The Lonely Planet series was recommended to me, and the guide to Prague was the first one I purchased. The recommendation was right on, the guide's reputation is well deserved. Everything I needed to know is included, the places and restaurants were exactly as described, and the maps and walking tours were easy to follow.

I have spent 6 days in Prague with this book and I can say this is a good tourist book for short trips. Not perfect though: the list of hotels is very weak, so better if you look for them yourself; restaurants listed as very good tend to became worse after good Lonely Planet-reviews. Otherwise this is really a nice guide with lots of useful tips.

As far as descriptions of sights, restaurants tours, history, etc, the information was pretty accurate. But actually being in Prague and using the book to get around to different sights and restaurants was extremely difficult.

Instead of having a chapter on a specific neighborhood with everything in that neighborhood, they have a chapter on neighborhoods, then shopping, then eating, then drinking, then entertainment, etc. Having to flip to the eating section, then flip back to the neighborhood section, then flip to the map to see where it was located was very time consuming and annoying.

Another thing I didn't like was that the writing on the maps was much too small. I have perfect reading vision and could barely make out the street names and numbers.

Maps of main historical sights, top sightseeing tips and cultural tips make this guide necessary for those who plan to travel from such a different culture. Really helpful.

This will be my first time in Prague to study at university. This book has extensive information on the area with quick tips for foreigners. Although, I do wish that this book had more pictures. The map in the back is a must.

exactly what you need when you visit Prague

I always enjoy a update Lonely Planet to any city that I am going to. Yet the place I am staying in not in the book, there is a great map to to find the location.

I am a native of Prague living in LA for many years. I have been visiting Prague yearly since the Velvet Revolution and thought I new all there was to know. To my surprise the Lonely Planet guide taught me a heap I did not know and made me a much better host for first time visitors.

欧州へツアーでいく場合、普通は駆け足の日程になるため、このようなガイドは必要ないと思いますが、個人旅行でゆっくりプラハを見たい方には良いと思います。

日本のガイドブックと違って写真が少なくてシンプルなつくりになっているものの内容は充実しています。もちろん多少の英語力は必要ですが、単語を引きながら読む価値はありますよ。

とても盛りだくさんなので旅行直前よりも1ヶ月くらい前から読み始めることをお勧めします。

This is a good book for a city guide but there are a few things that need updating. Well worth purchasing

At first, I had been disappointed by this used book because the pull out map was missing - which is a crucial part of a city guide - but the worldofbooks service was excellent! After I had critized this, they contacted me and offered me to choose another used book of the same price to make up for the missing pull-out map. So, 4 stars in the end!

Having visited Prague over the Easter weekend I brought two guide books with me but all you really need is this one. It just missed a 5 star rating as it was published in 2010 so there were a few out of date pieces of information and reviews, but that is to be expected. I would recommend checking out the 'Best breakfast' text box (but note, 'Red Hot & Blues' is closed down, whether it's due to reopen I don't know) and the 'Weird art' text box (page 142) detailing the sculptures of David Cerny scattered about Prague. The maps are great and easy to use and the book is broken down into background, neighbourhoods, eating, drinking, shopping, etc with some nice photography at the start. Great guide book, you can't really steer wrong with Lonely Planet.

excellent service excellent product.