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Title: Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2004: The Travel Skills Handbook by Rick Steves, Avalon Travel Publishing ISBN: 1-56691-531-7 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (54 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best way to go
Comment: Europe Through The Back Door is the best travel guide out there. When planning to travel solo around Europe for a month, Rick Steves was my guide, and I had a great time. Every little secret "Back Door" I went to were amoung my favorite places, with only carriers of this book and no other Americans to be found! This book is also the most enjoyable travel guide to just sit down and read! It is really entertaining. Only complaint is that his focus is more centered to older people and not the young student traveller like me, but its still great. But don't buy it, so all of us "In the know" travellers don't need to share the Cinque Terre!
Rating: 5
Summary: THROUGH THE BACK DOOR TO THE FRONT OF THE SHELF
Comment: I AM NOT A WEALTHY PERSON BUT MY WIFE AND I CAN AFFORD 3 TRIPS A YEAR TO EUROPE. WE HAVE DONE PACKAGE DEALS, BUS TOURS AND ON OUR OWN. I HAVE READ PRODUCTS BY FROMMER'S, FODOR'S,MICHELIN,BAEDECKER,LONELY PLANET AND LET'S GO.RICK STEVES GRABS MY CLOSE ATTENTION IN ALL OF HIS BOOKS BUT NONE MORE THAN "EUROPE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR." I HAVE A WEALTHY FRIND WHO WILL ONLY STAY IN 5 STAR HOTELS AND WILL NOT VENTURE ANYWHERE ELSE. WHEN RICK SAYS PORTOFINO IS FOR THE RICH AND FAAMOUS AND TAKES YOU TO THE LESSER KNOWN SPOTS ON THE CINQUE TERRE, MY FRIEND IS APPALLED.I FEEL SORRY FOR MY FRIEND BECAUSE HE MISSES THE TRUE SPIRIT OF TRAVEL.
WANT TO KNOW HOW TO PACK? WHERE TO GET INFORMATION? WHAT TOURIST TRAPS TO AVOID? HOW TO CALL HOME? WHERE TO STAY? THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK IS LOADED WITH EASY, READABLE, INFORMATION.RICK IS OPINIONATED BUT NOT CONDESCENDING. I CONFESS I UPDATE HIS BOOKS ABOUT EVERY THREE YEARS AND ALWAYS GET ONE THE YEAR I AM TRAVELING TO A PARTICULAR DESTINATION. GUESS WHERE I GOT THAT IDEA FROM!!
WHEN I AM DOWN AND BLUE OR CAN'T FALL ASLEEP, THIS IS THE ONE I TURN TO. HAPPY TRAVELS
Rating: 3
Summary: Rick is a good travel guide, just not a good WRITER
Comment: Rick does an okay job of giving a quick overview of Europe, but sometimes forgets to "just inform" and tries to get all poetic and fancy. His description of Rothenburg does not inform me about the place, just about the wind and the leaves and his acid trip. This book will annoy you with its sporadic bursts of cheap thesaurus prose.. Rick is just not a good writer. Otherwise he does a good job of letting you know of not-so-touristy things to do in EU. The types of things he suggests are walking around and smelling things, sitting down and drinking a beer, buying a chunk of cheese and eating it on a park bench while people-watching. I don't see 18-30 year olds getting much from this book. Younger travellers might want to do more than just smell a place and get tipsy.
His writing tone seems biased; he's opinionated and sometimes makes me feel as if he gets paid to advertise shops and attractions.
Buy this book for a general overview of an Euro Trip, not as a travel guide. For more detailed info, grab a Lonely Planet guidebook.
In an effort to cater to ALL audiences, Rick, as well as oher mass market writers, tries to create ONE book for ALL types of people. Any given traveller will be interested in only 15% of this book, and toss the rest aside. The backpacker will use 15%. The high class big baller will use 15%. The middle class two week vacationer might use 10%. I would prefer to pay more for a book JUST FOR ME. (Mr. Backpacker)
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Title: Europe by Eurail 2004, 28th: Touring Europe by Train by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski ISBN: 0762728299 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Rick Steves' Best of Europe 2003 by Rick Steves ISBN: 1566914523 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Rick Steves' French, Italian, and German Phrase Book and Dictionary by Rick Steves ISBN: 1566915341 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Rick Steves' Italy 2004 by Rick Steves ISBN: 1566915333 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Rick Steves' Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2004 by Rick Steves ISBN: 1566915260 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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