Frommer's Europe from $70 a Day

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. Every Frommer's $-a-Day Guide is up-to-date, with dozens of color maps and exact prices for every single expense, so you can accurately plan each day's budget. Frommer's knows that affordable travel doesn't have to mean making sacrifices. It's about having fun and getting a great deal!

Europe can be an expensive place . The answer? Frommer's Europe from $70 a Day, which makes Europe affordable for anyone. Unlike most of the competition, it's thoroughly updated every year to keep on top of the latest changes in this fast-paced city.

The guide is meticulously researched by our expert authors, who have uncovered Europe's best bargains. You'll rely on their candid, indepth reviews of the best bargain accommodations, from an antique-filled canalside home in Amsterdam to a Renaissance-era Florence palazzo-many for less than $30 a night. Discover incredible deals on dining, from a Paris bistro with a $13 menu du jour to Athens's best souvlaki for less than $5. Plus, the book is a complete guide to Europe's best sights-museums, castles, cathedrals, cemeteries, literary landmarks, gardens, and much more-with the lowdown on low-cost nightlife, from Spanish tapas bars to German beer gardens and British pubs. You'll even get a color fold-out map and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!

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An indispensable guide for value-conscious European travelers

• Pinpoints restaurant, hotel, and shopping values in the top 24 European destinations, from Amsterdam and Athens to Venice and Vienna
• Offers complete sightseeing advice-plus the lowdown on what to see and do for free
• 40 percent of the 10 million visitors to Europe travel to two or more countries
• Includes a giant full-color foldout rail map

The book has a great layout but the hotels need to be rechecked. I would make sure to balance this book with another guide like Karen Brown's or Fodor's... I make sure any hotel I stay in has a good rating in at least two sources....


Good for the cities included   November 10, 2002
 20 out of 21 found this review helpful

Just returned from a 2 month trip using the 2002 guide. I found the recommendations for the restaurants to be excellent. After realizing that the Frommer's writers and I had the same tastes, I made it a point of seeking out all of their 'starred' recommendations for restaurants. The sightseeing descriptions and recommendations were also quite good. The hotel recommendations were not as good. A few of the hotels we stayed in that were not 'starred' or listed as a 'Find' were not as comfortable as hotels in other books.

We traveled with this Frommer's, Rick Steves, Lonely Planet and Rough Guides through France, Belguim, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Italy. We liked Rick Steves' recommendations for lodging, Frommer's for restaurants and both for sightseeing. Lonely Planet and Rough Guides were not used if in a Frommer's city. If in a Rick Steve's city (but not Frommer's) we used Lonely Planet for restaurant recommendations (not as good a Frommer's but better than Rick Steves).

Background: Two travelers, professional, early 30s with enough money to stay out of the hostels, but did not want to blow the bank of 5 star lodging. Rick Steve's packing philosophy. Both traveler's love to eat!!


Frommer's 2001 Europe : From $70 a Day   August 18, 2001
 8 out of 10 found this review helpful

I recently returned from a 3 month tour of Europe and took this book with me. While it did have a number of major European cities in it the actual information about them was definetly lacking. I found my self usually better off with out a book at all as opposed to only having this one. Several other travelers we met felt the same way and some were lucky enough to have Lonely Planet guides. For the money spent I'll stick to them or Rick Steves in the future. i.e. This book would take you to the train station/ subway but then fall short on what the heck to do to get a ticket!!! Which is important information stranded in 20 different stations/ subways a month each with different customs. Frommer's did do an excellent job of pointing out all of the gay and lesbian districs and bars in each city and the gay friendly hotels and shops... but they also have a strickly gay guide to Europe as well. The amount of space used for this information could have been better allocated for more pertinent information. I'll have to give a thumbs down on this book. Take something else with you or take nothing at all.