The Christian Traveler's Companion - Western Europe [Paperback]

Amy S. Eckert (Author), William J. Petersen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001

This sequel to The Christian Traveler's Companion: The USA and Canada begins as its predecessor, with basic questions and answers. But traveling overseas is more complicated than navigating North America-and it raises a lot more questions.

This guidebook moves through Western Europe country by country, citing between 3,000 and 3,500 locations. Like the previous book, it cites places of interest to both Protestants and Catholics and includes sidebars on special points of interest. The authors place special emphasis on Christian history. They also include hymn stanzas appropriate to the countries and short biographical sketches of influential people.

This is a book for families to share. Adventuresome families will find plenty of places they can enjoy together, including unique spots in favorite places like Paris, London, the Alps, Rome, Heidelberg, and Amsterdam, and also great out-of-the-way places along Norwegian fjords, besid Germany's Romantic Road, by Ireland's Dingle Bay, in Spain's Costa del Sol, and hundreds more.

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About the Author

Amy S. Eckert is president of The Traveler, Inc., a multimedia company based in Holland, Michigan.William J. Petersen, senior editor of Fleming H. Revell, is the author of more than twenty books. He is a world traveler, having visited twenty-eight countries on five continents.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800757416
• ISBN-13: 978-0800757410
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,889,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Useful, April 15, 2001

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This review is from: The Christian Traveler's Companion - Western Europe (Paperback)

I highly recommend this book for American Christians who are going to Europe. The authors have done an excellent job of including the obvious sites of Christian significance (Notre Dame, Rome, etc.) and balancing them with relatively obscure sites (Austria's St. Florian Abby, for example).

Other things I like about this book:

* The "Country in a Capsule" section at the beginning of each country section provides an excellent introduction to each country -- very well done.

* The inclusion of even minor "countries" -- Gibraltar, Andorra, Malta (which I now want to visit!), Liechtenstein, Iceland, Monaco and of course the Vatican City (they left out San Marino, though -- its not even in the Italy section) is refreshing, and I found them to be very interesting. * The sprinkling in of some (well-selected) not specifically Christian sites. The authors seem to understand that even "Christian Travelers" will want to see some of the other major sites in Europe, too, and so they provide a valuable service in reporting on these places for us through Christian eyes.

Because "The Christian Traveler's Companion: Western Europe" does not include information on lodging, restaurants and transportation (trains, buses, etc.), they pack a lot into their 360 pages. Because of this, though, you will also need to purchase a more general travel guide book, too, to give you that kind of information. You will find only modest overlap between a general interest guide to Europe and this one.

Overall, well worth having -- I recommend it!