Ottima guida, consigliatissima!

Not as useful as I hoped it would be, but still worth having on my trip.
At some point I am really going to need to stop and figure out what it is that makes some places more accessible by guide than others. I once thought that it might be a matter of how walkable a city is, like Amsterdam having nearly all of its places of greatest interest in the center of the city making a guide less helpful because you would just find things as you moved from one thing to the next. This isn't the case, as I discovered in Delft. Having a lovely walkable city to tour was improved with the help of the city guide, as was Haarlem. Amsterdam not so much. It may be how much I share the tastes of the writer of the guide.

Anyway, this volume wasn't useless as a guide to Amsterdam, but it wasn't essential either.

Decent book, especially when you have limited time in the Netherlands and still wants to have a glimpse of what it’s like.

Davvero un'ottima guida turistica, tra pochi giorni partirò per Amsterdam e devo dire che dopo aver letto questa guida mi sento preparatissima, i consigli presenti all'interno sono semplici e pratici e spesso vengono consigliate attrazioni meno turistiche e più tipiche per provare a pieno l'esperienza Olandese.

La consiglio davvero a tutti coloro che devono partire e sicuramente ne acquisterò altre di questa marca per i miei prossimi viaggi!

We took this book with us when we were in Amsterdam-it was very useful and much easier than carrying than other travel books that we had with us.

Another winner from Lonely Planet. The map is a great overview of the city's tram line, and the neighborhood guys really helped us make an itinerary. I wish the hotel guide had been a little more thorough, but hotel info changes too fast for a book to keep up.

Definitely informational! I don’t think you’re supposed to read travel guides cover to cover but I am a crazy person. Beware the edition that you get! Some of the places listed were closed when I looked online since I had the 2013 edition. That’s not the book’s fault though, just my library’s.

I loved the layout and how many pictures of Amsterdam they featured! It got me really excited to travel! Also the language part at the back was helpful.

Book was organized and offered good itineraries. Trip is in April so will have to update then.