Germany (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Joanna Egert-Romanowskiej (Author), Malgorzata Omilanowska (Author), Susi Cheshire (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 15, 2010

Revised and updated, this map of Germany provides a physical base, with relief clearly shown by a system of layer colouring. It extends from Luxembourg and the Netherlands in the west to Poland and Czech Republic in the east, to the north is Denmark and the Baltic, with Switzerland and Austria to the south. The map also features communication detail, with road, rail and canal networks all shown. The map key is in English, French and German, and the scale is 16 miles to one inch.

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Language Notes

Text: English, French, German --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel (February 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756660718
• ISBN-13: 978-0756660710
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #2 in Books > Travel > Europe > Germany

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great starting place for a trip to Germany, December 17, 2006

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Lehigh History Student (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Germany (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

If you are heading to Germany you must get this guide. It was very helpful in planning a trip from Berlin to Munich and the Bavarian Alps. It lays out towns in Germany and what to see in each. We stopped at some wonderful villages on the way and this guide could not be beat. The region by region analysis is great and is useful for planning if you are only heading to one area. If you are just going to Berlin I would get their Berlin guide as this would be a little too much. Otherwise this is the only guide to use for a trip to Germany.

56 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Starting Place For Every Trip, July 30, 2005

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Blackstone Gates (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Germany (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

My work has provided me with the opportunity to travel a good bit. I am the type of person who wants to get a working background for my destinations, both in terms of history and geographic layout. Because I work, I don't have a great deal of time to spend reading and studying different, often lengthy, travel guides before or during my trips.

Because these guides are concise, beautifully illustrated, relatively compact, and impeccably organized, I cannot recommend highly enough the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides! The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is THE guide I buy for every destination. Not only do I get a quick history and background of the destination, but I also will be provided with a visual guide to everything. The visual detail is really what sets the DK Eyewitness Travel Guides apart.

The street maps of common destination points are drawn in dimensional detail so you will visually recognize when you "get there." This is particularly helpful when you don't speak the native language.

The regional maps are colorful and concise. And the drawings associated with attractions like museums allow the traveler who is short on time to quickly see the best of the museum within the time the traveler has to spend.

Each DK Eyewitness Travel Guide has a good summary section in the back with practical information about where to eat, where to sleep, what to do, and how to get around.

While I may supplement the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide with others for a more detailed travel guide, the other guide is only more to read, not more to see. Buy the DK Eyewitness Travel Guide first for any destination.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures, not for the budget traveler, June 26, 2008

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Knud A. Hermansen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Germany (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Vinyl Bound)

I heard about DK guides through several friends of mine.

I visisted Munich and Bamburg. I found the pictures and recommended walks to be very helpful.

I have two major issues with the guide. The first is that it is light on hotels and restaurants. Their idea of moderately expensive is also outside of the range of most younger travelers. Their hotel and restaurant recommendations are, however, very well suited to couples and well-off travelers. Unlike Lonely Planet Guides, DK focuses on the sites and culture of the locations in it. It does not go into internet sites, hostels, laundry sites or rail/bus information. This makes is slightly incomplete for less structured travelers, like myself.

This focus on the cultural aspects of locations at the expense of more extensive travel data, however, makes this book nice and compact and much easier to carry around than the Lonely Planet guide. The cover is tough and durable and has very well designed flaps for marking your location.

My second issue came when I visited the city of Bamburg. I decided to do this at the last minute and so this book was my only guide. I took the railroad and was disappointed when I looked at the map and found that it focused only on the town center and did not show such useful information as to where I was when I stepped out of the railroad station. I had to purchase another map for what was a fairly simple city. I also found my own hotel as the cheapest one in the book for Bamburg was 110 Euros for a single person room. The guide also only gave passing mention to the breweries that made Bamburg famous and did not recommend any or give locations. While I admire architecture and churches, Bamburg is famous for its rauch beer and breweries and these are significant cultural aspects too.