- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd; 6th Revised edition edition (25 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1858285127
- ISBN-13: 978-1858285122
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,153,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amsterdam: The Rough Guide can help you fulfil thousands of needs. Whether you're looking for the restroom in The Rijksmuseum, free beer at the Heineken Brewery, information at The Prostitution Information Centre, or a primer on Dutch cheese--look no further.
The Rough Guide's maps include sights, bars, hotels, restaurants, clubs, and public transport routes. They're easy to read and well-marked and are accompanied by choice-provoking titbits about places to stay and nearby eateries and drinkeries: "Well-worn but clean rooms awaiting imminent renovation, friendly and helpful staff," "Small, homely and serving delicious pancakes," "Tiny place that looks and feels like an African mud hut, except for the hip-hop beats. Grass specialists."
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This guide offers coverage of Amsterdam's coffee shops and art collections, with listings of where to eat, drink and stay, from budget hostels to top hotels, cheap cafes to the best restaurants.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
A prude's guide to Amsterdam,
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Amsterdam (Paperback)
Having previously used the Rough Guide series when travelling in Ireland and finding it extremely helpful and informative, I bought this book expecting a similarly helpful guide. How wrong I was!Having just spent a week in Amsterdam, and having visited before, I find myself asking 'Who is this book aimed at?' Sure, it has good maps ( you can buy a good city map for less than £1), sure it has a great long list of bars, cafe's, restaurants, etc, etc (you can pick up free guides in the city). It also has a history of all the places you are likely to visit (so buy a history book). It makes, in my view, horrendous, judgemental, prudish remarks throughout about most of the places you might want to visit if you are under 50. On the other hand it is lavish in it's almost innumerable descriptions of Amsterdam's museums. Ignore most of what it says about de Pijp, we have just spent a fabulous week staying in the heart of this cosmpolitan area and have been accepted everywhere we have gone. de Pijp is definitely THE up and coming area of the city. Beware, do not go East! The book does not know what it wants to be or who it wants to read it. it is overlong, bounces about from place to place, apparently at random, and left us frustrated and disappointed.
9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A rough guide to the rough guide,
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Amsterdam (Paperback)
This book was both clear & concise, with maps and detailed information about all of the attractions restaurants bars shops in Amsterdam. We would have been lost without this book and would recommend it to everyone thinking of going.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Accurate But Missing That Extra Spark,
By whatevery - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Rough Guide to Amsterdam (Paperback)
First off, the maps are not very helpful. They aren't detailed enough, as far as the little side streets are concerned. Also, the maps are buried in different sections, so if you want to get from Neighborhood A to Neighborhood B you gotta keep on flippin'. The City Center map that's located in the index is adequate for navigating to major points of interests, but only that.Secondly, while descriptions of restuarants, coffeeshops, htels and stores are accurate, a lot of REALLLLLLLLY cool places that I found on my own there are just not listed. So, definitely carry it with you but keep in mind that on your own, you will find a lot of people/places and things that haven't been spotted by this guide. |
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