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Frommer's Beijing (Frommer's Complete) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jen Lin-liu, Sherisse Pham
Publisher: Frommers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 182285
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 246
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0470175931
Dewey Decimal Number: 915
EAN: 9780470175934
ASIN: 0470175931
Publication Date: February 19, 2008
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Product Description
Frommer's. The best trips start here.
Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.
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Insider coverage on Beijing's exciting restaurants, the most intriguing districts, and the Olympic Games.
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Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
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Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
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Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Resource at the Hotel August 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are a lot of travel guides, and I particularly like the Frommer's guides because they take care to include a handful of very local experiences in each category that are generally difficult to find and more rewarding than a typical tour-bus barrage.
I also like them because I am familiar with their layout and know the basic biases of the reviewers (skewed luxury, where there are several multi-hundred dollar a night hotels and just a handful of cheaper accommodations), but one inconvenience is that the book marks you as a tourist and is a bit hard to carry if you're trying to navigate Beijing without a fanny pack. I've always wished they had an electronic guide - like the iPhone app they have for San Francisco. The closest I have found is the hoodhot travel Beijing taxi guide, which works great for finding the Chinese addresses to the stuff you see in the book.
 Books can't keep up with China July 22, 2008
This book is pretty good on the basics but it quickly becomes apparent that either the editors are not working hard enough to keep up with changes or China is changing to fast to keep up with or both.
For example- the subway system in Beijing is sparkling new, with English signs and announcements and electronic tickets. Completely different from the description provided in the guidebook.
For history and background it is a good resource.
Good book to buy May 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Small enough to take w/you on the trip but enough content to read ahead of time to get familiar with Beijing. Would have given 5 stars if it had more/better maps.
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