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Lonely Planet Europe
Lonely The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Europe is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Enjoy the breath-taking views of Paris' Eiffel Tower, eat pizza in one of Rome's lively piazzas, or watch a magical sunset on the Greek Island of Santorini; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Europe and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Europe Travel The Perfect Lonely Planet Europe, our most comprehensive guide to Europe, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for a comprehensive guide with tips on stretching your money for an extended continental tour, check out Lonely Europe on a shoestring. About Lonely Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)
1248 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2011
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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February 27, 2023
A very useful tool for anyone travelling to Europe and wanting a detailed and specific guide! I recommend only using this book if you know the cities or countries that you intend on travelling to first, because if you are using this book to decide on where in Europe to go, it can be daunting and unhelpful (since there are no pictures-- and visuals are an important factor in understanding where you want to travel to!).
This guide provides very specific information on food, lodging, museums and art galleries, landmarks and travel information for the main cities of all European countries. So, pinpoint your countries first, and then pick up this book to get solid information to put together an itinerary. I do wish the book included some smaller cities, or places not entirely known as tourist cities, such as Neuchâtel, Switzerland-- so its downfall is that the cities it includes are the main metropolitans of those countries.
This is a great read for someone wanting to build an itinerary for a Euro-trip and would like some guidance on where to travel.
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This guide provides very specific information on food, lodging, museums and art galleries, landmarks and travel information for the main cities of all European countries. So, pinpoint your countries first, and then pick up this book to get solid information to put together an itinerary. I do wish the book included some smaller cities, or places not entirely known as tourist cities, such as Neuchâtel, Switzerland-- so its downfall is that the cities it includes are the main metropolitans of those countries.
This is a great read for someone wanting to build an itinerary for a Euro-trip and would like some guidance on where to travel.
4/5 🌍🌍🌍🌍
August 27, 2017
There wasn't really anything in this book that I couldn't have found by just Google searching it myself it was textbook places to visit in every country and did not offer me the inside info it was promising. As someone who lives in Europe I don't think that they did a great job representing my country either.
November 9, 2019
Everyone needs the Lonely Planet Guide to anywhere, anytime, with anyone. It's a given.
February 19, 2025
my go to travel guide always, and yes I’m listing this as a book I read so it counts towards my reading goal, I read it front to back 3000 pages so don’t come for me
May 12, 2016
I found this to be a useful guide in planning my vacation. It was a good starting point and then I got the Rick Steve's books for a more detailed plan of the cities I will visit.
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