Frommer's America's Best-Loved Driving Tours [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Best Loved Driving Tours | Publication Date: February 10, 1997

Everything You Need to See the Best of America by Car! Let Frommer's Take You To:

• New England's colonial villages and Revolutionary battlegrounds
• The rich, rolling farmlands of Pennsylvania Dutch Country
• Shenandoah National Park's scenic Skyline Drive
• The Mississippi bayous, Bluegrass Country, and the land of Lincoln
• The old mining towns of the Rockies and the pueblos of the Southwest
• Steinbeck's Monterey and the spectacular Big Sur coast
• And much, much more!

Inside You'll Find:

• 30 distinctive, easy-to-use itineraries—all fully illustrated with beautiful full-color photos
• Exact directions, distances, and driving times for each route
• All the sights along the way—with highlights for history buffs, nature lovers, and families traveling with kids
• Scenic side trips, special moments, and recommended walks
• Detailed, accurate full-color route-planning maps

Frommer's. The Name You Can Trust. Find us online at www.frommers.com or on America Online at Keyword: Frommers

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 3 edition (February 10, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028615689
• ISBN-13: 978-0028615684
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,653,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide to seeing the USA from behind the wheel, February 9, 2006

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Gabriel E. Borlean (Odense, Denmark - birthtown of fairytale-writer H.C. Andersen) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's America's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

Excellent guide to seeing the USA with a car or a fat RV. You will enjoy some great driving tours and routes through the good ol' US of A. This review is for the 3rd edition 1997 publication.

Frommers has recently come out with more "Best-Loved Driving Tours" series ... guides that are not very inexpensive, but are very well researched and quite comprehensive. One will have plenty of driving tours and routes to chose from, whether you like arts and museums, scenic roads and breathtaking views, urban towns and shopping, or just want to experience a regione's culture and life.

Unlike the other Frommer guides that are fatter and heavier, this little book gives you not too many specifics on lodging or eating. It is geared strictly for the person behind the wheel and her or his passengers.

I have had a great experience using this guide (although a bit old) and will recommend it to anyone who can afford it. Also, you might want to check to see if your library carries it and check it out for the duration of your visit abroad.

When I backpacked 4 months through Europe I had a copy of the Lonely Planet for Europe (a thick and heavy book) because it covered more cities and esoteric towns, a ripped chapters of all the international youth hostals Europe of the countries I visited, and as primary guide for nominal cities and capitals I used Frommers (ripped the book and kept only chapters of countries planning to visit - so I can keep the weight down).