| Europe by Eurail: How to Tour Europe by Train (Compleat Traveler) |  | Authors: Franklin Pub Burt, George Ferguson
Creator: Laverne Ferguson
Publisher: Burt Franklin and Company Inc
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 636
ISBN: 0891023593
EAN: 9780891023593
ASIN: 0891023593
Publication Date: April 1987
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Condition: New York, NY, U.S.A.; Burt Franklin Publisher; Mass Market Paperbac; G with no dust jacket
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Amazon.com Review
A Eurailpass in the hand is better than anything in the bush; it's a key to Europe, a fare-thee-well to transportation hassles, a ticket to spontaneous travel and the pleasures of the rail. For each of 17 countries, the authors provide particulars on banks, currency, telephone codes, and regional rail systems and passes. But the real heart of the guide lies in the base city planning. Take Finland. They tell all you need to arrive in Helsinki by air, train, or ship, how to get around the city, what day excursions are worthwhile and why (for Helsinki, that's Hanko, Lahti, Tampere, and Turku), and train schedules for each. Train connections are provided between base cities and countries, as well. It's a handy way to organize your trip, and their useful guide makes it work.
Product Description
The only individual guide on the market that is devoted to rail travel in Europe is completely revised and includes new photographs and maps, as well as at-a-glance base city information sections with phone numbers, travel times and special information about each destination. 24 photos. 45 maps.
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 Planning guide July 7, 2003
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
As of yet, I have not journeyed through Europe. My desire when I get there is to go via rail. This is an excellent guide to help you plan you travels through the country. Where to go, where to stay and what to see and do. Since I have yet to go to Europe, I can not attest to this books reliablity. Though from what I have read, seems to be quite insightful and full of help for a visit.
For Big City Visitors Only March 17, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I recommend you not buy it unless your interested on only the major cities and express travel (and you're too busy to get the same information from [a website]).
A disappointment in that it has no local train schedules. Earlier Eurail books (1980' and 90's) had much more data on train stations along the way. The fun for me is in staying in a smaller village and catching a 15 -20 minute train to city center to see its churches, museums and architecture. Other than the travel times, this book tells us nothing we don't already know; i.e., for sight seers there are frequent trains(usually every hour-sometimes two)to all major citys....
 completely useless August 26, 2001
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
you probably just bought a Eurail pass and are looking for more info how to coordinate your european vacation as far as rail traveling goes. stick to your pass and a basic guide. you do not need this. the timetables are completely off. not one even matched. european train stations are so organized and easy to follow that you don't need a guide to tell you where to find an atm machine, an exchange office or a travel agency. as soon as you step out of the trains you'll clearly see signs directing you to the right places. i never thought it would be so useless, esp. if you are doing a backpacking trip. those day excursions that are sudgested from the "base" cities only direct you to tourist traps. i would avoid buying this book if i had the choice again. stick with a Lonely Planet guide. in my opinion the only publisher that tells like it is. Lonely Planet's Europe on a Shoestring or Let's Go Europe give you most of the info that is provided in this book and way more on top of it. stick to your pass and the timetable that they give you with it. you don't need this book.
 Same old, same old, same old July 4, 2001
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I had the 1990-91 Edition and wanted updated information. I found the 2001 material to be so similar it was laughable. The base cities are the same, the excursions were the same, the 'how to' information was identical to the edition ten years earlier. I found little if anything to be new, fresh, or informative. The book was a huge disappointment.
buy another book June 11, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
this book seemed like it would at least have train schedules that would be useful in planning your trip, but while it has a few they are useless. use the swiss or german rail website and rick steves and the lonley planet book to plan your trip, skip this one!
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