Lisbon's proximity to the coast makes it an ideal choice for both sightseeing and sunbathing, and with more than 500 sumptuous color photographs, maps, and illustrations, this is your indispensable guide to Portugal's bright capital. Whether you're looking for a cup of Lisbon's signature coffee or a captivating place in which to enjoy it, the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Lisbon is the perfect travel companion. This fully revised edition includes 3-D aerial views of Lisbon's most interesting districts and cutaways and floor plans of all the major sights, including the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos. The "Four Great Days" sightseeing itineraries and two specially devised walking tours will allow you to discover the harbor city's architectural charm and rich history in depth, while a reliable selection of bars, hotels, shops, and entertainment venues will ensure you don't miss a thing. Immerse yourself in the history of Portugal's golden age as you explore hidden treasures through the streets of the ancient Belém parish. Indulge yourself in life's simple pleasures with the fine wines of Portugal or the delectable pastries freshly baked in Lisbon's classic and contemporary cafés. Explore a wide range of Lisbon's music, entertainment, and nightlife as you delve deeply into the culture scene with this indispensable guide in hand. The enlarged and enhanced color Street Finder, detailed public transport map, and pull-out map with detailed sheet maps and useful transportation information will ensure you'll have no problem finding your way.

Whether you want to discover the historical and distinctive character of the Opera House, party in the Sterngasse or watch in awe at the world famous winter riding school, this guide will show you the best that Vienna has to offer. It includes streetfinder maps, suggested walks, shops, recommended hotels and much more.

Eyewitness Travel Guides are the original illustrated travel reference and throughout 2003, the entire list of more than 70 destinations is being fully updated to show you more of what other guides only tell you. With a stunning, brand-new look, Eyewitness Travel Guides are essential reading for vacation, business, or armchair travel. Consistently chosen over the competition in national consumer market research, Eyewitness Travel Guides include up-to-date information on local customs, currency, medical services, transportation, and much more.

Vol. 2 : The Western Hemisphere (exclusive of the United States). - 579 p.

An elaborate kaleidoscope of craft, artistry and religion, Kyoto is one of the world's most popular travel destinations. Art and design form the weft and warp of this vibrant 1,200-year-old city, home to hundreds of gardens, palaces, villas and magnificent wooden temples, including seventeen UNESCO World Heritage sites. Like a Zen koan, Kyoto defies easy description. Its citizens may work at Nintendo designing video games, at a company designing precision medical instruments, or sitting cross-legged meticulously affixing micro-thin flakes of gold foil onto a painting. All of them share a living heritage grounded in centuries of traditional culture. In Kyoto: City of Zen, local Kyoto expert Judith Clancy presents the most important gardens, temples, shrines and palaces of this ancient capital city and enduring cultural center. In addition to unveiling the city's spiritual and historical riches, this book shares with readers the exquisite foods, artistic crafts, religious ceremonies and architectural traditions that have flourished in Kyoto for over a millennium. Tea ceremonies, calligraphy, weaving, pottery, painting, drama, and many more traditional arts and crafts are presented through more than 350 photographs by Ben Simmons, whose images capture the true essence of Kyoto. The city's natural setting also comes into focus as you walk along leafy mountain paths and through spectacular parks and gardens viewing the best foliage each season has to offer.

In The Hopes of Snakes, Lisa Couturier celebrates the stories of forgotten, overlooked animals who have adapted nobly to city and suburban life in the Northeast. With sharp perception and deep humanity, she has found what is so remarkable in the nature we see most often and illuminated it like no one before her. The Hopes of Snakes is an eloquent and powerful debut by one of the best new writers exploring nature in the humanized landscape.

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you! America's 3rd largest city is known for its non-stop energy, outstanding architecture, ethnic neighborhoods and cultural life. DK's Eyewitness Travel Guides: Chicago set the standard for the balance of sightseeing, historical and practical information. Whether going to see the Cubs at Wrigley Field, looking for a Chagall at the Art Institute, or heading to the top of the John Hancock Building, there is no better guide to show you what the "Windy City" has to offer. Includes a spectacular bird's-eye view of the Magnificent Mile, floor plans of the major museums, with excellent coverage of the city's nightlife, shops and markets.

Packed with photographs, illustrations, and maps, Eyewitness Travel Guide: London includes in-depth coverage of London's unforgettable sights from the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace to the trendy piazza of Covent Garden. Unearthing the best of the city's stunning architecture, palaces and parks, west-end musicals, world-class art galleries and museums in between, there are 3D aerial views of London's most interesting districts, cutaways and floor-plans of all the major sites, and detailed listings of the best hotels and restaurants in London for all budgets. The guide includes four 'Great Days Out' and extensive practical information including insider tips on where to find London's best shops and markets, traditional pubs and the goldmine of fun to be found for children. Whether you're taking a thrilling 'flight' on the London Eye or gazing at the crown jewels at the Tower of London, there is detailed background on everything from Kings and Queens to where to see Roman, Medieval, Elizabethan and Victorian London as well as several guided walks of varied character.

From Jewish clothing merchants to Bangladeshi curry houses, ancient docks to the 2012 Olympics, the area east of the City has always played a crucial role in London's history. The East End, as it has been known, was the home to Shakespeare's first theatre and to the early stirrings of a mass labour movement; it has also traditionally been seen as a place of darkness and despair, where Jack the Ripper committed his gruesome murders, and cholera and poverty stalked the Victorian streets. In this beautifully illustrated history of this iconic district, John Marriott draws on 25 years of research into the subject to present an authoritative and endlessly fascinating account. With the aid of copious maps, archive prints and photographs, and the words of East Londoners from 17th-century silk-weavers to Cockneys during the Blitz, he explores the relationship between the East End and the rest of London, and challenges many of the myths which surround the area.

As early as the 1850s, gaslight tempted New Yorkers out into a burgeoning nightlife filled with shopping, dining, and dancing. Electricity later turned the city at night into an even more stunning spectacle of brilliantly lit streets and glittering skyscrapers. The advent of artificial lighting revolutionized the urban night, creating not only new forms of life and leisure, but also new ways of perceiving the nocturnal experience. New York Nocturne is the first book to examine how the art of the gaslit and electrified city evolved, and how representations of nighttime New York expanded the boundaries of modern painting, literature, and photography. Exploring the myriad images of Manhattan after dark, New York Nocturne shows how writers and artists took on the city's nocturnal blaze and transformed the scintillating landscape into an icon of modernity. The book traces key metaphors of the nighttime city: a seductive Babylon in the mid-1850s, a misty fairyland colonized by an empire of light in the early twentieth century, and a skyscraper-studded land of desire that became a stage for the voyeurism and violence of the 1940s and 1950s. The epilogue suggests how these themes have continued to shape our vision of nighttime New York ever since. Abundantly illustrated, New York Nocturne includes original readings of works by Whitman, Poe, Whistler, Riis, Stieglitz, Abbott, O'Keeffe, Stella, Hopper, Weegee, Ellison, Jacquette, and many others. Collectively, they tell a fascinating story about the relationship between night, art, and modern urban life.

With photographs, 3D aerial views, thematic and area maps, cutaways, floorplans, and accessible area-by-area organization, this book is one of a series of travel guides that show readers the prime sights, the best restaurants, shopping, and hotels - for all budgets. Museums, entertainment, walks, and sidetrips ensure you are never at a loss for where to go and what to see and do in Prague Easy-to-follow, timed walks take in the city's best sights, with a survival guide to local transport, currency, tickets, and telephones included. An entertainment section includes theatre, nightlife, sports and children's activities with a timeline of historical events included to show each areas development process.

Packed with photographs, illustrations, and a free pull-out city map, Eyewitness Travel Guide: Paris explores all the unforgettable sights, from the world-famous Eiffel Tower and Louvre gallery to the artistic Montmartre and atmospheric Cimetière du Montparnasse. With detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets, this fully updated and expanded guide gives insider tips on everything from shopping Parisian-style on Avenue Montaigne to exploring the richly designed gardens of Versaille. DK's uniquely visual Eyewitness Travel Guide: Paris includes cutaways, floor-plans and reconstructions of the city's stunning architecture, plus 3D aerial views of Paris's best districts to explore on foot. The map has detailed street views of all the key areas, plus there are transport maps and information on how to get around the city, including the most useful tickets to buy for your stay.