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 enlarge | Author: Rick Steves
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 117849
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 4.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 156691969X
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781566919692
ASIN: 156691969X
Publication Date: March 28, 2008
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 Another great Rick Steves book!! August 11, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Rick Steves continues to provide great travel books. The Switzerland 2007 book, like all his other books, tell you everything you need to know to help you plan a trip to Switzerland. He tells you all about the typical tourist sites but he goes farther than that. Rick tells you how to find the "backdoor" locations. These are usually small towns or lesser known attractions that the average tourist would probably not be aware of if it wasn't for Rick's books. One backdoor that he mentions in this book is the small quaint town of Gimmelwald which is close to Interlaken. Visiting towns like Gimmelwald gets you out of the big cities and shows you what life in Switzerland is really like. He also recommends hotels and restaurants that are affordable and full of charm. I travel as often as I can and always read Rick Steves books before I go. You can trust what he says and what he recommends. He has not lead me wrong yet! Buy this book and you will not regret it.
 A good general book on Switzerland August 9, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As usual, Rick Steves provides solid suggestions for restaurants, hotels, and sights, and much of his information is dependable. I was disappointed, however, by his rather condescending attitude toward Zurich, where I recently spent a week on business. The city is lovely, and there are a lot of inexpensive options that don't involve spending a lot of money in this generally pricey city. One of the "must visit" restaurants he recommended turned out to be mediocre and very expensive and he has very little on the Kunsthaus, one of the best museums in Europe. If you want a book with a more balanced view of Switzerland, I recommend Frommer's or Lonely Planet.
 Indispensable July 27, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just got back from Lausanne where we used "Rick" aka "The Bible" alongside Lonely Planet. Rick's information was more accurate and complete. It's great to have more than one guidebook but if you only want to carry one, choose this. The only downside is that the city maps are not drawn to scale and are very hard to follow.
A WARNING BOOK - Switzerland is EXPENSIVE July 12, 2007
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
The first question: Where are the pictures? As a born Swiss (living in the U.S.A.) I read it anyway. It's a lot text about (almost) everything and it's also a "Price List CH 2007". Probably you'll find this book in your library, that's for free . . . .
Rick Steves' Switzerland 2007 July 7, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great book! I love Rick's books. Use them for every European trip. This one is more in depth than Best of Europe 2007. Don't read this one if you're on a quick trip, unless you've been before! I recommend Best of for a quick trip.
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