Lonely Planet Germany (Paperback)
by Andrea Schulte-Peevers , Sarah Johnstone, Etain O'Carroll , Jeanne Oliver
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Author: Andrea Schulte-Peevers , Sarah Johnstone, Etain O'Carroll , Jeanne Oliver
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Pub. in: May, 2004
ISBN: 1740594711
Pages: 732
Measurements: 7.8 x 5 x 1.2 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00912
Other information: 4th edition ISBN-13: 9781740594714
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It's an enormous place with overwhelming tourist options. Smack in the middle of Europe, Germany's got the Bavarian Alps, windswept North Sea islands, the Black Forest and the castle-dotted Rhine. And there's Berlin, a city where you could easily spend all your vacation and not see a tenth of what it has to offer. Germany has history aplenty, an enormous variety of museums, cosmopolitan sophistication and rural quaintitude, camping, beer gardens, and music of all kinds. In short, Germany is the kind of place where a guidebook makes all the difference. Lonely Planet covers the country diligently and entertainingly, leaving nothing out. With maps of all 16 states, over 35 city maps, and a fold-out transportation map to Berlin, the daunting becomes comfortable. There are the background chapters on history, government, climate and ecology, the people, the arts, society and language, and a big fat chapter covering all the necessary details of visas, money, Web sites, electricity, festivals, health, and accommodations for special needs, plus how to get there and how to get around once you've arrived. Then for every city and burg, Lonely Planet provides the stuff a traveler needs to know, all about where to stay, eat, sight see, shop, and play. And scattered in and among the guiding text are little nuggets of interest, telling the stories of witches and warlocks, Bertolt Brecht, Marlene Dietrich, and the sad tale of Queen Caroline. Not prohibitively large, Lonely Planet's guidebook packs enough into its pages for 100 good trips. -Stephanie Gold
The LP has much to recommend it. Here are the highlights:
- excellent maps with accurate scale and bilingual markers - good breadth without sacrificing too much depth
- great for people who want to leave the tour groups and package tours behind (it's much cheaper to go solo!)
- a good selection of restaurants and hotels in different price ranges
- good descriptions of main attractions and how to get to them
- a pretty good language section with some of the survival words and phrases you will need
Target readers:
General readers
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This lighthearted and otherwise sound book is tripped up by its occasional harsh treatment of some German areas or cities, in particular those in the former East Germany. Case in point is Frankfurt/Oder which is an historic, former East German city that sits across the Oder River from Poland.
In both this book and a similar one on Berlin by Lonely Planet, the writers appear to go out of their way to bash Frankfurt/Oder with petty criticisms ranging from the architecture to the people. I made a day trip to check out Frankfurt/Oder after reading such a review, thinking to myself that it can't be as bad as the writers at Lonely Planet say. My experiences were much the opposite, with friendly and helpful people, a charming downtown with picturesque streetcars, and a panoramic view of Poland across the Oder River from a walkway. Is it as charming as, say, Heidelberg or Bamberg? No, but it is very East German in contrast.
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Tom Burke (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-18 00:00>
Take some of the advice with a grain of salt in this book and go with an open mind to enjoy the uniqueness of East German life before it disappears. |
R. Choi (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-18 00:00>
The best thing about Lonely Planet guide books is it gives you tons of useful information from customs and culture to language to the nitty-gritty how to, where to go, and what to see and do. We just returned from a one week trip to Germany. It was wonderful, and we took the Lonely Planet guidebook with us everywhere. It led us to many great cities, sights, restaurants, and places to stay. Highly recommended! We have also used Lonely Planet guidebooks on our trips to Thailand and Japan. It has never led us very far astray. |
Mani S. Potnuru (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-18 00:00>
I just got back from a month long backpacking all over Germany. Its truly is a great guide for independent lonely traveler. I do agree with other reviewer's comment that, its geared towards people using public transport more, but that worked out well for me. I don't know what reviewers are complaining about the East Germany part, but I had great time with the help of this book in the east (spent 1.5 weeks).
The only problem is that this guide book is updated only once in 2yrs or so, so some of the info is outdated (the Dachau tour info) and I had to miss out on some tours because of that. I haven't used other guides and this is my first lonely travel so I can't really compare, but this is a very comprehensive travel companion (when you have no companion at all. |
Ada Ma (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-18 00:00>
My family took me along for a month long tour around Germany, and I bought this book on arrival and found it immensely useful from day 1! It has fantastic maps, great restaurant lists (oh god the sausages are truly delicious in Numberg!), and lists of internet cafes. We booked our beds with the local tourist information centers so I can't say anything about the hotel lists in the guide. |
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