The Rough Guide Venice Map (Rough Guide City Maps)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Travel Map of Venice, Italy
  • Perfect in a city where a map is a must-have!
  • This was my 1st Rough Guide Map and IT WAS AWESOME!
  • Venice guide
  • I love Rough Guide maps and the Venice map is no exception
The Rough Guide Venice Map (Rough Guide City Maps)
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ASIN: 1843530007

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Travel Map of Venice, Italy.......2007-03-28

This is a great map of the city on water resistance paper. Will be with us while spending time in Venice. Have marked on it the location of items we wish to visit. We also have the Rome Rough Guide Map that we are taking on our trip.

5 out of 5 stars Perfect in a city where a map is a must-have!.......2007-01-17

This was a great map! If you want to go anywhere in Venice other than the Rialto bridge or St. mark's square, you will need a map. I put this map through hell, folding it every which way and even dropping it in a rain puddle - oops :) the map stood up to my abuse perfectly and was great for getting us around. we didn't have to find the TI to get a map, and i liked it way better than the nice map our hotel gave us. I highly recommend this map and will use others when we travel!

5 out of 5 stars This was my 1st Rough Guide Map and IT WAS AWESOME!.......2007-01-06

I can't even count how many times we used it on our trip to Venice, because Venice is one of those cities that once you go off the main streets, you will get lost without a map.

I love that it's rip-proof and water-proof, because I've used other maps and hate when they get worn from folding and un-folding. And since we'll be going to Berlin soon, I ordered the Rough Guide Berlin Map.

It had every street in Venice on it, which when you're navigating your way back to a main street or canal it totally helpful.

4 out of 5 stars Venice guide.......2006-11-10

The book filled in and added some supplemental information. The book was not used as much as planned as sufficient information was also available via the internet and the local residents.

5 out of 5 stars I love Rough Guide maps and the Venice map is no exception.......2006-05-13

I spent six days in Venice in April of 2006. After using the
excellent Rough Guide map of Barcelona, I purchase Rough Guide
maps when ever they are published for my destination. What I love
about these maps is that they are complete, accurate and very
tough. You can carry them around in your pocket, bend them and
sweat on them and they still remain as usable as ever.

You cannot get lost in Venice in the sense that you don't know
how to get back to somewhere familiar because there is always
a waterbus stop nearby that you can take to some place you know.
But the twisty pedestrian streets can be very confusing, ending
in canals, so it can be difficult to get from place to place
or to find a place you want to go to. For this you want the
Rough Guide map. I walked all over Venice, including some off
the beaten track areas where I saw very few tourists.

In summary: for Venice my advice is get a wasterbus pass for the
days you are in Venice and get the Rough Guide map. Oh, and
unless you like crowds and higher costs, don't stay in San Marco.
The Rough Guide to Belgium & Luxembourg (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Not A Useful Guide When You Want To Find the "There" There
  • Out of Date
  • Great Book
  • Great Guide Book for Touring Belgium & Luxembourg
  • Anything and everything you need to know about Belgium!
The Rough Guide to Belgium & Luxembourg (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
Martin Dunford , and Phil Lee
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ASIN: 1858288711

Book Description

INTRODUCTION

There isn't a country on earth quite like Belgium. It's one of the smallest nations in Europe, yet it has three official languages and an intense regional rivalry between the Flemish-speaking north and the French-speaking south. Its historic cities - most famously Bruges and Ghent - are the equal of any, as is its cuisine, with a host of regional specialities, alongside a marvellous range of beers and sumptuous chocolate. Neighbouring Luxembourg, commonly regarded as a refuge of bankers and diplomats, has surprises in store too: its capital, Luxembourg City, has a handsome setting, its tiny centre perched on a plateau above deep green gorges, and the rest of the country - diminutive though it is - boasts steep wooded hills and plunging valleys aplenty.

Many outsiders view Belgium and Luxembourg as good weekend-break material - but not much else, which is a pity, as this is historically one of the most complex and intriguing parts of Europe. Squeezed in between France, Germany and the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg occupy a spot that has often decided the European balance of power. It was here that the Romans shared an important border with the Germanic tribes to the north; here that the Spanish Habsburgs finally met their match in the Protestant rebels of the Netherlands; here that Napoleon was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo; and - most famously - here, too, that the British and Belgians slugged it out with the Germans in World War I. Indeed so many powers have had an interest in this region that it was only in 1830 that Belgium and Luxembourg became separate, independent states, free from foreign rule.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Not A Useful Guide When You Want To Find the "There" There.......2007-07-26

My wife and I tried to use this guide while we ewre in Brussels for a short visit on our way to other countries, and found it very irritatingly organized and generally much less useful than we'd hoped. We ended up having to mostly figure things out on our own; the book is just okay if you need to find a (very) few restaurant recommendations. Keep looking...:)

3 out of 5 stars Out of Date.......2007-06-08

The information and background on Belgium and Luxembourg were interesting, but the restaurant and hotel information was out of date.

5 out of 5 stars Great Book.......2004-07-24

I love to travel and have many favorite travel books. This was my first Rough Guide that I bought. I used it all through Belguim and Luxemburg and saw places I would never have found without the book. And I agreed with everything they said about the locations listed. I loved this book so much, when I came back I ordered several other Rough guides for places I planned to visit in the future.

5 out of 5 stars Great Guide Book for Touring Belgium & Luxembourg.......2001-11-28

I am currently living in Belgium and have gone through several guide books to help find the spots to visit. Many other books focus on hotels or restaurants, but the Rough Guide focuses on where to go and what to see when you get there. It has useful information on how to get there by car, train and even bike. I take this book with me on my travels around Belgium and am enjoying learning more about this wonderful country.

5 out of 5 stars Anything and everything you need to know about Belgium!.......2000-03-28

Having spent an academic year studying and travelling in Belgium, I went through a great many different guidebooks to enhance my Belgian experience. The guidebook experience was a mixed one - some multi-area guidebooks devoted but a few pages to Belgium (Rick Steves' France, Belgium, and Luxembourg - very spotty on the Belgian information), others were more focused on the culture and history of Belgium than the intricacies of getting to a specific place (the Insight Guide to Belgium).

So, having gone through the gamut of books on Belgium, I can wholeheartedly say that this is the best one out on the market at the current time. The coverage given to tourist sites and getting around this small-but-wonderful country is outstanding...it helped me find some great, off-the-beaten-track destinations that other guidebooks might pass over. The coverage given to Luxembourg within these pages is also very well-done (not to mention helpful) -- something sorely lacking in other guidebooks.

The Insight Guide to Belgium is also recommended, but more as a cultural and historical primer. For the practicalities of everyday Belgian life, this is the only book you'll need (and its physical size is great - the least cumbersome and yet most informative guide I've ever carried around on my travels). So...what are you waiting for? Go to Belgium and take this book with you!
The Rough Guide to The Netherlands 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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    The Rough Guide to The Netherlands 4 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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    ASIN: 1843538040

    Book Description

    The Rough Guide to the Netherlands is your complete handbook to this unique part of Europe. From the pretty village of Edam and Van Gogh’s spectacular masterpieces to Amsterdam’s famous canals and vibrant nightlife, the 24-page full colour section highlights all the ‘things not to miss’. The guide includes detailed listings for all the top places to stay, eat and drink, from bars and coffee shops to luxury hotels and restaurants, plus the new ‘Authors’ Picks’ feature will highlight the very best options. You will find plenty of practical information on exploring historic towns, dunes, beaches, islands and of course, the famous bulbfields. The guide includes detailed listings to help you make the most of the capital, Amsterdam and takes an informed look at the art, literature and history of the Netherlands.

    The Rough Guide to The Netherlands is like having a local friend plan your trip!
    The Rough Guide to Holland, 2nd Edition (Rough Guide the Netherlands)
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • The rough guide was rough reading
    • There is a Holland outside Amsterdam!
    • There are better guides to Holland than this
    • Invaluable resource
    The Rough Guide to Holland, 2nd Edition (Rough Guide the Netherlands)
    Martin Dunford , Jack Holland , and Phil Lee
    Manufacturer: Rough Guides
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    ASIN: 1858285410

    Amazon.com

    "Authoritative and opinionated, this series can't be beat," extols the Chicago Tribune of the Rough Guide's lively collection of guidebooks, including their first-edition Holland manual. Looking beyond truckloads of tulips and wistful windmills, these three rough guiders--Dunford, Holland (he should know his stuff) and Lee--take you mucking through the mud to the Frisian Islands, biking to the Biesboschmuseum nature reserve, lurking around the fish houses of Urk, and gulping Gulpener beer in Gulpen.

    Along with essential coverage of places to eat, sleep, and meet, you'll learn a polder is an area of land reclaimed from the sea, a spoor is a train station platform, a VVV is a tourist information office, a gracht is a canal, beiaard are carillon chimes, and a fietspad is a bike path. The Rough Guide's penchant for using boldface type for words like meal, beer, bus, opening hours, payment, campsite, and the names of local towns and attractions is a useful way to help the traveler quickly glean the appropriate information from each chapter. In addition to a concise presentation of Dutch history, art, and literature, the authors provide useful reviews of the sites and charms of the larger towns like Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden, and Delft.

    Customer Reviews:

    2 out of 5 stars The rough guide was rough reading.......2004-02-19

    After years of visiting family in the Netherlands and visiting obvious tourist attractions, I felt it was time to find a guide to help me unearth those not so noticeable sights. I quickly discovered that it was challenging to locate a book that focuses solely on the Netherlands. Then I stumbled upon the Rough Guide to the Netherlands. I thought I had finally discovered the ideal comprehensive Dutch travel book. But after opening the beautifully photographed cover, I dove into the introduction only to find the following statement, "Indeed for such a small and accessible country, the Netherlands is, apart from Amsterdam, relatively unknown territory." Unfortunately, I did not find that this book helped to dispel this myth and encourage travel anywhere outside of Amsterdam.

    By the tone of the writing, it felt as though the writer(s) had a negative image of this country even before writing a sentence. They overlooked many of the quaint, personal aspects of this country, as well as many of the attractions that I considered obvious places to visit. I was able to attain more useful information about cities in the Netherlands from my outdated copy of Let's Go Europe 1994, which covers information on over a dozen countries in just one book.

    In the back of the Rough Guide, there is a section of assorted English/Dutch translations, which can be extremely helpful for travelers. They list simple terms like hello, good-bye, thank you, etc and important translations for questions like, "where is the bathroom?"

    If you are looking for a travel book to list a handful of plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face attractions in Amsterdam, then you found your book. If you are looking for an all-inclusive guide to aid your explorations throughout the Netherlands, this is not it. Unfortunately, at the time of writing this review, I have not found a book I can recommend and I am also sad to say this is the first book that I will return to Amazon.

    2 out of 5 stars There is a Holland outside Amsterdam!.......2001-09-03

    It is always dangerous to criticize a travel guide to a place you have always lived, but reading this guide once again confronted me with the prevailing prejudice that Holland (the Netherlands) equals Amsterdam. Allow me to let you in on a little secret: it doesn't.
    Personally, I don't care for Amsterdam that much: much of it is a noisy, messy, tourist trap filled with people you would prefer to avoid. Outside the capital life is generally much more gentle. However, there is enough hustle and bustle to be found in the nightlife of Rotterdam, Utrecht, or Groningen.
    The problem is that you are unlikely to experience those places after having read this guide. Often it reads like an extension of the RG to Amsterdam, showing an unwillingness on the part of the researches to take the long one-hour train journey to Utrecht or Rotterdam and take in those places. Although I generally prefer this series over Lonely Planet, my advice is to take the 'other' guide to the Netherlands if you're really interested in travelling outside Amsterdam

    2 out of 5 stars There are better guides to Holland than this.......2000-06-08

    I discovered The Rough Guide series last year when I was dazzled by their guide to Thailand. By comparing the Holland version to that one, however, I'd say TRG has dropped the ball in The Netherlands. Whereas TRG Thailand approaches its subject at a subdued level of wonder, the Holland writers seem to have gone about their itinerary by suppressing their interest in anything outside of Amsterdam or art museums. Forget subdued, it's as if the authors burned out in the capital, and a mummified expedition dragged their feet through the polders out of a need to comply with the terms of their contract. Humbug quotes from famous writers set the tone for chapters on cities they dislike. Many of the towns they cover are evaluated with Amsterdam as their benchmark: Utrecht - "just a half-hour from Amsterdam, all the brashness and vitality of the capital is absent;" The Hague - "[the city's] older buildings are a rather modest collection with little of Amsterdam's flamboyance." A measly six pages are devoted to Rotterdam, none of which mention the city's uppermost nightlife (for the sake of comparison, Michelin's guide gives Rotterdam twenty). Furthermore, parks and recreation get little or no air time. Nothing is mentioned in the way of The Hague's many forests and dune parks. If you obeyed only this guide, you wouldn't know that sky diving, among other sports, is offered in the Frisian Islands.

    I do enjoy the voice of the Rough Guides, that of a discerning traveller, and the gray informational sections detailing national custom are usually right on target. As expected, each of these signature features can be found here. But if you want a comprehensive guide to The Netherlands, for recreation & nightlife as well as Amsterdam & museums, you might look elsewhere. I'd start with Michelin.

    5 out of 5 stars Invaluable resource.......1999-03-24

    This is the closest thing out there to my ideal guide. The authors really did their research, and it showed in the copious amounts of background info for each city and region. Listings for lodging, restaurants and attractions were scrupulously accurate. The Rough Guide does not have as much of a budget focus as Let's Go; it does list inexpensive places to stay, but has a little bit of a tendency to sneer at them. The only drawback for me was that the authors' taste is more boyish and more upscale than mine. They like military and shipping museums and dungeons a lot, and are a little too harsh on places they find kitschy or dull. Nevertheless, I'm glad I brought this guide along. It made my trip much more enjoyable and did a lot for my peace of mind.
    The Rough Guides' Amsterdam Directions 2 (Rough Guide Directions)
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      Book Description

      Slim, stylish and pocketable, Rough Guide DIRECTIONS Amsterdam is full of ideas for long-weekends or flying visits to one of Europe''s most popular city break destinations. Now full-colour throughout, this guide highlights all the must-see attractions in 28 themed spreads. From the Van Gogh Museum and the Royal Palace to the city’s famous canals and infamous Red Light District, you’ll never be short of things to see or do. The practical "Places" section will help you to explore the city district by district, with every sight, restaurant, bar and coffee shop located on easy-to-use maps. The comprehensive accommodation and language sections provide all the practical information you’ll need to get the most out of the city.

      Rough Guide DIRECTIONS Amsterdam is like having a local friend plan your trip!
      The Rough Guide to Brussels 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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        The Rough Guide to Brussels 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
        Martin Dunford , and Phil Lee
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        5. The Rough Guide to Belgium & Luxembourg (Rough Guide Travel Guides) The Rough Guide to Belgium & Luxembourg (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

        ASIN: 1843535742

        Book Description

        Synopsis "The Rough Guide to Brussels" is the definitive guide to the capital of Belgium and the EU. A 16-page, full-colour introduction gives an inspiring insight into many of the city's highlights, from the top museums to its handsome art nouveau buildings. The guide includes extensive, up-to-the-minute reviews of all the best hotels, bars, restaurants and clubs, catering for every taste and every budget. If you decide to take a day trip outside of Brussels, there is plenty of detailed coverage of the neighbouring cities of Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp. The guide comes complete with maps and plans for the entire city, with every recommendation precisely located.
        The Rough Guide to Paris Map (Rough Guide City Maps)
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
        • Excellent overview
        • Very rough guide
        • This was the best map we could have had!
        • Great Help to the Tourist
        The Rough Guide to Paris Map (Rough Guide City Maps)
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        ASIN: 1843530392
        Release Date: 2002-05-16

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Excellent overview.......2005-10-01

        The perfect city map. There is a separate fold out with street names and locations which means both sides of the map are devoted to the street layouts, one side an enlarged section of the main city center which is the perfect scale. My wife and I spend as much time as possible walking around to enjoy the details of a city and we never got lost with this map. Streets that are pedestrian only are marked, the major sights are marked, minor sights are marked, the Metro map is very good, the paper is water resistant, it folds easily to keep your current area handy, the arrondissements are marked which some maps do not have. Comes with a neat little holder which I actually kept the map in, the holder also having a quick reference map on the inside cover.
        Used it daily, loved it, recommend it.

        1 out of 5 stars Very rough guide.......2004-10-04

        Multiple misplaced Metro stations (e.g., Porte Maillot, Miromesnil), buildings (e.g., Ministre de l'Interieur) and hotels (the one I stayed in) made this map useless - I spent about an hour in total walking the wrong way because of such mistakes on a map that claims to have been "thoroughly researched on the ground".
        The tough waterproof paper is good; in fact it's essential as the manner in which the map is folded is so awkward you will come close to tearing it every time you use it.
        I'd recommend a map book; even the crude maps in the Lonely Planet guide are better than this.

        5 out of 5 stars This was the best map we could have had!.......2003-05-09

        We went to many bookstores looking for a map of Paris. MY parner and I were going for the first time ever and had no clue what to expect. We went for 6 days and 5 nights. We thumbed thru about 100 different maps in total and purchased this one based on 3 things: it showed the street we were staying on, it divided the country into arrondisements (different districts) and it showed all the tourist spots!

        The map was easy to read and through all our fighting over it and folding and unfolding, the map stayed in tact! It's also waterproof!

        It was so worth the money! We got lost once when we travelled far off the map. But it really is the best map out there! We are keeping it for our next visit!

        5 out of 5 stars Great Help to the Tourist.......2002-09-08

        I found this guide to Paris an invaluable companion on my first trip to the city. Its detailed maps of the different quarters and breezy commentary was a great supplement to the simpler, heavily illustrated "Eyewitness" Guide I also used. The Rough Guide goes into greater detail, and has a lot more historical background, without being exhaustive like the famous "Blue Guide" series. It also has a good summary of the history of the city. The writing is winningly opinionated in places (declaring, for example, that the late 19th century realist paintings in the Musee D'Orsay are 'indigestible'), but doesn't seem demand that you agree with it. Maybe Paris just makes people opinionated in matters of taste. I'd recommend it for anybody who wants more than the tourist surface, but who doesn't want to be overwhelmed with too much background.
        The Rough Guide To Amsterdam - 8th edition
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          The Rough Guide To Amsterdam - 8th edition
          Martin Dunford , and Phil Lee
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          Book Description

          The Rough Guide to Amsterdam is an indispensable guide to this compact and instantly likeable city. Described in the introduction as ''an intriguing mix of the parochial and the international, Amsterdam has a welcoming attitude towards visitors shaped by the liberal counter-culture of the last four years''. The Rough Guide introduction highlights 23 ''Things Not to Miss'', from elegant canalside architecture and vibrant markets to outstanding art collections and traditional bars. The heart of the guide provides detailed listings, practical information and entertaining accounts of the city''s sights. Supporting the text are maps and plans covering the entire city, many in full colour and keyed with bars, restaurants and clubs.
          The Rough Guide Amsterdam
          Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
          • Accurate But Missing That Extra Spark
          The Rough Guide Amsterdam
          Martin Dunford , and Jack Holland
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          ASIN: 1858285127

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          Introduction

          Amsterdam is a compact, instantly likeable capital. It's appealing to look at and pleasant to walk around, an intriguing mix of the parochial and the international; it also has a welcoming attitude towards visitors and a uniquely youthful orientation, shaped by the liberal counterculture of the last three decades. It's hard not to feel drawn in by the buzz of open-air summer events, by the intimacy of the clubs and bars, or by the Dutch facility with languages: just about everyone you meet in Amsterdam will be able to speak near- perfect English, on top of their own native Dutch and fluent German and French.

          The city's layout is determined by a web of canals radiating out from a historical core to loop right around the centre: these planned, seventeenth-century extensions to the medieval town make for a uniquely elegant urban environment, with tall, gabled houses reflected in their still, green water. With its tree-lined canals, cobbled streets, tinkling bicycle bells and stately architecture, Amsterdam is a world away from the traffic and noise of other European city centres - modern and quiet, while still retaining a perfectly preserved 400-year-old centre.

          The conventional sights are for the most part low-key - the Anne Frank House being a notable exception - but, thanks to an active and continuing government policy of supporting the arts, Amsterdam has developed a world-class group of museums and galleries. The Van Gogh Museum is, for many people, reason enough to visit the city; add to it the Rijksmuseum, with its collections of medieval and seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, the contemporary and experimental Stedelijk Museum, and hundreds of smaller galleries, and the quality and range of art on display is evident.

          However, it's Amsterdam's population and politics that constitute its most enduring characteristics. Celebrated during the 1960s and 1970s for its radical permissiveness, the city mellowed only marginally during the 1980s, and, despite the inevitable gentrification of the last decade, it retains a laid-back feel. It is, however, far from being as cosmopolitan a city as London or Paris: despite the huge numbers of immigrants from former colonies in Surinam and Indonesia, as well as Morocco and Turkey (among other places), almost all live and work outside the centre and can seem almost invisible to the casual visitor. Indeed there is an ethnic and social homogeneity in the city-centre population that seems to run counter to everything you might have heard of Dutch integration.

          This apparent contradiction embodies much of the spirit of Amsterdam. The city is world famous as a place where the possession and sale of cannabis are effectively legal - and yet, for the most part, Amsterdammers themselves can't really be bothered with the stuff. And while Amsterdam is renowned for its tolerance towards all styles of behaviour and dress, a more prim, correct-thinking capital city, with a more mainstream dress sense, would be hard to find. Behind the cosy cafés and dreamy canals lurks the suspicion that Amsterdammers' hearts lie squarely in their wallets. And while newcomers might see the city as a haven of liberalism and tolerance, Amsterdammers can seem just as indifferent to this as well.

          In recent years, increasingly hard-line city mayors have taken this conservatism on board and seem to have embarked on a generally successful - if unspoken - policy of quashing Amsterdam's image as a counterculture icon and depicting it instead as a centre for business and international high finance. Most of the inner-city squats - which once defined Amsterdam's people-power for locals and visitors alike - are now either empty or legalized. Coffeeshops are now forced to choose between selling dope or alcohol, and, if only for economic reasons, many are switching to the latter. Such shifts in attitude, combined with alterations to the city's landscape, in the form of large-scale urban development projects on the outskirts and an almost continuous modernization of buildings and infrastructure in the historic centre, together generate an unmistakeable feeling that Amsterdam and its people are busy reinventing themselves, writing off their hippyish adventures and returning to earlier, more respectable days.

          Perhaps mercifully, this hasn't happened yet, and Amsterdam remains a casual and intimate place, modern and innovative yet comfortably familiar. Amsterdammers themselves make much of their city and its attractions being gezellig, a rather overused Dutch word roughly corresponding to a combination of "cosy", "lived-in" and "warmly convivial". The city's unparalleled selection of gezellig drinking places is a delight, whether you choose a traditional, bare-floored brown café or one of the many designer bars or "grand cafés". Amsterdam's unique approach to combating hard-drug abuse - embodied in the effective decriminalization of cannabis - has led to a large number of coffeeshops, which sell coffee only as a sideline to high-quality marijuana and hashish. The city's wide range of entertainment possibilities means you need never wonder what to do: multimedia complexes like the Melkweg are at the forefront of contemporary European film, dance, drama and music, while dozens of other venues present live music from all genres (the Dutch have a particular soft spot for jazz), and, resident in the world- famous Concertgebouw concert hall, Amsterdam has one of the world's leading classical orchestras. The club scene, on the other hand, is subdued by the standards of other capital cities, dominated by more or less mainstream house music, and with the emphasis far more on dancing than on posing. Gay men, however, will discover that Amsterdam has Europe's most active nightlife network, although women might be disappointed at the exclusivity of the proclaimed "Gay Capital of Europe".

          Customer Reviews:

          3 out of 5 stars Accurate But Missing That Extra Spark.......2001-01-18

          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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