Product Description

Includes coverage of Salzburg and a chapter on Walking the Bavarian Alps.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53612 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent book
I could have almost been in the Black Forest with the wonderful descriptions.
Having visited all three places before, I would definately rate this book as an excellent book to travel to these places.
Another success from Lonely Planet!

The Black Forest
A useful and handy guide for the Black Forest. Places of interest were just that, and well worth seeing. This guide tells you what you need to know about the area and what is worth visiting. Only used it for this region as I know the other two areas well.

Ok guide book - great walk recommendation but rubbish maps
I tend to trust Lonely Planet to be adequate. And it was.

Best thing:
There is a section in the front with suggested walks in the German Alps. We did one of these and had a fantastic hike which we would never have found from the tourist information centre or elderly hotel manager. The hike crossed the face of the Alpspitze mountain and was VERY scary in parts and, although the book made it clear that this was one for the foot-sure, I was surprised that they'd recommended it. For the excitement as well as the views, this was one of the best hikes I've ever done.

Worst things:
The Lonely Planet, bless their good intentions, doesn't like fly-drivers because of the environmental damage. So the road-rules section was pretty bare and there were many common road signs/instructions which would have been helpful to have a translation for.

As with other Lonely Planet guides, the maps are rubbish. Luckily Germany (with the exception of Garmisch Partenkirchen) is easy to navigate by place names so we didn't have too much trouble.