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Rick Steves' Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler (Rick Steves) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 92359
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 525
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 1566915163
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781566915168
ASIN: 1566915163
Publication Date: April 26, 2007
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: In stock - Sent fast from British booksellers.
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This neat little book gives you enough practical knowledge of European art history to make your trip to the great museums and churches a lot more enjoyable. It connects yesterday's Europe with today's sights -- art, museums, buildings, and people. An essential tool for any traveler's backpack or suitcase.
Product Description
Now in full-color comes a witty and engaging look at Europe's history and art, from America's European travel guru. Rick Steves' Europe 101 helps you make the most of your sightseeing. A fun but informative guide, this "professor in your pocket" features chronologically organized chapters—from the pyramids to Picasso—that explain the forces behind Europe's most important cultural and artistic periods. Other features include handy lists of sights that allow you to link your newly acquired knowledge with the specific paintings, sculptures, and buildings you'll see on your trip, a humorous, readable style that is a joy to read compared with the history textbooks you slept on in school, and timelines, maps, drawings, and photos that illustrate Europe's story and round out your education.
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Great book July 13, 2008
A must have whether or not your travel to Europe. If you do indeed go, read it before and during your trip. Other books are available; however, this one works really well and covers a wide swath or history - and thus interests.
Beautiful Book December 31, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thought that I would receive this book a little sooner than I did. It did arrive within the shipping time, but it was a Christmas gift for someone and I didn't receive it until the 29th. In any case, the book is absolutely gorgeous. The pages are glossy, it is well constructed and from what I briefly read and saw, quite informative and well organized. It also was a good price for what you get. Thanks!
 Excellent resource September 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you plan to travel Europe this book is a must have, especially if you are interested in history and the museums. It gives tips on how to get tickets without standing in long lines and other tidbits a tourist would not know. I found it to be very time saving and helpful. It definitely will increase my enjoyment while I'm on vacation.
Rick Steves' Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler July 30, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love reading the Rick Steves' travel books and was very pleasantly surprised by my new understanding of European History and how it relates to art after reading this book. Rick Steves puts everything into perspective and connects art and history in a clear and concise manner. As someone who didn't appreciate European History as a student, I have found this book to be a great tool to re-educate myself and feel I now have a better understanding of the art I will see while traveling in Europe!
You should Buy it!! June 9, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was searching for a book like this for months. Already a fan of Rick Steves, I picked this book up and was more than happy with my purchase. This is a fantastic book to learn history or to learn about art. I used it to read while traveling Europe, but would read it as a leisure read as well. The photos are impressive, but more impressive are the diagrams and timelines to help meld it all together.
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