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What fun to peruse this excellently illustrated work of bibliotherapy. From the craddle to the coffin, here is all you need to read during each phase of our lives.

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Compact and useful Rome (and Vatican City) guide with plenty of reviews and advice. The book offers some suggestions on itineraries, information by area, “Don’t Miss” options along with essentials on where to stay, some vocabulary, and getting around. It’s colorful and easy to read. I liked the menu glossary at the end. Nice supplement to travel research on Rome though some things may be dated as it was written for 2012.

Short, focused book on Dublin. I did not use this as my primary guide, but more as a companion to the other guides I had read about Dublin. Very broad, brief, and condensed. I think it does well as a supplement, but should not be your only reference to your experience in Dublin.

Best for: People who like Time Out guides, I’m guessing.

In a nutshell: Mostly your standard travel guide, but with really tiny print.

Worth quoting: Not so much a quote, but apparently the women didn’t get the vote in Belgium didn’t get it until 1949?

Why I chose it: We’re going to Brussels this weekend, and this looked to be one of the better options for guidebooks at the shop I went to.

Review:
I don’t think I’ve ever purchased a Time Out guide, and now I know why. I’m not a fan. This one isn’t bad, it’s just not good. The 2-star rating probably suggests its worse than it is, but for me, 3-star reviews are for books I’d still recommend generally, and I can’t recommend this one.

I generally don’t have an issue with small fonts, but this book seems to be pushing it, especially in the large blocks of text that start each new neighborhood / section. I get the need for an overview, but I didn’t like how these ones were done. They were hard to get through, and I don’t generally feel like I retained any good information from them.

The sections on different attractions / shops / restaurants are useful, and I especially appreciate the mentions of places that don’t accept cards. There seem to be a LOT of cash-only establishments. My partner really doesn’t like using cash, and sort of side-eyes me when I insist of getting some from the ATM so we have some, but at least now when we get there I have proof that to do the things we want to do, we’ll need some Euros.

I appreciate there is a history section, but I tend to like that up front, not shoved in the back. I also liked that it included some detailed information on the main architecture and art movements in the area. The maps aren’t great and are oriented in the book oddly, which makes them hard to read and hard to use.

I’m usually not this critical of travel books, but this one just really didn’t work for me, and I’m assuming it’s an issue with the layout and style choices of the Time Out brand, not this one author.

Bought in anticipation to a holiday Split, Croatia, a place never visited before. As in all the TimeOut publications, a wealth of knowledge far in excess of the needs of a fortnights stay.

This however is not criticism, the book will have many other uses over the obvious Where-to-go, What-to-eat and the Do's-and-don'ts necessary for a successful holiday. For historical and political background, TimeOut publications have always enhanced any non-fiction section of any library. Written in a more down to earth many by 'people on the spot' and an easier read most times, than the submissions of experts in the field.

A worthy book to have on the shelf.

On my trip to Barcelona, I took 3 guidebooks: Fodor's, Frommer's and Time Out. This one (Time Out) wound up being the only one I really used, every day.
The maps are far more detailed and easy-to-read, the information much more comprehensive, accurate, and easy-to-find, and the bar and restaurant recommendations were spot-on.
Plus it has interesting historical information, and more details about more neighborhoods than I found in any of the other books.
I'd highly recommend this guide to anyone heading to Barcelona!

This guidebook comes from the folks at TimeOut magazine, and its magazine roots are sometimes obvious. It's a bit larger than the usual guide book and contains significantly fewer maps. On the flip side, however, it has a lot more background information on the DC area in general (by way of various introductory essays) and on specific sights. Due to this, I would recommend this book as one to read for some preliminary research before visiting DC but not necessarily as the book you want to have on hand when traveling about the city. (I'd recommend this one for an easy pocket/purse reference.) This guidebook seems to be designed more particularly with a British audience in mind, but that is not necessarily a bad thing - just be aware that sometimes you might read some British-isms or some references to converting money, etc.½

Insider reviews of the best places to stay, play, and dine with comprehensive critiques of the city's main resorts and shows, including full instructions on how to play all the major casino games. When the bright lights get too much, visitors can use the handy maps and destination profiles to visit such legendary spots as the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, and the Hoover Dam.

This was a readable and very full introduction to all things NYC and all things 2012. A good mix of the tried and true and the up-to-the-moment, the guide also includes easy to read maps and lists of cultural, shopping, and food-based attractions.

[full review here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2013/08/time-out-shortlist-new-york-city-2012.html ]

Dependably dependable.

Noticeably briefer than normal. Tendancy to aggregate restaurants by ownership (presumably to economise on space) is simply wrong-headed. Since when was The Ledbury a "branch" of The Square??

I have a well-used copy of this guide (edition from 2000) -- it was invaluable when I was living in Berlin in 2001.½

I was sitting in a restaurant some blocks away from the Vatican having lunch when I struck up a conversation with an Italian diplomat. He asked how in the world I had found this restaurant? He wasn't used to seeing anyone other than locals eating there. I pulled this book out and showed him the review. He was impressed that the Time Out folks had found the place. So, it's pretty well researched.

Being the procrastinator that I am, I wasn't able to finish reading (or even skimming) all of this book before my trip to Milan last year, but I still found it incredibly helpful. It was interesting to read the background of some of the tourist-y sites I went to, and the guide even helped me identified (or remember) sites I wanted to see. Its small size is perfect for traveling, fitting quite easily in my purse so that it was handy whenever I needed.

Well, the thing you miss with these pocket guides is all the background information and history you get with the bigger versions, so, although I wasn't really expecting much along this line, I would have liked a bit more - so maybe next time, I'll just go ahead and get the more comprehensive version.

This said, it was very useful for its size. The "handy" summary map at the back of the book was a bit rubbish, but each area covered by the book had really quite good mini maps, some very good food recommendations and quite a few handy hints (it was definitely worth while knowing that you can cut out a lot of queuing for the Colosseum/Foro Romano/Palantino by coming in through the entrance to Palantino for example). I also liked the 3 suggested walking tour routes (Pope, short stay Rome and Film Rome). I'd definitely recommend it for a short visit if, like me, you're only taking hand luggage. The only two flaws I would find are the lack of history information and the lack of map coverage for the areas in between those described - neither of which I would have expected from a guide this size anyway. Oh, and the map of the Palentine at the back was useless - a bus/metro map would have been more useful.

One proviso - I can't comment on the accommodation section as, for the major part of my stay, I was in the Eur district for a conference (mostly business area, not really covered by the guide book - for a good reason) and for the rest of the stay I was in a hostel I had discovered before going, through Rough Guide online - Time Out, as a rule, aren't particularly good at budget accommodation and Rome is expensive. Incidently, I'd highly recommend the hostel I stayed in - Alessandro Palace (http://www.hostelsalessandro.com) - very clean, friendly and central and economical!

A great mix of the weird, the wonderful, the quirky and the well known. This list of things to do is broad so there is sure to be a number of things that take your fancy when you read through this one.

Ah, Time Out guides - there for us as a young couple travelling around the countryside and the continent; still here and producing appropriate guides now we have returned to the UK with child in tow. This is a well written guide that covers the essentials for various areas - places to stay that are child friendly, places to eat that the kids will probably like, and attractions that children might actually be interested in.
However, could the writers of these types of guides please note - you do not need a visit to a beach for a family holiday to be successful! Especially not in the UK! Many of these sections seemed to focus on the coastline, ommitting some of the better inland areas that would be just as interesting for a family break. Believe me, a holiday without a beach is still a holiday for the children!

Manage to review close to 10'000 films in one volume where each film receives concise and well-opioninated critique.

Nice alternative to the normal dense guide

An excellent collection of library photographs illustrating life in London throughout the twentieth century