good overview of the cities and major sites. The books also give excellent insight into the culture of the country, including hints about social norms and customs. I love this series and will continue to purchase them for future travels. I highly recommend it.

• Good one!  Mar 20, 2009 (5 of 7 found this helpful)

  I'm living in Amsterdam and if you don't have the Amsterdam Guide, you can easily buy this one that has all you need to know about the city plus the informations about the rest of the country.

• Hurray! The Netherlands  Mar 17, 2009 (6 of 9 found this helpful)

  Even without looking inside this one gets 4 stars from me, as they rightly call it The Netherlands and not 'Holland' as far too many do.
  The Eyewitness guides are great, sometimes a bit too much beaten track and tourist trappy, but they do paint a very good picture of the countries you're travelling in.
  And please, do appreciate the amount of work that goes into a guide like this! All information is updated regularly, even yearly on the Top Ten guides. I know, I happen to have worked on the Dutch translation of a number of them :)

• Eyewitness Guides  Jun 22, 2009 

  We do a lot of traveling in Europe and these Eyewitness Guides are simply the best on the market. Concise, easy to use and having a good balance of practicality along with an eye on culture and history.
  Highly recommended.
  d.b.