tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57372373799077829332012-02-16T10:23:15.216-08:00Travel Guides ReviewedPlanning on travelling abroad? Choose a country from the list below for country-specific travel guidebook reviews. Find out if the best-sellers are best for you, and where to locate the best deals!Linda Dorsetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963548052660432767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737237379907782933.post-44000895176519123032010-03-26T02:03:00.000-07:002010-03-26T05:32:25.044-07:002010-03-26T05:32:25.044-07:00<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1740593146?ie=UTF8&tag=travguidrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1740593146">Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=travguidrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1740593146" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><br />
I really liked this one by Lonely Planet, and I recommend it to anyone who's heading to Europe for the first time. This 1,328-page powerhouse travel guidebook does an excellent job preparing the first-time Europe traveller, both young and old, for any country on the Old Continent. <br />
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Topics include in the book: money exchange, visas, packing your bags, customs, Internet resources, health, electricity, disabled traveller advice, and a whole lot more. The authors give you an overview of each country, along with a section on their major cities and the best ways to get around. At the end of the guide there is an appendix with useful telephone numbers, maps and language notes.<br />
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ls_trJM3o0Ve-QQWsfPUAuxQFG4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ls_trJM3o0Ve-QQWsfPUAuxQFG4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TravelGuidesReviewed/~4/UbSIBy65G1A" height="1" width="1"/>Linda Dorsetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963548052660432767noreply@blogger.com0http://travelguidesreviewed.blogspot.com/2010/03/lonely-planet-europe-on-shoestring-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737237379907782933.post-81927125733310221102010-03-18T07:49:00.000-07:002010-03-18T07:51:42.616-07:002010-03-18T07:51:42.616-07:00<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1598802828?ie=UTF8&tag=travguidrevi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1598802828">Rick Steves' Best of Europe 2010</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=travguidrevi-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1598802828" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /><br />
Rick Steves does it again! This "Best of" edition is by far the best Europe travel guidebook you can buy as far as I'm concerned. It's actually a synthesis of all his European country-specific guide books, with the most important snippets skillfully patched together.<br />
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You get maps, hotels, restaurants, trip planning tips and tourist office info for countries such as Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britian, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. <br />
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This book also leads you away from the tourist masses --great for those looking to diverge from the beaten path. If you plan to spend a short time in these countries, this is the book for you!<br />
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Downside: As the title implies "Best of" (great highlights and not the full story). If you plan to spend extra time in any one of the aforementioned countries, you may consider buying a country-specific book from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%5Fsb%5Fnoss%26field-keywords%3Drick%2520steves%2520%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dstripbooks&tag=travguidrevi-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Rick Steves' book collection</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=travguidrevi-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" />.<br />
<em>-Great as always Rick!</em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5737237379907782933-8192712573331022110?l=travelguidesreviewed.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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Stay tuned!<br />
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