Europe For Dummies [Paperback]

Donald Olson (Author), Liz Albertson (Author), Cheryl A. Pientka (Author), George McDonald (Author), Darwin Porter (Author), Danforth Prince (Author), Hana Mastrini (Author), Bruce Murphy (Author), Alessandra de Rosa (Author), Neil Edward Schlecht (Author), Tania Kollias (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 27, 2009

For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of the For Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer's.

• Small trim size for use on-the-go
• Focused coverage of only the best hotels and restaurants in all price ranges
• Tear-out "cheat sheet" with full-color maps or easy reference pointers

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The fun and easy way® to explore Europe

From great museums and historic sights to fabulous food and trendsetting styles, Europe has it all. Get the lowdown on everything from passports to palaces, culture to nightlife, and cathedrals to cuisine. With mini-guides to fifteen of Europe's most popular cities and surrounding areas in eleven different countries, this book is your ticket to an exciting European adventure.

Open the book and find:

• Down-to-earth trip-planning advice

• What you shouldn't miss —and what you can skip

• The best hotels and restaurants for every budget

• Lots of detailed maps

About the Author

Steven Richards has traveled widely throughout Europe. He is the author of numerous travel guides for Frommer's.

Margot Weiss, a passionate traveler, currently lives and works in New York City. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 648 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 5 edition (January 27, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470345454
• ISBN-13: 978-0470345450
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,080,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Title covers it all, September 4, 2004

By 

Crayon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Europe for Dummies, Second Edition (Paperback)

Europe for Dummies is a perfect book for a first or second time traveler to Europe. In March I went on a trip to four countries in Europe and took three different travel guides with me. Europe for Dummies was used much more than the other two that I had brought, and with justified reasons. A previous reviewer said it was too vague, and although I agree with them in some aspects, Europe for Dummies saved us more time and even money in some cases than I ever expected any of the books to. The descriptions are short and full of information, which is what I want when I am traveling. Detailed maps and directions also hellp make Europe for Dummies a great travel guide. Whether or not you would be buying this book to take with you, or to read it before you go on a trip to Europe, Europe for Dummies is a great source of information to prepare and inform you for the many awesome and surreal sights Europe has to offer. Definitely recomended.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touring Europe? Great Guide!, February 28, 2007

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E. Nemec "Jilly Bean's Mommy" (Hewitt, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Europe For Dummies (Dummies Travel) (Paperback)

My husband and I went on a tour of Europe, so most of the work was done for us. This book was a great supplement and had great tips for things to avoid on the tour. It was a quick reference and narrowed down sites to see, so we could make the most of the little time we had in each country. It doesn't seem like it would be enough, though, as your sole guide on Europe, if you're not on a tour.

13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the Greatest Travel Guide, February 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Europe for Dummies, Second Edition (Paperback)

I tried out this book and found it to be very vague. It tells some of the different types of travel but doesn't give you any specifics. It honestly isn't much help if you are actually planning to go to europe. It also mentions too few different ways that you can stay such as backpacking and such throughout all the different countries. It gave very little info on anything. Then at the end to take up space they rate and give short descriptions of damn near every restaurant in europe. Just to fill up space since this book was just about useless! If I were you I'd skip over this book and find another one that fits your needs the best.