DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cape Town and the Winelands (Pocket Travel Guide)

To use as a carry on for day to day travel in S. Africa.

Concise & vfm

Too little information and even then much of it is repetitive. Not much use.

The book is pocket size and easy to follow the map is excellent

DK Eyewitness is without a doubt one of my preferred publishers of pocket-sized travel guidebooks. This guide to Cape Town and the Winelands is handy in size, as does indeed fit in a pocket or backpack etc. The cover is nice and thick so will withstand being knocked about a bit inside a bag.The content of the book is laid out in a very easy to use format. Photos and maps are crisp and detailed enough for a basic travel guide. Suggested places to visit are written with just enough detail for you to be tempted, and there are plenty of suggestions for places to visit, eat, drink, relax, etc.Hard to fault, and therefore I can highly recommend this book to you.

If I go to a country I have not been to before, I tend to buy one of these guidebooks. They are not the most comprehensive, there is no page after page of written detail and history of everything. What these guides excel at is their brevity, whilst making it interesting and colourful. Each chapter deals with a separate area of the country. Each page examines the most important things within that area. It gives you great colour pictures and artist impressions. It describes in succinct detail the history of what you are looking at. The format makes it easily accessible and perfect for use whilst on the move. It fits into a backpack or handbag, is not heavy and you can read each page very quickly so you are not bogged down.I really adore these books, as the descriptions and intricate detail of the illustrations makes sightseeing so much easier. On the back, there is a fold-out map, which is can be very clearly seen. The final chapters deal with life in the country, currencies, banking, transport, life in general and how not to fall into the tourist traps etc. They are very informative if you have never visited before.Overall these books bring the country/city to life. They are colourful and succinct and are very easy to use as you travel around. I highly recommend them, if you are new to a city and don't want to get a guidebook that will bog you down with too much detail.