Top 10 San Antonio and Austin (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) Review
My wife and I enjoyed seven days, Austin, San Antonio and the mountain in autumn, and we found the 2009 edition of this very good overview of the points of interest. We did not compare with the version of 2007, we used the 2009 version is a photo of the Alamo and a white top on the cover. DK notes that it is a revision of the 2009 edition, without identifying any further. The ISBN number for the 2009 edition is ISBN 9780756645809; Amazon user to that number in 2009 will returnEdition.
This guide is a strong emphasis on the San Antonio, with approximately 70% of the entries, perhaps 15% of Austin and the balance of the Hill Country. Nancy Mikula did a good job of gathering sights on conversations with friends and relatives living in the area - San Antonio is by far the biggest tourist attraction in Texas, but Mikula did an excellent job of collecting interesting sites Austin and Fredricksburg.
The inset maps are small, but the highways of Texas andnot distract the majority of the roads are well marked, so the actual size of the usability of the book. Furthermore, there is an excellent map on a large scale the lid of the bag, which is very well served.
We use Mikula's Top 10 Santa Fe (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide), a city that we know very well, I really liked, and recommend visiting friends, for us there. Overview This guide is also good for San Antonio in particular.
A general comment on the Top 10 of the series: IYou will find a brief section devoted to other resources, especially books about the area. Mikula does not describe a good job in traffic sources of the maps on the Internet, in magazines and at the tourist office. But it would be useful as a starting point for exploring the area in more depth, a list of excellent books. Here is a brief list of my favorites:
Insiders Guide 'in San Antonio, 4th (Insiders' Guide Series) - essays by local residents.
In a pit close: Essays on Texas --cultural insights of Larry McMurtry.
Texas A Modern History - a brief overview of a distinguished historian.
All in all, the 2009 edition of this book a very useful guide for a week long trip to the area.
Robert C. Ross 2009
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