Product Description

"No other guide whets your appetite quite like this one" - "The Independent". From the rugged west coast of Ireland to the Eastern delights of Turkey, make sure you have the low-down on Europe's top destinations. This beautifully illustrated guide to Europe takes you to every city, national park, chateau, villa and museum worth seeing across this vast continent. Unique cutaway maps and 3D models will ensure you miss none of Europe's finest architecture and breathtaking scenery. For each of the 20 countries it covers, it suggests good hotels, bars and restaurants to suit every budget, explains how to get around, and maps the major cities and towns, while a survival guide section offers you practical advice on everything from posting a letter to navigating public transport. It includes over 2,000 photographs, illustrations and maps; cutaways and floor plans of all the major sights; and a 3-D aerial views give you a bird's eye view of the most popular areas.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #517170 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 800 pages

Customer Reviews

Best of Europe!
At last! A DK Eyewitness Travel Guide for a whole continent - Europe! I have waited for something like this and I'm so glad when it finally arrived. It's a really great book. After getting my first Eyewitness book on Italy, I fell in love with the DK guides because of their beautiful photos, detailed maps, cutaways that show the interior of buildings, detailed explanations, and their nice glossy paper. This book is so well-organized and easy to read. It looks like a small coffeetable book and long after your travels are over, serves as a wonderful souvenir. Often, when I think my own photos of places did not do justice to a sight, I show friends the photos in the DK book.

Before getting this book, I wondered how DK could possibly cram the whole Europe into just 1 guide book. As I found out, it's quite simple really. This book picked all the most important sights and attractions, in the best 23 cities, in 20 countries! It covers not just Western Europe but Scandinavia and Central/Eastern Europe too! These are: UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Czech, Hungary and Poland. So this book is perfect for travellers wanting to go on a whole Europe tour. But of course with just about 50-80 pages for the major countries and about 20 pages for the smaller ones, this Europe guide is not that comprehensive. So for those travellers who want more in-depth information, then I suggest the individual country or regional guides will serve you better.

As for the content, I've found them descriptive, objective and factual. Opening and closing times are often mentioned. A big plus is having website addresses and contact information which is great for travel planning. And in this Europe book, practical information are given per country. However, I haven't had much use for their accommodation listing. It's much easier to get better deals over the internet. Same with restaurant listings where I would end up eating in the nearest and most convenient places.

One downside though to these wonderful DK books are their weight. They're quite heavy (because of the nice glossy paper). So what I do is make photocopies of pages I like and just bring those during the day when sightseeing.

This DK Europe book is indeed great value for your money. So if you're off to Europe, this book will be your best friend. Happy travels!

DK Europe
Europe (DK Eyewitness Travel Guide)
Excellent book as always with the DK Guides.
Thoroughly recommend