Frommer's Germany's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

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Product Description
Frommer's Driving Tours are packed with detailed, color-coded maps and stunning full-color photographs. Each guide outlines dozens of driving tour options and then helps you plan your route with exact directions, distances, and driving times. You'll see all the top sights and then have the flexibility to discover the hidden pleasures of each destination - our suggested routes include scenic detours and stops for spectacular views, easy walks, shopping, dining, and fun breaks for travelers with children. We'll show you how to enjoy some of the world's most spectacular drives!

Let Frommer's Take You To:

• The magnificent Gothic churches, ancient castles, and bucolic vineyards of the Rhine Valley
• Leipzig-the one-time home of Bach, Friedrich von Schiller, Mendelssohn, and Schumann
• The wild and unspoiled beauty of the Bavarian Forest
• The world famous Baden-Baden spa
• The rolling foothills of Thuringia
• Berlin and the historic Brandenburg Gate
• And much, much more!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Frommer's; 7th edition (April 19, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764565907
• ISBN-13: 978-0764565908
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #679,024 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A better planning book than guide book, October 21, 2000

By	Esther Schindler (Scottsdale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Frommer's Germany's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

I've just returned from my first trip to Germany, and the Best-Loved Driving Tours was among the three books I toted along. This book was an excellent tool for planning our trip -- the photos are beautiful, and the tour layout helped us figure out where we should go and what might be worth seeing. Its short descriptions of each stop helped us grasp what a place was about, and as a result we budgeted about the right amount of time for each stop.

As a tour book to take along, though, it's not nearly as helpful. On the plus side, it's the only book I encountered that imagines you might actually be *driving* through Germany (the rest of them start describing a city beginning with the train station, with no clue for car drivers on how to get downtown). Also, most of the other books don't quite grasp that you might explore outside the big cities; this one does just the opposite, which I appreciated. However, the directions from place to place are a bit sparse, and it provides almost no useful information about lodging or dining.

This is a good guide book. But don't let it be the only one you carry.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely useful guide., January 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Frommer's Germany's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Paperback)

An extremely useful guide. We managed to followed most of the tours in the Bavaria region and picked up on some along the Romantic Road. These tours take you both on and off the beaten track, with recommended stops etc, whilst avoiding heavy traffic. I believe that without this guide we would have missed many of the smaller off the beaten track areas, which made the trip so much more enjoyable.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Gabriel E. Borlean (San Jose - Capital of Silicon Valley, California USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is for the 5th edition, 2002 printing. A newer edition is coming out: 7th edition to be released on March 20, 2006.

Excellent guide to seeing Germany with a sports car or a BMW motorcycle. You will enjoy some great driving tours and routes through this historical region of Deutschland.

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 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).