Ski Europe: Best Skiing and Snowboarding at Europe's Top Resorts (Ski Snowboard Europe) [Paperback]

Charles Leocha (Author)

Book Description

Series: Ski Snowboard Europe | Publication Date: September 2001

Make your dream of skiing the Alps come true. For skiers or snowboarders planning a vacation to the Alps, Ski Europe packs in more information than any other guide. More lodging, more dining, more phone numbers, more Web sites listed than any similar guidebook.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...find out which resorts are geared for singles, lacking nightlife, good for beginners or perfect all-around." -- New Haven Register December 18, 1999

"Explores ski areas from Austria to Italy and includes basics such as lodging, dining and lift-ticket prices." -- USA Today, Nov. 8, 1996

"Provides all the information you need to make intelligent choices, plus tips on getting the best deals." -- Gannett Newspapers, Nov 30, 1997

About the Author

In the mid-70s Leocha started a leisure magazine in Europe for Americans living abroad. His Travel Tips radio program was syndicated nationwide on hundreds of stations and he has appeared on TV across the country. He is the creator of the Escape Manual Travel Guides, Ski America & Canada, Ski Europe and Eastern Germany. He has written about travel for scores of newspapers and magazines ranging from Esquire, Newsweek and Travel and Leisure, to the top magazines serving the travel industry.

He knows major international airlines from the inside, has led tour groups, written vacation brochures, produced travel videos and crafted speeches for airline presidents. For more than two years, his column, Cheap Charlie, a combination of online and offline bargains, and consumer advocacy, has appears on Ticked!

Charles Leocha has been traveling since the age of two when his family moved from Alabama to Virginia. He is an Air Force Brat who has spent half his life abroad. He had the measles crossing the Atlantic in a troop ship, started school in Naples wearing a smock and bow, sang "If I Had a Hammer" on Red Square in ’68, criss-crossed Europe in a camper van, skied black diamond trails at every major resort in America and the Alps, did basic training in the fields of Kansas, rafted in Costa Rica, walked through the rubble of the Berlin Wall, rode horseback through Utah, caroused with flight attendants, and still runs the bulls every July in Pamplona religiously.

Leocha is best known for his guidebooks to mountain resorts, Ski America & Canada and Ski Europe. He is recognized as the expert on travel to European ski resorts and North American resorts. He also authored the Escape Manal travel book series covering most major countries in Europe. His guidebook content is licensed and cobranded by some of the top names in the Internet travel industry.

He also writes and speaks about the passenger rights. Since Travel Rights was first published five years ago, Leocha has become a national source of information about passenger travel rights.

His outdoor recreation Internet site, Resortspace.com, is focused on skiing in the USA and Canada and eventually expand to cover Europe and other international outdoor recreation opportunities.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: World Leisure Corp; 13th edition (September 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0915009757
• ISBN-13: 978-0915009756
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,910,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Resource, October 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Ski Europe: 12th Edition (Ski Snowboard Europe) (Paperback)

I live in Munich and use this book often as a reference. It contains very accurate information on lodging, prices, and qualities of the resorts. Very accurately summarizes the differences in the ski experience between the different countries.

Needs more detailed maps of the resorts and slopes with hotels, restaurants, etc. clearly marked. Needs to be more critical of some resorts so the reader can make a better decision about which one to visit.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Covers most major areas in a brief fashion., October 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ski Europe (Ski Snowboard Europe) (Paperback)

Author has included some email and web site information for ski area accomodations, tourist offices, etc, but it just touches the tip of the iceberg.

Verbier, Switzerland, one of the top ski areas in Europe, only gets 5 pages in the book. Does not provide any commentary on accommodations in Verbier other than number of stars in rating and prices. Some other large ski areas get better treatment. The Arlberg region gets 9 pages of coverage.

Book lacks maps of Europe and of ski areas.

Overall the book is a good starting place for researching a trip, but descriptive information is brief and basic. Still this book is the most recently published on the topic as of 10/98, so the currency of the information should be decent.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Useful Ski Guide I've Ever Found!!, February 28, 2005

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This review is from: Ski Europe: Best Skiing and Snowboarding at Europe's Top Resorts (Ski Snowboard Europe) (Paperback)

This is the third edition of Leocha's ski guide that I've bought. It tells me everything I might think of to ask about each resort. My wife and I rely upon this guide to help make our decisions on where to ski in the Alps before each trip. His mountain and skiing descriptions are right on for all classes of skiers. We've used his recommendations in choosing accomodations and restaurants and haven't been disappointed even once. The very best feature is that it is written so well that we've tried resorts (Arosa, Wengen) that we never considered before and found them to be wonderful.