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Lonely Planet Western Europe on a Shoestring

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I traveled throughout Europe in the summer of 98, and found that it had much more information on cheap hostels than Lets Go Europe had. It also gives a brief history of the countries and regions. This book is the only travel guide you will need to bring when traveling in Western Europe. The only thing that it lacks is the Czech Republic. This book will help you to travel and have a good experience throughout your journey... good luck.

I just returned from an exciting trip to Western Europe, and fortunately brought this selection along. While other guidebooks I have seen gloss over important details and simply tell what to see, this guide tells how to see and do it. From the moment one steps off the plane, this book acts as a guardian angel. It also endows the traveller a historical perspective that truly allows one to appreciate what one sees. It is mostly accurate, but at times it seems that some critical details are noticeably absent. Still, it is the best guidebook money can buy

A well thought through and organized title. Definitely helped me in uncovering the treasures of Europe, and led me to places I had never been before, not even in my hometown (in the Netherlands). Also includes excellent travel tips and suggestions for culture, food, health and a convenient language guide.

I traveled throughout most all of W. Europe with this guidebook and found it to be truly worth the extra pounds and space in my backpack. It gave the most comprehensive and informative information that I've yet found in a guidebook and helped enourmously in the smaller towns or lesser known areas.Though it could use some updating and I look forward to the next edition,it proved invaluable on my last trip.

I backpacked UK and France in 1996 with it. It's full of information that any backpacker or first time traveller will find invaluable such as itineraries, nuggets of history and accommodation of course. Totally indispensable.

Other than an interesting read on a boring train journey, its sheer volume takes up a chunk of valuable space in the backpack besides adding a few more pounds. Also, if u are only visiting 2 or 3 countries (like I did), consider rebinding it into several lighter and more portable copies.