Excellent. We use it each time we go...the pages are worn...recommendations on places to stay, dining, etc. have been right on target. I know that using this book helped introduce us to the Outer Banks in such a way that our experience kept us coming back. Thank you Insiders' Guides for wonderful publications.

The author needs to update. For being hot off the press in April, 2000, I was disappointed it wasn't more current. Don't bother looking for the "wreck of the Altoona" - the locals informed us that it hadn't been seen since 1978 (the author's directions to find it were poor and we walked for about two hours in the hot sand trying to find it before we finally went to the visitors center and asked). Do go to Edenton and take their self-guided walking tour (approx 1 hour) This is a very pretty town and a nice side trip.

This is a very important guide to add to your vacation planning tools. If you have been to the Outer Banks before it will help you find those little out of the way shops you would never find otherwise. If you have never been there before it help you out on a daily basis. Many of the local shops and restaurants are in houses and on side streets, and this makes some of the better treasures hidden. This book will help you find these treasures. This book also gives phone numbers of all of it's listings. This is Absolutely the best aspect of this Guide. The Guide will even give you a short history lesson of the area. I strongly recommend this book.

Absolutely wonderful travel guide. Pay close attention to the authors' suggestions for their favorite restaurants... it's well worth it! Can't stress enough how much an earlier edition helped on our first trip to the outer banks... this edition has also helped immensely on our second trip!