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Title: Europe by Eurail 2003, 27th: Touring Europe by Train by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski ISBN: 0-7627-2499-4 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.86 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent planning book for experiencing Europe
Comment: Without pretending to be a universal guide, this book enables you to plan long and short trips to Europe using the Eurail system and making convenient stays in major cities to use as bases for traveling to sites around the cities. If you want an experience of European cities, and want to cover other places inexpensively, this book will help you plan the days. We found it precise and well thought out, and with a good sense of what is a worthwhile experience for the traveler, and excellent judgement about timing train connections and some bus and boat connections for maximum enjoyment. It provides a strong base on which to add your own adventures and additional attractions, once you have gotten to the cities and other sites. And it will take you step by step through some marvelous days if you just want to follow its lead.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent travel book
Comment: Europe by Eurail 1999 seems to me to be a most welcome addition to the field of travel books.
As we all know, the train has all but disappeared from the travel scene in the USA; in Europe, however, the train is alive and well. In using this book, you come away with the impression that not only is the train a viable alternative to other forms of intra-European travel, but it the preferred way to go in many instances.
Following an introductory chapter giving lots of valuable information on train travel in Europe, the rest of the book is divided into chapters by country. The author has set up a certain number of Òbase citiesÓ (at least one in each country). For each base city reachable by nonstop flights from the USA, the book provides some very useful information about the airport of arrival, including the location and hours of things like the banks or foreign exchange counters, baggage storage facilities, and most importantly, the different means of transportation between the airport and the center of town (time, cost, etc.) In point of fact, the entire cost of the book can well be amortised by using public transit, rail link, or shuttle service rather than taxis.
The heart of the book is found in the sections about rail travel, and the rail stations which the tourist is likely to use. If one is the type of traveler who needs very precise and specific directions to find things, this book does it all for you. Detailed information for each station is provided, including the location of the tourist office (if there is one), the currency exchange facilities, the location of baggage lockers and/or baggage check room, where to have oneÕs Eurailpass validated, etc.
Furthermore, the author suggests, for each base city, a brief description of the major places to be visited, as well as a certain number of one-day sidetrips to points of interest easily reachable by train from the base city.
Finally, the book provides train schedules for trains between different base cities. While these are, of course, subject to change over time, they do provide useful information for the traveler, in particular the length of any given trip (in hours and minutes).
A useful book for anyone planning a European trip including train travel.
Rating: 2
Summary: Better to spend your money on tour books.
Comment: This book tries to be a tour book and a rail schedule. Buy a good tour book for the countries or regions you want to visit and use the train schedule you get with your Eurail pass to plan your travel itinerary.
The book gives tips on how to travel in Europe. It think that the tips are generally not useful.
The author's base city philosophy is sound, but in several instances, I would stay in smaller villages outside the large cities. You can easily commute to the center of the large city, but you will have a more "native" experience in the smaller towns. Trains run so frequently in Western Europe that you will have no trouble getting around.
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Title: Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2003: The Travel Skills Handbook for Independent Travelers (Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door, 2003) by Rick Steves ISBN: 1566914655 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1902 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Hostels European Cities: The Only Comprehensive, Unofficial, Opinionated Guide by Paul Karr ISBN: 076271185X Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Let's Go 2003: Europe by Let's Go Publications ISBN: 0312305737 Publisher: Let's Go Travel Pubns Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring (Europe on a Shoestring, 3rd Ed) by Vivek Wagle, Lonley Planet ISBN: 1740593146 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Traveling Europe's Trains (Traveling Europe's Trains, 5th Ed) by Jay Brunhouse ISBN: 156554854X Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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