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Frommer's Seattle 2008 (Frommer's Complete) | 
 enlarge | Author: Karl Samson
Publisher: Frommers
Category: Book
List Price: $17.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 45162
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Map
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 276
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 047017594X
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780470175941
ASIN: 047017594X
Publication Date: December 10, 2007
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Product Description
Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer’s Seattle 2008 is meticulously researched by a Pacific Northwest resident, who shares his favorite finds and insider tips. You’ll discover the best places to buy regional arts and crafts; the top restaurants, from fabulous seafood joints to trendy brewpubs; the hippest coffee bars; and the best hiking, biking, kayaking, and fishing in the glorious landscapes nearby. All the top city sights are here, plus side trips to the lovely San Juan Islands, Mount Rainier, and Mount St. Helens. Inside you’ll find accommodations to suit every taste and budget, plus nightlife, a complete shopper’s guide, and a host of detailed, accurate maps.
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Amazing! August 25, 2008
loved the book and the fact that it got here in time for me to read before giving it away as a gift...yes I read it first!
 Perfect for Tourists and Locals August 10, 2008
I really enjoy the Frommer's book series. It is great for both tourists visiting for a weekend, and also those who recently relocated to a new city. This book is immeasurably helpful and well structured.
 Good if all you want is tourist spots for families July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a Seattle mostly-native (been here for 20 years) and picked up this book so that my guests from couchsurfing.com might be able to use it to get around the city. Unfortunately, it hasn't been very useful for them because the vast majority of the stuff listed in the book is tourist traps. It might be a useful guide for an 40-50 year old plus person who likes chain restaurants, stereotypical tourist experiences, or for someone who's travelling with a family. However, if you're even remotely interested in visiting places where locals hang out, having experiences which don't cost an arm and a leg, seeing sights which you can see for free outside the confines of a tour bus, or eating at restaurants which are operated by locals for locals, I don't consider this guide very useful. A high percentage of the places it covers are downtown, but I don't know any local people of any age who hang out downtown unless they are there for work. Like any city I've ever visited, most of the interesting sights/restaurants/etc. are outside of the commercial/office downtown area.
I picked up a few other guides too... the most comparable is the Lonely Planet guide. I found it to be worlds better to the point where I would recommend it to almost anyone other than my grandma over the Frommer's. Other guides I found useful/interesting are eat shop seattle and not for tourists seattle.
Don't leave home without it June 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We had great success with Frommer's in two previous cities on our extended trip, so we were excited that we had purchased Frommer's Guide to Seattle. It told us everything we needed to be successful tourists in the Pacific Northwest. We only had one day to be tourists, so after determining what we wanted to do--my wife and I had three kids in tow--we chose to be the ultimate tourists and spend time watching fish salesmen throw fish around at Pike's Market and walk around that part of the city. Later, we spent the afternoon in the Pacific Science Center and enjoyed the many interactive exhibits available there. Overall, I believe having Frommer's is a necessity if you want to accomplish the most you can, especially if you have a short time and are on a limited budget (like us).
Great Update Of An Old Standby December 7, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
FROMMER'S SEATTLE 2008 is a great new version of Frommer's great guidebook on the Emerald City. It tells you about great shopping, dining, exercise, recreation, and sightseeing. It does miss a lot of the malls, as well as lacking anything on local radio stations, so be sure to get the new version of LONELY PLANET SEATTLE in February, as well as FODOR'S SEATTLE 4TH EDITION, THE NEWCOMER'S HANDBOOK FOR SEATTLE, the new version of BEST PLACES SEATTLE, and THE SEATTLE GUIDEBOOK, 12TH EDITION, in addition to this one.
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