Product Description

2.38 million Britons visited the Netherlands in 2006 this is a 8.6 per cent increase on 2005 (National Statistics). This is a new-look city guide, featuring great new design and a new colour section. It contains more walking and cycling tours of Amsterdam than the competition and offers in-depth coverage of the city and off-the beaten path sights and neighbourhoods for the intrepid traveller who wants to go beyond the typical and experience "real" Amsterdam culture.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21786 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 287 pages

Customer Reviews

Again a great book from Lonely Planet
As most Lonely Planet guide books I have read, this has also been of great help to me. It really increased my joy of expectations. And they were fulfilled.
I love to really study my guide book weeks in advance of my departure. If I am going away on the spur of the moment and I do not have time for thorough study, I usually by another guide book, besides the Lonely Planet guide, for getting the quick overview and use the Lonely Planet guide for a reference book (looking-up things).
I only give it 4 stars as the map maybe could be a little bit better.

Not helpful at all
I got this book as a guide for my first visit to Amsterdam. Couldn't get as far as finding my hotel on the less than clear and confusing maps at the back. Dam square never looked so elusive. Having said that it does contain lots of words which I'm sure are full of useful information if you can unscramble the layout. All in all a waste of money as I'll have to have a look at other guides and see which ones are clear, concise and exactly what you are looking for. The internet was more useful.
But two stars as I'm sure once you buy a map from somewhere else it will have its uses. Mind you they should be the main part of any handy travel guide.

The maps are very good, in fact
I have this book. Found it very helpful over the course of two visits to Amsterdam. I'm writing this review though primarily to give some balance to the question of the maps it has.

There are several separate maps in the book for each section of the city. These are handy, as far as they go (but are actually improved upon in the smaller Lonely Planet book "Amsterdam Encounter" -- one of my two top recommendations for Amsterdam travel guides -- the other is "Get Lost!").

But the primary map is the removable full-city (well, as full as you'd probably want) one at the back of the book (it's also included in the smaller Encounter guide book). This is a very handy map indeed. There is a high density of streets in Amsterdam, and many change names as they cross intersections. This map has the most in-place street names printed on the map of any other I found. There is a street name index on the reverse, along with a tram map.

The only downsides I found to this map were 1) that I used it so much it began to fall apart at the creases, and 2) that the tram lines were not overlaid on the street map itself. I have found exactly 1 Amsterdam map that overcomes these faults, and it's not included in any of the other guides -- it's the Amsterdam Pocket-Pilot, but because it's laminated it's more difficult to make your own map annotations... I guess you can't have everything!

Bottom line, the map in this guide is definitely superior to the ones from Time Out and Rough Guide, which I think are the most comparable competitors.