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| Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008: The Travel Skills Handbook (Rick Steves) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rick Steves
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 43131
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 714
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 1566918537
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.04559
EAN: 9781566918534
ASIN: 1566918537
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
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Product Description
From train and rail-pass skills to strategies for visiting museums, who else but Rick Steves can teach travelers the skills they really need when traveling through Europe? Learn how to deal with all of the details of planning a trip to Europe with Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008. America's number one authority on travel to Europe, Rick Steves has done the legwork, discovered the secrets, and made the mistakes — so travelers don't have to. Completely revised and updated, Steves' time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience. Steves' travel tips include sticking to a budget, smart packing, planning ahead for visiting major sites, personal safety, avoiding tourist traps, and finding Europe's "back door" attractions. Smart advice is also offered on everything from social etiquette to booking a hotel and ordering food. Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008 is an essential item on any European traveler's checklist.
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 Excellent planner for the European traveler (novice or otherwise) March 11, 2008
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
Let me state upfront that I am European myself (from Belgium, actually), and that while I've lived in the US for many years, I have continued to spend a fair amount of time in Europe, including with my kids when they were younger. My youngest is now a HS senior, and she and several of her friends are planning to spend a month or so backpacking around Europe this coming summer, visiting my family along the way.
While looking around to get my daughter a planning guide, I stumbled upon this book and I immediately knew I had fallen on a gem. In "Europe Through the Back Door 2008" (690 pages), Rick Steves (of PBS fame) does not pretend to provide a full overview of Europe (there are other books on that), but instead focuses on some not so obvious places. When I turn to the section on Belgium (where I'm from) and the Netherlands (where I have family), I can instantly see that Steves actually knows what he is writing about, and it validates to me the other portions of the book, and I am fully confident that this book will help my daughter and her friends in their planning of the trip, and during the trip itself. Highly recommended!
Rick Steves has written many other travel books, and one other that I can easily recommend is "Europe 101: History & Art for the Traveler", which is an ideal book for anyone wanting to understand more about European culture and history, but written in a very user-friendly way. Also highly recommended!
 Novice European Traveler January 28, 2008
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
My daughter will be graduating from high school in May 2008 and I wanted to explore a way to help her experience our larger world. I have never been outside of the USA (except a brief visit to Niagra Falls as a child), so I felt very anxious about how to plan a trip for two to Europe. I researched many tours and resources, from bare bones to pricey "deluxe" accomodations, yet I kept coming back to Rick Steves' books, website & resources. This specific book has been a wealth of information for a novice (plus I'm sure those who have traveled before will still get some great tips). Rick Steves' books, videos & other resources have given me the confidence to make reservations for that first trip to Europe. While I am choosing to utilize a tour group for our 1st European experience, Rick really gives anyone wanting to travel through Europe on their own, a concise, well researched (and well utilized) guide to how to do so on any budget. I highly recommend this guide!
Quite Useful April 20, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I found this book very useful, it offered many practical time and money saving tips. The accommodation and transportation strategies were particularly good. However, as an Aussie I found this book very US centric! While some advice was EXTREMELY obvious, I appreciated the opinionated style of writing. Please note that a lot of information covered in this book is also located in Rick's website.
Europe Through the Back Door October 18, 2007
7 out of 22 found this review helpful
I am enjoying planning my trip by using this book. So far it is very insightful and helpful.
Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008: The Travel Skills Handbook (Rick Steves) (Paperback) January 7, 2008
3 out of 20 found this review helpful
Great gift for my husband for Christmas. He is planning our 30 wedding anniversary trip to Europe!
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