Product Description

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Hawaii will lead you straight to the best attractions the Hawaiian Islands have to offer, with over 600 detailed maps, illustrations and colour photographs. This guidebook gives detailed background information on the best sights and activities, from the spectacular national parks and volcanoes, to surfing at the world class beaches. There are beautiful cutaways and floor plans of ancient landmarks, as well as 3D aerial views, maps and thematic walks and tours. Features include a section on the best foods and flavours of Hawaii, Hawaiian history and heritage and chapters devoted to all of the islands including Honolulu and Waikiki. This DK Eyewitness Travel Guide to Hawaii is fully updated and expanded with dozens of reviews for hotels, recommended restaurants and tips for the best shopping, markets and festivals. Don't miss a thing with the DK Eyewitness Guide to Hawaii.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16457 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Review
'A pleasurable read with ravishing photography plus maps and plans of supreme quality.' The Observer

Customer Reviews

Too short, too high level
We own about 15 of the DK Eyewitness Travel guides, and have dogeared the pages over several trips. They are amazingly useful.

But this one is not their best effort. Hawaii is a very diverse place, and to try and "hit the highlights" in a travel guide is a mistake. This book is right at 200 pages, but almost 80 are about Honolulu, Wakiki and Oahu, leaving only 120 pages for all of the other islands. Even the pieces about Oahu (with little info about the west coast/Makaha and just a mattering on the North Shore) and Honolulu (with a few measly paragraphs on Pearl Harbor) is scant.

As I said, I love the DK Eyewitness series, it is the first travel book when get when going someplace new. But for Hawaii, there are several other books more in-depth. If you are going to Maui or The Big Island, I suggest getting Maui:Revealed or Hawaii The Big Island: Revealed (each 300 pages, pictures, maps, etc.)

A Must
This book is a must for any visitor to Hawaii, it contains a wealth of information in an easy to follow format, one of the best guide books I've read.