Europe by Eurail 2008: Touring Europe by Train
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Manufacturer: GPP Travel
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9780762745449
ISBN: 0762745444
Label: GPP Travel
Manufacturer: GPP Travel
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher: GPP Travel
Studio: GPP Travel
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Editorial Reviews:
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Fully revised and updated, this new edition of the best-selling and highly respected guide to the rail systems of Europe provides the most up-to-date information on fares, schedules, passes, and contacts."Europe by Eurail" is packed with tips on keeping costs down, travelling light, advance booking, and getting the best seats. It also contains detailed maps and information on over 90 excursions from 24 of Europe's most popular cities - including visiting famous historical sites, romantic and picturesque villages, and top entertainment attractions.No matter when or where you are going, this guide is the perfect travelling companion to unhurried, comfortable, and scenic rail travel - not to mention best-value fares!
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good if you follow the "base city-day excursion" travel plan
Comment: This book has very detailed information about the base cities it chooses, usually one per country, and specific time tables for trains between the base cities. It also includes a description of the train stations for the base cities, how to navigate and what facilities are offered (shopping, dining, money exchange, luggage storage etc.). For the cities that are designed as "day excursions" from the base city, there is only information about what to do there, nothing about where to stay. There are only country maps, no city maps. There is no index to help you find cities in the back, but the counties are alphabetical so the book is fairly easy to use. Also, there are as few as 5 cities covered in some countries such as Finland, Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Plus, the recommendations are not very budget oriented. For example, the hotel the recommendation for Amsterdam is a 4-star hotel that costs over 300 euros per night. The book is kind of large to carry around.
As a budget traveler staying in many different cities, this book was only occasionally helpful, I looked to Europe by Rail far more often.
If you are not on a very tight budget and you plan to stay in main cities and make day excursions to cities near by (which is a comfortable way to travel, I did this in Brussels and Florence) then this book would be very useful.
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Summary: Europe by Eurorail 2008
Comment: Its a facinating overview of the European rail system from Norway to Italy and Portugual to the Balkans. I've ridden on part of the rail system from Avignon to Paris on a TGV Train. They have a great system in Europe. It would be great to have a similar system here.
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Summary: Inadequate for my purposes
Comment: I was looking for information on what to do with our luggage if we take a train fropm Berlin to Prague. This seems like the type of info the book should include and it didn't. I get the impression that the book is based more on research then actual experience in useing the trains. It doesen't appear to provide much info that is not available on the internet.
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Summary: Useful Book
Comment: This looks like a very useful tool for once we are traveling, but a little less so for planning ahead.
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