DK Top 10 Bangkok (Pocket Travel Guide)

Great travel guide and good size to be enable to carry around. Useful information to help plan your visit with the bonus of a pullout map.

I have bought this book as a gift for my daughter who is going to Bangkok. The book looks very interesting and I am sure she will like it and help her with her journey of places to visit when there

Arrived on time this guide will extremely handy. Nice maps and tbe top ten lists are ideal.

Bangkok is huge - we found this guide so useful on a short trip

Having previously been primarily a Lonely Planet fan, the DK Eyewitness books they have been publishing in the last few years have started to win me over. This Bangkok guide is one of their small format 'Top 10' guides which focus on smaller places and shorter trips that unfortunately however hasn't been updated to the new style. This 'Top 10' style means the book here is very much pocket size and likely to be something you can take out and about with you. The book is divided up primarily into a series of "Top 10s" which cover a huge range of different things from popular culture to best restaurants. The layout is fine for planning and a handy map makes things easier, plus dividing the city into areas. The style and layout is still unfortunately the old one which means while the information contained within may be up to date the overall format does continue to feel a bit dated. This is a bit of a shame as the long style book has been updated for the Thai capital. Despite this if you're looking to get away to Bangkok this is a pretty good companion to help you plan and enjoy the holiday if not on the most modern style.

Recommended, as someone who's visited Bangkok a dozen times in the last 20 years. The city has changed a lot—such as new airport and BTS / Metro expansions—so it's worth a bang up to date guide. Whether you're looking for a fast itinerary, tips on where to stay, or to discover the city's must-sees, has useful and up-to-date maps, helpful recommendations and practical advice. The format is useful—handy listings organised by Bangkok area. It works. The book is small—pocket sized. From experience, it's a better format for taking on a trip. For me—as travel minimalist—larger guides (Rough Guides & Lonely Planet) are best for detailed research beforehand. I can take pics of the pages. Everything here is pretty useful—A great starting point to orient yourself in the city. Just detailed enough, and you can Google for more. The maps are excellent, some overlap between the book and extremely handy pull out map.

The impression here is of a city packed with traditional buildings and floating markets. It’s a thin book so it won’r be fully detailed. Passing visit or preplanning.

This is the ideal guide for a short trip to Bangkok, for example at the beginning or end of a holiday or for an overnight cruise stay. It is light, easy to carry about with you, and gives all the information you would want/need for a shortish visit. Inevitably the small size comes with the sacrifice of detailed information about the sites - more of an issue for the major sites like the Grand Palace or Wat Pho. The guide covers the old city, the business district & Chinatown, covering the sights and with listings for shops (I've never seen a place with as many large shopping malls!), bars & restaurants, how to get around, etc.. There's even a section for things outside Bangkok although the information there is very limited - Ayutthaya, the old capital of Siam, gets just a few lines. Overall, if you are spending a few days in Bangkok and aren't looking for a guide with lots of cultural information this will do the job.

In Bangkok for work. This Eyewitness, like all the others, helped me find the best things to see and places to go. A pocket guide. On point.

Like the DK series as they show pictures of what you'll see.

Very basic and lacking in detail, as one would expect from a pocket guide. Might work for the first-time visitor who plans to spend just a few days in Bangkok.