Book Description
You’ll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with
Frommer’s. It’s like having a friend show you around, taking you to the
places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone
everywhere you might go -- they’ve done the legwork for you, and
they’re not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No
other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in
all price ranges. Every Frommer’s
Travel
Guide
is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps,
and exciting coverage of shopping, and nightlife. You’d be lost without
us!
Whether you’re a first-time visitor doing the grand tour or a seasoned traveler planning a multi-country itinerary, Frommer’s
Europe
by
Rail
is a must. The official guidebook of Rail Europe, this user-friendly
volume has everything you’ll need to plan a successful train trip
through Europe, from descriptions of the best scenic lines and
high-speed rail routes to detailed information on reservations
procedures and all of the rail passes available to visitors. We’ve also
included a wide array of options in a variety of price ranges, from
large hotels and world-renowned dining rooms to charming guesthouses
and simple cafes. There’s something here for every taste, interest, and
budget.
Just because we’re covering such a wide territory doesn’t mean that
we’ve skimped on the details. You’ll find an astounding depth of
accurate, up-to-date information, including timetables, detailed city
and route maps, exact prices, open hours, metro stops,
rail
pass options, train station amenities, train interior photos, and more.
We’ll take you to Europe’s major cities and most charming towns, where
we offer complete sightseeing, shopping, and nightlife coverage and
review the best accommodations and dining for the rail traveler. But we
don’t stop there. We’ve designed easy-to-follow point-to-point
itineraries that help you make the most out of your time in Europe,
including special itineraries that highlight Europe’s best dining,
architecture, scenery, and historic castles. With Frommer’s Europe by
Rail you’ll tour the medieval towns of Flanders, the chateaux of the
Loire Valley, the sunny resorts of the Costa del Sol, the hill towns of
Tuscany, and the spectacular scenery of the Alps.
It’s all accompanied by color maps that have been carefully keyed to
the text. You’ll also find a glossary of handy rail terms, the latest
trip-planning advice, money-saving tips, and a free color fold-out rail
map!
About the Author
Darwin Porter, a native of
North
Carolina,
was assigned to write the very first edition of a Frommer’s guide
devoted solely to one European country. Since then, he has written many
bestselling Frommer’s guides to all the major
European
destinations.
In 1982, he was joined in his research efforts by Danforth Prince,
formerly of the Paris bureau of the New York Times, who has traveled
and written extensively about Europe.
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher is a freelance
travel
writer and the former Europe Editor of Travel Holiday magazine. She has traveled extensively in
Ireland,
is married to an Irishman, and currently lives in County Dublin. She is
the author of Frommer’s Ireland and a co-author of Frommer’s Europe
from $70 a Day.
Native New Yorker Joseph S. Lieber lived in Hungary for several years
in the early 1990s. He presently practices law in Boston and is the
co-author of Frommer’s Budapest & the Best of Hungary. Christina
Shea served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Hungary and subsequently
directed Peace Corps language-training programs in Lithuania and
Kyrghyzstan. She’s the author of the novel Moira’s Crossing (St.
Martin’s) and a co-author of Frommer’s Budapest & the Best of
Hungary.
George McDonald has lived and worked in both
Amsterdam
and Brussels as deputy editor of the KLM in-flight magazine and as
editor-in-chief of the Sabena in-flight magazine. Now a freelance
journalist and travel writer based in Germany, he is the author of
Frommer’s Amsterdam and Frommer’s Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg,
and a co-author of Frommer’s Europe from $70 a Day.
Hana Mastrini is a native of the western Czech
spa
town
of Karlovy Vary who became a veteran of the “Velvet Revolution” as a
student in Prague in 1989. She began contributing to Frommer’s guides
while helping her husband, John, better understand his new home in the
Czech Republic.
Donald Olson is a novelist, playwright and travel writer. His play,
Beardsley, was produced in London. He is the author of England For
Dummies, which won the Lowell Thomas
Travel
Writing
Award for Best Guidebook in 2002. He is also a co-author of Frommer’s
Europe from $70 a Day. He has contributed travel stories to the New
York Times, National Geographic Books, and many other national
publications.
New-York based Sascha Segan is a freelance journalist who has lived on
three continents and spent quite a lot of time riding the rails of
Europe. He has worked for Expedia Travels magazine, ABCNEWS.com, and
The Guardian in the U.K. He is currently a columnist at Frommers.com
and is the author of Frommer’s Fly Safe, Fly Smart.
Born in Chicago, Theodora Tongas traveled around her parents’ native
Greece many times as a child. After earning a master’s degree in
journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism,
she went to work as a reporter for the Associated Press in Athens, and
has lived there ever since. With Athens as her base, she has toured the
entire mainland—and many islands—by plane, train, and automobile.
MIRROR
http://mihd.net/bn3r9t
