Rick Steves’ Best of Europe 2014
Rick Steves
Language: English
Pages: 1488
ISBN: 161238661X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
You’ll find a healthy mix of big cities, small towns, and exciting regions, including:
London, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, and Barcelona
Rothenberg, Bruges, Haarlem, Hallstatt, and Gimmelwald
Provence, the French Riviera, Germany's Romantic Road, Switzerland's Berner Oberland, and Italy's Cinque Terre
Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. You’ll learn how to find the right bus in Rome, an inexpensive crêpe in Paris, and which museums and sights are worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.
Frommer's EasyGuide to Ireland 2015
closed on Mondays and especially crowded on Sundays and Tuesdays—try to avoid these days. Day 1 Morning: Follow my Historic Paris Walk, featuring Ile de la Cité, Notre-Dame, the Latin Quarter, and Sainte-Chapelle. Afternoon: Tour the Louvre. Evening: Enjoy the Trocadéro scene and a twilight ride up the Eiffel Tower. Day 2 Morning: Wander the Champs-Elysées from the Arc de Triomphe down the grand Avenue des Champs-Elysées to the Tuileries Garden. Afternoon: Cross the pedestrian bridge from
adopted region, its people, and its wines on his guided tours of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the villages of the Côtes du Rhône, and the Luberon Valley (€100/person, 4-person max, mobile 06 37 16 04 56, www.toursdurhone.com, doug@masdelalionne.com). Visit Provence This company runs day tours from Avignon and Arles. Tours from Avignon run year-round and include a great variety of destinations; tours from Arles run April through September only and are more limited (check their website for current
healthy list of excuses to return. Rome in a Day: Some people actually try to “do” Rome in a day. Crazy as that sounds, if all you have is a day, it’s one of the most exciting days Europe has to offer. Start at 8:30 at the Colosseum. Then explore the Forum, hike over Capitoline Hill, and cap your “Caesar Shuffle” with a visit to the Pantheon. After a quick lunch, taxi to the Vatican Museum (the lines usually die down mid-afternoon, or you can reserve a visit online in advance). See the Vatican
pay cash, free loaner laptop in every room, free on-demand movies—including my Italy TV shows—on your room TV, air-con, free Wi-Fi, next to Piazza Davanzati at Via Porta Rossa 5—easy to miss so watch for low-profile sign above the door, tel. 055-286-666, fax 055-265-8252, www.hoteldavanzati.it, info@hoteldavanzati.it). $$$ Hotel Torre Guelfa has grand (almost royal) public spaces and is topped by a fun medieval tower with a panoramic rooftop terrace. Its 31 pricey rooms vary wildly in size and
very well-run and perfectly safe (same prices as Shelter Jordan, bunks in Qb-€6 extra, D-€49 for spouses or single-sex; same amenities, rules, and Bible study; Barndesteeg 21, tel. 020/625-3230, fax 020/623-2282, www.shelter.nl, city@shelter.nl). In Vondelpark: $ Stayokay Vondelpark (IYHF), with 536 beds in 130 rooms, is one of Amsterdam’s top hostels for the under-25 set—but over-25s will feel comfortable here too (€21-42/bed in 4- to 20-bed dorms, D-€60-105—most with bunk beds, higher prices