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Title: Kiev: The Bradt City Guide (Bradt Mini Guide)
ISBN: 1841620998
Author:
Andrew Evans
Publicate Date: 2004-11-01
Publish: 2004-11-01
List Price: $12.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Used in Kyiv Aug. 2007
This book was my 'tour guide' for my vacation to Kyiv. I followed the points of interest when I didn't have a tour guide or my English-speaking friends around. I even suggested a museum and a few restaurants that they didn't even know about, even though they lived in Kyiv most of their lives! Though the prices have risen since the publishing of the book and a few restaurants and museums have closed or moved, this book is a must-have for anyone going to this great city!
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2: Traveling in Ukraine
Anyone planning to travel in Ukraine--or having just returned from a visit to Ukraine--should know that this is the best guidebook I have yet to see. For what I call "after-study" (reading the guidebook when you return from a foreign land, rather than before you go--yes, it's extremely useful), Andrew Evans can't be topped. His chatty yet comprehensive account of Ukraine--its major cities as well as nooks and crannies--is enormously instructive. Not only historical sights and sites, but also hotels large and small, ditto places to eat and drink, are described with indispensable detail. The author KNOWS Ukraine and shares myriad helpful insights with his lucky readers.
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3: Extremely well-written, factual guide - perfect size, too
I will travel to Kiev this fall; this book is fairly recently published (prices quoted are undoubtedly higher) but has all the essential information and very readable historical and factual descriptions of the city, amenities and sights. It will be in my luggage!
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4: Great Little Book
This is a terrific introduction to the city, easy to read and digest. It is not detailed like a DK Eyewitness Travel Guide, but it has the essentials, including some phrases, maps, and web site references.
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5: Comprehensive, handy, excellent guide
I have made several trips to Kiev (officially Kyiv) in recent years and am very glad to have found this excellent guide, which I will use on my next trip. Well-written, packed with information, and handy. Although more than 300 pages it can easily be carried in any pocket.
Evans covers all the tourist sites but he is very good also on the culture, the amenities, how to get the most from your trip. This book will also be very useful for people who will spend a longer time in Ukraine, at a job or on a business project, or studying. It covers a lot of nuts and bolts that visitors need to know. It is filled with information that will save you a lot of money and that will protect your health. For example: "don't drink the water."
Anyone who gets this book and the very good, just published, Lonely Planet guide to Ukraine, will be well-armed for an enjoyable trip. Evans has also written a guidebook to all of Ukraine that I haven't read yet.
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