Fodor's Essential Scandinavia, 1st Edition: The Best Cities, Sights, and Cruises (Travel Guide) [Paperback]

Fodor's (Author)

Book Description

Series: Travel Guide | Publication Date: April 21, 2009

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 Scandinavia!

•Updated frequently, Fodor’s Essential Scandinavia, 1st Edition provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

•Fodor’s Essential Scandinavia, 1st Edition 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 Scandinavia.

•Experience Scandinavia like a local! Fodor’s Essential Scandinavia, 1st Edition includes choices for every traveler, from cruising the Nordic Seas or soaking in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon to immersing yourself in the hip atmosphere of downtown Stockholm, 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.

Editorial Reviews

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"In terms of comprehensiveness of coverage, the very accessible format, and the enthusiastic tone, this series remains one of the best on the market." –Booklist
 
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"Always thoughtfully written and easily readable, Fodor's travel guides have become a must-have when traveling to unfamiliar destinations" –Mid South Magazine
 
"Widely recognized as the gold standard of mainstream travel" –Honolulu Advertiser

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; 1 edition (April 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400008832
• ISBN-13: 978-1400008834
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1.2 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > Travel > Europe > Finland
  • #2 in Books > Travel > Europe > Norway
  • #3 in Books > Travel > Europe > Sweden

More About the Author

I began my journalistic career at the age of 32, following the conclusion of my 'sabbatical decade.' From 1980 through 1990, I bicycled across America, pedaled through Europe and island-hopped the South Pacific.

After backpacking through Bali, bussing through Java, hopping a boat to Singapore and crossing Malaysia to Thailand, I flew into Burma, tramped to Dhaka and endured a 32-hour train ride from calamitous Calcutta to bustling Bombay.

From there, I hopped a plane for Greece and traveled to Switzerland before returning home, where I settled, quite naturally, into a career of travel writing.

From 1996 to 2009, I contributed to HEMISPHERES, United Airlines' award-winning inflight magazine. The North American Travel Journalism Association, awarded my article, Ship Shape, which appeared in the September 2005 issue of Hemispheres, in the category of 'Best Cruise Writing.'

I make my home in Asheville, North Carolina and live part of the year near Copenhagen, Denmark.

When in Asheville, I enjoy mountain biking, hiking, lingering in coffee shops and frequent trips to the gorgeous Biltmore Estate. When in Scandinavia, I enjoy biking, lingering in coffee shops and trying to learn Scandinavian words.

My work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today and numerous consumer magazines. I am the author of four books, including Remembering Charles Kuralt,' a biography that Publisher's Weekly called 'a sweet and lovely homage, a welcome commemoration.'

I am currently the Chief Evangelist at avidcruiser.com.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fodor's Essential Scandinavia, September 9, 2009

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Peter J. Friedmann (Richardson, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's Essential Scandinavia, 1st Edition: The Best Cities, Sights, and Cruises (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

As expected, Fodor's continues to provide accurate, reliable and helpful information. Have tried other publications but find Fodor's to be the best of all.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fodor's Essential Acandinavia, August 25, 2010

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Arlene Sano (CAMBRIDGE, MA, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fodor's Essential Scandinavia, 1st Edition: The Best Cities, Sights, and Cruises (Travel Guide) (Paperback)

I'm sure this is a fine book, but I was looking for info on Iceland and was very disappointed to find Iceland not covered in this book, I blame the navigation tool in Amazon for pointing me toward this when apparently Iceland is not part of Scandinavia. I suppose I could have sent the book back but too much trouble. I went to bookstore instead to find what I was looking for.