Knopf Mapguide Vienna

For someone who hates walking around in a new city carrying cumbersome folding maps, Knopf MapGuide is just the ticket. Map sections are easy to read. I wish though the designers could have found room for separate maps for metro, buses, and trams.

This series of city gudes are wonderful for any traveler. They are handy and small enough to fit in a pocket. They provide useful information at a glance.

If you are making a trip to Vienna, half of the fun is the anticipation and reading a full length guidebook such as the Eyewitness Vienna Guide will help your planning. But once you are there, you can't beat the Knopf CityMap Guide. It has a fold-out format that you can hold in your hand (not like a folding map that you hold in your arms like a newspaper). The Guide highlights the important tourist sites and locates them on the maps. This helps you plan a day or half-day of sight-seeing in the same part of town. The restaurant recommendations are good, and again, you save running all over town--you look up what is near where you are. I'd count this as indispensible for a Vienna vacation.