Lonely Planet Eastern Europe [Paperback]

Krzysztof Dydynski (Author), Steve Fallon (Author), Kate Galbraith (Author), Paul Hellander (Author), Rosemary Klaskin (Author), Jon Murray (Author), Richard Nebesky (Author), Jeanne Oliver (Author), David Stanley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Lonely Planet Eastern Europe | Publication Date: January 1999

Including travel information designed for all budgets, this guide also features useful words and phrases in different languages, information on visa and border crossings, and details of how to change one currency to another.

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One of the only guides (along with Let's Go) to feature comprehensive coverage of the former Yugoslavia, this thorough volume covers all of Eastern Europe except Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltics. Excellent street maps plot attractions, restaurants, and lodgings of good value. The detailed reporting includes a regional list of UNESCO World Heritage sites .
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 864 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 5th edition (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0864426119
• ISBN-13: 978-0864426116
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,235,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything in Moderation, April 2, 2000

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Eastern Europe (Paperback)

I recently lived in Bulgaria for several years, and can attest to the relative accuracy of the Bulgarian section of this book. However, it presents a somewhat abbreviated picture, as the inclusion of so many countries in one book means that some chapters are unavoidably short. For example, Bulgaria is chock-full of great restaurants (both in the capital Sofia, and in more picturesque resort towns such as Bansko) but only a disappointingly small fraction are mentioned here. On the other hand, this book DOES include Albania (approximately 40 pages -- quite impressive), a country with admittedly little tourism but where such a guide is worth its weight in gold. If you'll be spending long periods in one country where a decent, individual country guide exists (such as the superb Rough Guide to Bulgaria, which served as my constant travel companion and which I highly recommend), you may want to consider buying that country's guide. But if you're traveling extensively around the region, or visiting otherwise less well-documented travel destinations such as Albania, this book fits the bill.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Abbreviated, but good., January 19, 2002

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John Andrew Deskins "Professional listener" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Eastern Europe (Paperback)

We purchased this book before going to three of the countries covered, because there are so few books that cover Eastern Europe as a whole.

Although the information was limited, we found it helpful in general terms. It also whetted my appetite for going to the other countries in the book!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable book for a beautiful region, August 29, 2001

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Jorge Reyes (Quebec, QC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Eastern Europe (Paperback)

I can only speak for the Yugoslav section in this book, since it is the country I am most acquainted with.
Generally speaking, the LP team did an excellent job researching Beograd, but information on the rest of the country is poor. They don't mention a thing about Serbian institutions like Studenica monastery; they omit everything about the Fruska Gora and there's not even a word on the charming town of Sremski Karlovci.
I wonder whether the information on the other countries is equally poor. If that is the case, I'd rather tour the region on my own without any book at all.
However, one improvement with respect to the previous edition is they are now including Kotor (But Ulcinj is not so much recommended as before, which I don't know why since the beaches are much better than in Budva).
With regards to Novi Sad, their suggestions are very poor, even in what concerns to lodging. My recommendations are: add the Fruska Gora, Srem Karlovci, Raska and probably Nis.