First Time Europe: The Rough Guide, First Edition

by Louis CasaBianca, Jerry Swaffield (Illustrator)

Packed with practical, "get-up-and-go" information, this primer is the guide to buy for anyone planning their first tour of Europe. It addresses early planning issues such as getting a passport, booking the cheapest flight, obtaining youth hostel ID cards and rail passes, what to pack, and much more. Casabianca presents all this information in a user-friendly manual that will help first-timers have the trip of a lifetime. Maps throughout.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1996

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an awesome, information book about traveling in Europe. It gave me a lot of things to think about and consider, as well as some addresses of agents etc. and personal advice. It was also a really entertaining, I sped through it. The one problem with this book was that since it's an older edition (2003) some of the info is clearly outdated (unfortunately this is the only edition my local library has).

[Jessi Vowels · Rating 3 out of 5]

i consider myself a fairly seasoned traveler and i still found this book pretty informative and full of good info (a lot of which is very europe specific and would not have occurred to someone like me, who has backpacked quite a bit, but mostly throughout mexico). it also had some worthwhile tidbits pertaining to where you'd want to travel, which i didn't expect as well.

[Cherie]

A- Lots of great info, but outdated

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was one of a couple of books I had before I set off backpacking to the UK. Very helpful stuff for the travelling noob and interesting information otherwise.

[Bill Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent not snobbish
Do not get the updated and snobbish versions with a different author