Fodor's Austria, 13th Edition (Travel Guide) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Publication Date: March 24, 2009 | Series: Travel Guide

Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Austria!

•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Austria provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

•Fodor’s Austria features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Austria.

Experience Austria like a local! Fodor’s Austria includes choices for every traveler, from tips on which coffeehouses to linger at, to where to go to listen to opera or the philharmonic, and much more!

•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 13 edition (March 24, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400008174
• ISBN-13: 978-1400008179
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,071 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > Travel > Europe > Austria

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must for new visitors to Austria!, August 27, 2011

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This review is from: Fodor's Austria, 13th Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

We went to Austria for a few weeks on our honeymoon, and this had to be one of the most valuable things we took. We visited Vienna and Salzburg, hiked all through the Alps, and took a small road trip through the Grossglockner Pass. Amazingly accurate descriptions in the book- tells you in advance about things like the cost for different attractions, the restaurant reviews are really helpful and spot on- from inexpensive delis all the way to five star restaurants. The things Fodor's recommended, we tried and LOVED. We don't speak German, so this was extremely helpful in getting around the smaller towns, and much more inclusive and up-to-date than the other travel books we had (we didn't even give those suitcase space on the way home!). It has clearly been written by those who know the country well- there were many beautiful places that we never would have found otherwise and are so glad we did. This is a must must MUST if you're going to Austria for the first time, or really for anyone who doesn't live there!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Useful Guide, December 14, 2010

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This review is from: Fodor's Austria, 13th Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I just used this guide in Austria a few months ago. For those of you that want to look at pretty colorful pictures, go get a different guide. Likewise, those who wish to stay locked onto the "Rick Steeves" incomplete & narrow monorail ride through Disney-Europe. But, if you want to follow your own hunches and tastes, and be able to go ANYWHERE in the country, while still having information about great hotels, restaurants, places to see, phone numbers, web sites, hours of operation, etc., this guide will help tremendously! Enjoy your trip!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars surprise and delight without the demeaning comments about R. Streve's guide-book approach., April 11, 2011

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John M. Schibik (Naples, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's Austria, 13th Edition (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

We have used both Fodor and Rich Steve's books. Both
present elegant and concrete approaches for those
who like to create their own path to europe. No need
to demean or discount either. Both offer surprises and
delightful tips for the seasoned and novice traveller.

Jack Schibik
Naples Florida