- Paperback: 1324 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet; 4 edition (Feb 15 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1740597796
- ISBN-13: 978-1740597791
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.9 x 5.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
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"Remarkably comprehensive." -- New York Times
"The difference is in the details." -- Los Angeles Times
"These travel guides are student travelers' dreams come true." -- University Wire
"The difference is in the details." -- Los Angeles Times
"These travel guides are student travelers' dreams come true." -- University Wire
Book Description
The only guidebook series exclusively for backpackers, by backpackers
- More budget focused than ever before--for big trips on small budgets - New helpful tips for big-trip novices and inspiring planning tools - Includes information on working abroad and responsible travel - The most comprehensive guide to Europe, covering 43 countries - Effortless planning with a range of travel routes and four-page "Festivals" section - 174 maps, including full-colour regional map - Easy-to-use language section with key phrases for 29 languages
Covers Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
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4.1 out of 5 stars (17 customer reviews)
80 of 85 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
No guidebook is perfect..., Dec 19 2005
By Julia Webber "nerd" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring (Paperback)
... but I find the Lonely Planet guides to be better than most. Obviously this book covers a very large area, so it goes for breadth rather than depth. If you want to explore a country outside the major cities, get a local guide. This book contains a good amount of details about major Western countries- specifically Britain, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. If you are planning on travelling through the Balkans, Eastern Central Europe, the Baltics or Scandinavia, you should know that this guide only provides information about the major cities and tourist centers, and will not guide you away from the beaten path. Also, be aware that the book does not include Belarus or the Ukraine.Lonely Planet provides excellent maps, directions to attractions, and instructions for using the local transport (very useful), along with a language guide. Their advice regarding where to go and what to see, along with what to stay away from, is usually quite good.
The main problem with this book is price inaccuracies. Naturally, prices change, so it is to be expected that the restaraunt, hotel and attraction prices cited in the guide may not be entirely accurate, but a person should be able to take it as truth when a guide says that ________ is the cheapest place to get food/accomodation/internet access... Lonely Planet misses a lot of budget traveler's gems and focuses mainly on expensive things in city centers. If you take the metro/bus/whatever a few stops away from the center in most of these towns, you can find hostels/restaraunts/internet cafes which are much cheaper than those listed in the book. It's worth the 10 extra minutes of travel time if you truly need to travel "on a shoestring."
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brief, accurate and useful, April 20 2005
By Daniel Grace - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring (Paperback)
This is the most useful guide for budget travel in Europe. As it covers all of Europe in one book it is quite brief but every little bit written inside is useful. I would recommend this guide to anyone travelling to more than a couple countries in Europe. If you only plan to travel to one or two countries then buying a country specific guide is a better idea. But for longer trips this is the one.
28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A "must" for every money-conscious European tourist, Jun 6 2005
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring (Paperback)
For those who feel that a trip to Europe would simply be beyond their means, Europe On A Shoestring: Big Trips On Small Budgets is a 1324-page travel guide that lives up to its title. Packed cover-to-cover with itineraries, a practical directory, easy-to-use maps, an expanded index, recommended sights and activities, and so much more, Europe On A Shoestring focuses both on seeing the best Europe has to offer and on keeping costs down to an affordable level, from eating and sleeping cheap to affordable festivals and wonderful cultural activities. Covering nations from Morocco, Spain and Portugal to Turkey, Greece and Cyprus, Finland, Sweeden and Norway, Iceland, Ireland, the United Kingcom, Belarus, the Ukraine, and of course all the countries located in between, Europe On A Shoestring is a "must" for every money-conscious European tourist.
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