Europe by Bike: 18 Tours Geared for Discovery [Paperback]

Karen Whitehill (Author), Terry Whitehill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1993 | Series: By Bike

Popular series gives all the essentials of bicycling throughout the world. Includes tips on trip planning, safety, health, food, accommodations, sites of interest, buying and outfitting a bike, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 287 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books; 2 edition (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898863171
• ISBN-13: 978-0898863178
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #708,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Qualms, July 5, 2003

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Pearce (New Orleans, Louisiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Europe by Bike: 18 Tours Geared for Discovery (Paperback)

I found the book to be quite informative, however there is one problem that I found. The reader/rider can only do the tour in the direction in which the tours take place in the book due to the fact that the directions are given one way. I just finished a tour using this book and thought that I may be able to maneuver from the end of a tour and go toward the beginning with the help of some good maps. If I had a one Euro cent for every time I got lost I would have been Trump by the end of the trip. I did a tour in the U.S. with maps and directions that went both directions... north AS WELL AS south and east AS WELL AS west. The directions are impossible to follow unless you are going in the Whitehill's prescribed direction. Aside from that, information regarding campgrounds and distances is extremely on target and helpful.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Europe by Bike 1991 edition, August 2, 2005

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M. Anjier "A biking senior." (Avon, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Europe by Bike: 18 Tours Geared for Discovery (Paperback)

I used the 1991 book to plan my 2002 solo biking trip from Salzburg, Austria to Budapest, Hungary. 11 years later I found their directions were still quite accurate. That trip was an absolute delight.

I am now planning another solo bike trip in September 2006 that will follow the Whitehill's route from Brussels Belgium to Versailles, France to Angers, France and back to Versailles.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take the book and bike!, February 11, 2002

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Bill (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Europe by Bike: 18 Tours Geared for Discovery (Paperback)

I used their first edition for my first bike trip in 1991, and can't recommend it enough. I really didn't have any other bike book then, and this one got me across Italy, through part of France, and across Germany. I used the same edition a couple years later, and it was still helpful.

The advice was all clear, particular the directions--what to look for, where to turn. Maps were good. I've had time over the years to compare it to a couple other bike touring books, and this was clearly the best. Roads change, of course, and I hope to see new editions.