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Pacific Northwest (Eyewitness Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dk Publishing
Publisher: DK Travel
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 68102
Media: Turtleback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5 x 1
ISBN: 0789496801
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.950444
UPC: 635517096804
EAN: 9780789496805
ASIN: 0789496801
Publication Date: November 2003
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Book Description
Highlights include: Astoria, Cannon Beach, Tillamook, Cape Mears, and other destinations in British Coulmia, Washington, and Oregon.
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Very useful--strong on illustration, less on lodging information July 27, 2008
Anyone looking for a general guide to the Northwest--particularly the cities of Portland, Seattle and Vancouver--won't be disappointed by this glossy publication. It's also quite useful in planning for a trip to the whole area. We liked the information on in-town transportation which we used to navigate Seattle and Vancouver especially.
There are a couple of important categories of information that are less comprehensive and useful. We found that the Internet was a much better source for hotels and restaurants. The guide does list some possibilities in each category, but it doesn't approach being a full list. Our favorite hotels on the trip--the Ace in Portland and Hotel Max in Seattle--didn't make the cut for the guide, but are two of the best rated hotels of their kind (moderately priced) on the Net.
All guides have some limitations as does Eyewitness. Still, this is a beautifully illustrated and useful publication, worthy of consideration by anyone traveling to the NW on vacation.
 Visually strong but lacking in descriptive details April 7, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
We picked the Eyewitness guide to the Pacific Northwest for a recent trip to Portland and Seattle in part because there were few other options: the Fodors, Lonely Planet, and Michelin Green Guides all seem to be out of print and dated. Like its brethren, this Pacific Northwest Eyewitness guide is strong on visual information, and weak on description.
The book has lots of pictures and good maps, helping you get around and then recognize your goal or destination once you get there. But descriptions and explanations of specific places range from a few sentences to (at most) a few paragraphs for the major sites.
For example, for Seattle the section on Pike Place has great visual information to help you find your way around the market, but just a few sentences each on the Pike Place fish throwers and the original Starbucks. And while the Space Needle gets a few pictures and two columns of text, and the relatively new Experience Music Project is also given a nice two page spread, other fascinating experiences like the Seattle Underground Tour in Pioneer Square are not even mentioned. I'm sure Lonely Planet had that one.
Bottom line: this Eyewitness guide to the Northwest can't be beat for its photos and useful maps, but as with any Eyewitness guide it helps to have an additional supplement--a friend who can show you around the area, or another guidebook--to make up for what the Eyewitness lacks in details. Buy this guide primarily for the pictures and maps, and then keep it as a souvenir when your trip is over.
 A Wuunderful Guide! April 3, 2007
This is a wonderful guide to the Pacific Northwest. If you're traveling beyond any one city (i.e. Portland, Seattle, Vancouver) this is the guide for you. Done in the traditional Eyewitness format with glossy pages, wonderful photos and diagrams, it provides a great overview of the cities mentioned and the region. The only drawback as a travel guide is its weight. Very heavy to be tagging along on a visit, yet due to its quality, I put up with the weight. If visiting only a few areas, photocopy the pages for your own use to lighten your load!
Great Book, Even Though There Were Some Omissions March 21, 2007
PACIFIC NORTHWEST (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) is a great book, as it puts the cities of Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver together in one place. I really enjoyed the part about the cuisine of the general area, as well as the Lloyd Center Mall. However, even though the book deserves five stars, there are a couple of flaws, such as there not being any maps of the bus and light-rail systems in these cities, and a lack of discussion of major shopping areas such as Capitol Hill in Seattle or any mention of Portland's various independent record/tape/CD stores; in fact, the only major shopping areas really described in any kind of detail are the aforementioned Lloyd Center Mall and Pike Place Market. However, there ARE plenty of illustrations and photographs, so you DO get a visual feel for what the different areas are like. Overall, this is a five-star book whose only flaw is glossing over certain things that might be important to some people in order to cover other aspects of the Pacific Northwest.
Another excellent book from Eyewitness January 10, 2007
I have used a number of Eyewitness books in my travels and have found them all excellent. They are a great help in trip planning and very usefull while traveling.
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