Advantages: Brilliantly applicable, essential guide. Disadvantages: Could have more.
The Rough Guide To The Dordogne & The Lot, Including Bordeaux and its vineyards
£12.99 in the shops, you can buy this from £4.64 used, from Amazon.
Okay, here are the basics: 431 pages, 8 sections (including some 'picture' sections).
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Advantages: Easy to use, packed full of information Disadvantages: Doesn't really cater for the single traveller
Island hopping around the Greek islands is a fantastic way to spend a few months of the summer. Although the prospect may appear daunting at first, relief is at hand with the wonderful Rough Guide to the Greek Islands. This indispensable book covers e ...
Advantages: Uptodate, clear, concise, well written Disadvantages:
...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 countrie ...
Advantages: gives a precise and accurate lowdown of most cities whilst showing some hidden gems. Disadvantages: there are cheaper and nicer hostels on 'hostelworld.com' than the cheap ones it recommends
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 'ge ...
Advantages: clearly laid out, a good read Disadvantages: Bulky and focused mainly on popular destinations
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 c ...
