Lonely Planet Make My Day Washington DC Spiral-bound – October 1, 2015

Finally, a city guide that appeals to me. I checked out 4-5 guides at my local book store, but they all seemed wordy and boring.This book has: two pull out maps, built in book mark, elastic closure, and easy to use itinerary cards.Also, each activity card has a top tip, map location, restaurant choice, basic facts, and opening/closing times.We won't have a lot of time to play tourist as the main reason we will be in the area is to participate in clinical research at NIH. This book will make it easy to find something to do, if we are able to have any downtime in the evening or on our last day.

I love the make my day series. I now own four different cities. It is a simple guidebook with top tourist destinations it makes it super easy to pick out the places you want to visit and start planning. The extra map included are really handy to take with you on your trip.I take post it flags and mark the destinations I want to go.

The book is set up that a page is divided into 3 sections horizontally. The top for the morning, middle for afternoon, and bottom for the night time. You can flip through the book and take the morning section of say page 2, line in up with the afternoon of page 4, etc. Problem is if a museum is in the morning section but you're actually planning to go in the afternoon. So I didn't find it that helpful. I only really used it for the included map.

The Lonely Planet Guides are the best and are jam packed with fun, creative ideas. What is so awesome about this book is that the book is a tri-fold so you can flip and plan what you'd like to do in the morning, afternoon & evening. I used to live in Arlington, VA and we got this book as a gift for a young couple/dear friends who are moving to D.C. This book is what truly got them so excited about moving versus thinking about being homesick for Atlanta!

Everything I needed in a nice layout easy to cram in my purse. Very happy with it.

This little book was quite useful in helping us plan out our days in DC. The way you could pick and choose to create the 'perfect ' day was a novel way of presenting the information. Tips on distance between venues and where to eat were also very nice touches. The only reason I give it a 4, not a 5, is because there were notable places to visit that were excluded, such as the National Zoo. Whether it was left out because the authors made an assumption that a tourist would spend the entire day there or because it it not in DC proper, I don't know, but there may have been other omissions that a casual visitor might not even know to ask about because they were not included.

perfect for our trip to washington

It's ok - but it's somewhat confusing - I returned it as it wasn't what I wanted. Although it did have a map i the back, it wasn't easy to connect the places with the map. I've always liked the Lonely Planet Guides, but this one was a disappointment.