Lonely Planet Eastern Europe - Lonely Planet

Trying to write a good travel guide to Eastern Europe in one volume is a gargantuan task. Before travelling to Eastern Europe I bought the Lonely Planet Guide and the Let's Go guides. There was of course some overlap, but each guide had different countries in it. The Lonely Planet guide was less preachy, better written and altogether a better buy, even fitting better into my backpack. The content was very accurate, the town and city maps generally clearly than Let's Go, and although it has to bee selective, there was a better selection of place in the Lonely Planet Guide. Even its choice of ... more

I have just returned from travelling Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Hungary and can safely say this book is a life saver! As this trip involved a lot of travelling the guide came in handy over and over again with the 'getting there and away' sections for countries. These compared train and bus times and prices as well as advising which routes to take and where and where not to buy tickets from. The book helped us to decide what to do on days that we spent in cities clueless of where to start and what to do, it even suggested itineraries of 2-4 day stays in ... more

The lonely planet book of Eastern Europe is big, but for the sheer amount of information it contains it has to be. I used it for Croatia,Slovenia,Hungary,Poland,Slovakia and the Czech Republic and for these countries it was certainly helpful. The brief country history makes for a good read on long train journeys and the maps proved indispensable when arriving late at night when the tourist information office was closed. Also included with the book is a short phrase section for each country which I found very useful,even a few words can make all the difference when travelling especially in ... more