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Fodor's Europe, 59th Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)

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Fodor's Europe holds a great number of useful information including detailed maps of each country in a small package. These come in handy in figuring out how to get around country to country with different means of transportation. The information on where to rent vehicles or take public transportation including weather details and basic prices is top notch. The city maps are not the best however, it would be in a single city traveler's best interest to buy a Rough Guide version of the city they choose to visit.

Information on specific museums and other places of interest are widely covered to the point where the book even includes the open hours, an address, and telephone number for contact. This is very valuable in making future plans so that you won't be discouraged finding out the place is closed in the last minute and having to lose time. Time is of the essence when traveling anywhere that you have interest, especially Europe where open hours and season hours can be confusing to tourists from other continents. Be wise and prepare.

Unlike the Rough Guide to Europe this book covers Iceland and Andorra, which are top "lesser known" countries compared to the likes of England, France, or Spain. Andorra has amazingly low prices and the fact that you can travel around their largest city Andorra la Vella without a car and that the city is in the middle of the Pyrénées gives it a great atmosphere where you can take your time and catch every glimpse of beauty. Iceland is gorgeous wherever you roam with something for everyone and both places are covered quite throughly in this book, highly recommended. On a small note there is reference to taking the Adriatica, which shouldn't be missed if you're looking to see portions of Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia's Adriatic coast.

I really did not like that some regions and cities are not covered in the book; such as the Pyrénées of France and Spain, which are gorgeous and something not to be missed when traveling to Europe. Other portions of each larger country are missing and personally I'm unsure why. Aside from these flaws this book is worth picking up. I travel a lot so these (Fodor's Europe and the Rough Guide to Europe) are the two European Guides I pick up each year to stay updated. I hope that this review has been helpful to those who took the time to read it. Good luck on all of your journeys.

come on guys this book is now 5yrs old!
I bought it thinking it was new; - wrong!
Great book - good maps/info; they used to update these every other year so now I have 2 old books.......