The main deficiency is that I did find the maps frustrating being very small scale and not very user friendly (for this user, anyway). For example, they were of little use to get me back the Train Station - and Bruges does not go in for pedestrian guidance (all tourist signs seem to point to hotels) Fortunately English is very widely understood and passers by helpful. As with all the Berlitz guides, very portable though you have to take Ghent with the package and I'd prefer just one town at a time. Nice pictures ... but none of them are of the horses which are a big feature of Bruges!