Moleskine City Notebook Vancouver

Firstly this is by no means a guidebook, if you are looking for a quick travel guide for Seattle, I would recommend DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Seattle on http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1405360941/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_3Secondly and more importantly, this is as best you can get to a notebook from the best in the notebook business Moleskine, you will find several useful of maps at the front and in the middle which is great for marking down where you been accompanied by useful contact notes and empty directory pages which you can fill in over time. What I really like are the transparent papers which you can stick over the map, creating your own routes or places of interest on the map which you van mark down on the pen. This is handy for points of interests or for marking down the best way to get somewhere. I wish there were more of these transparent papers for every map.In addition to this, you will get several useful contact numbers for the city including tourist information, and emergency contact numbers, with lots of detachable pieces of paper although you probably wouldn't use these. The stickers however are a useful addition which you can stick to the customised directory pages, on the map or on the detachable slips.The only reason why its a four star rather than a five star is that the maps could of covered more of the lesser known areas of Seattle, and perhaps stickers which could of catered specifically for the maps.

Really useful if you're a tourist that doesn't want to appear so 'tourist-like'. Has a useful street index and map section, as well as fold-out u/s bahn network map. The little customisable tabs were a cool feature, but I didn't really use them as much- they couldve perhaps be made into a shorter section to allow for more blank pages (the reason this is 4 instead of 5 stars, really. not enough blank pages! i do have big writing, though...).I used the blank pages for sketching and as a journal- you could also stick tickets etc in, although i found the little fold-out pocket to be more useful for that. I did not use the little rip- out 'berlin' pages at the back....nice idea, but generally a waste of paper.It was small enough to fit in my small jacket pocket, and sturdy enough to survive a week in there! Reccomended for both first time and returing visitors to Berlin. I can't see why you would buy one if you lived there. :)KM

This is a great idea for a book. The maps are useful and the transparent overlays mean that you can draw on the map without permanently defacing anything. The metro map is out of date, they have re-organized how the lines run and this caused a problem trying to find the right train.This needs to be used in conjunction with another source of data - there is no information other than the maps in here. I used the Rough Guide to Brussels and picked out the highlights to write in this book. I also put in travel times, train timetables and hotel information.During the visit I collected a number of tickets, and I used this book as a scrapbook, so I now have a reminder of what I saw during my visit.

This is the last word in style, elegance and practicality. It has everything you could ever want in a notebook to record your travels. It is flexible enough that you can customise it to your own demands yet it incorporates everything that you will need - Paris metro map, street map, directions to main and lesser known tourist attractions, restaurant reviews (and space to write your own comments on meals etc)... it is a complete guide with lots of space to 'write your own guidebook' as they say in the advert.I love Moleskine for the way it feels in your hand and your pocket and this one does not disappoint. It has those little rounded hardback covers that are so useful when trying to write standing up or without a surface to lean on and there are three bookmark ribbons as well as the usual elastic one. The paper is top quality and it makes writing an absolute pleasure!Amazon's price is the cheapest you will get anywhere - I have researched this and you could pay a lot, lot more for this product!

I have used moleskin travel books before and found the details you can add about a place before you arrive is invaluable. We were constantly seen using our home made guidebook and found some hidden gems, especially in the food areas. I have always liked the fact I could find and review a place or experience in the book, to constantly update the guidebook and as a record of frequent visits.As a negative the book is very small and the maps can be quite hard to read, especially the water bus route map, but it does fit well in a handbag or pocket. Excellent quality as you would expect form a Moleskine.

I bought this in advance of a trip to Madrid, and it appears to have everything I could need.There's a map of the metro, several pages of city maps (only the city centre, but I won't need much else) and then lots of pages for notes and scribbles. The notes pages are broken down by tabs, with seperate sections for food, drink, hotels, sights, etc, and a number of blank tabs so you can make your own dedicated sections. There's also a healthy number of blank pages, a section for names/addresses, a handy block of tracing paper, and a document pocket at the back for business cards and whatnot.I think the real value in this will come from years of shared use with friends and family, as it's the perfect tome to build up your own travel guide. I'd happily shell out for the other city versions if/when I visit those places.

I love these books. Useful maps and loads of space for notes. If you need a map and notebook, don't want to stand out as lost of confused get one of these. Load the note pages with information and set out for the day