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.Rick Steves' London 2002 City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw December 10, 2001 Rick provides some of the best information about the cities he visits. The books are worth the price for the trivia alone. Whether you've already been to Europe or you're planning to go, these books are for you. In fact, the London book is so spectacular that even if you're not planning a trip to England, you should buy the book. It's full of interesting information and is its own time capsule of British history and culture. >>See More Reviews & Details on Rick Steves' London 2002 |
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.Rick Steves' Spain & Portugal 1999 (Serial) City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick Steves 1999-03 This book is great for what it tries to be: an easy and concise resource to guide you through a 3 week tour of Spain and Portugal. He confidently steers you to the major and minor (though equally fun and interesting) attractions with his star system, and suggests good budget hotels and eateries (show the book to a few hotels and get a 10% discount). His descriptions about prices and schedules are accurate. While we heartily recommend the book, it must be used to supplement another, more detailed guidebook (we used Lonely Planet). Other critiques: (1) his indifference towards the Gaudi architecture scene in Barcelona, which were among our favorite sights; (2) his fast and furious pace (needs more down time); and (3) meager explanations ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Rick Steves' Spain & Portugal 1999 (Serial) |
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.Rick Steves' Great Britain 2005 City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick Steves 2004-12 This "tourism porn" is more like watching a cooking show than reading a cookbook, meaning it was great inspiring fun to sit back and see the sites as our always affable host traveled across Britain, but deep down this DVD wasn't a lot of help when it came to planning my trip. Oh, I recommend it, sure, it's great to watch, I love Rick Steves, but as far as assisting the planning of a vacation... Hence my cooking show/cookbook comparison up there. His actual guidebooks, however, are invaluable! >>See More Reviews & Details on Rick Steves' Great Britain 2005 |
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.Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 1996 (14th ed) City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick Steves 1996-01 Great for small budget travelers and for students or for people like me who want to take the longest trip my money can buy. Great tricks, it's an overall look on how to travel, light, safe and gimicks free. It's well writen, amusing and a great preparation for before you go. Rick Steves explain from sleeping arrangment to changing money, to taking a shower. I love the book and I plan to use it in the spring and hope all goes well. Brigitte Vallée >>See More Reviews & Details on Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 1996 (14th ed) |
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.Rick Steves' Europe 1996 (Rick Steves' Best of Europe) City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick Steves 1996-02 Great for small budget travelers and for students or for people like me who want to take the longest trip my money can buy. Great tricks, it's an overall look on how to travel, light, safe and gimicks free. It's well writen, amusing and a great preparation for before you go. Rick Steves explain from sleeping arrangment to changing money, to taking a shower. I love the book and I plan to use it in the spring and hope all goes well. Brigitte Vallée >>See More Reviews & Details on Rick Steves' Europe 1996 (Rick Steves' Best of Europe) |
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.Rick Steves' France 2005 City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick Steves, Steve Smith 2004-12 Steves ignores too many important cities, and I was shocked to see him refer to Beaune but not Dijon, and not even mention Nancy or Metz. It is an userfriendly guide and he offers excellent itineraries, but the book is based on a single person's opinions and views (which explains his casual manner for excluding/including cities). Don't let this be your only guidebook in France, but it is handy to have in conjunction with others. I enjoyed the easy reading and the honest recommendations and it isn't as weighty as the Lonely Planet or bland as Fodor's. But, I am still shocked that Steves completely ignored a number of France's great and beautiful provincial cities. >>See More Reviews & Details on Rick Steves' France 2005 |
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.Rick Steves' Ireland 2004 City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick Steves 2003-12 We used the 2003 version of this book for our trip in May 2003. My wife and I will not travel in Europe without one of Rick Steves' books! Specifically, the Ireland book provided us with some useful guidelines for each day of our trip. Some we followed completely, many we tailored for our own interests. You can't see it all in a week or ten days, so Rick Steves' helps you hit the high spots, find some comfortable and friendly places to stay, and avoid the tourist traps. He helped us get the most for our money in Ireland. >>See More Reviews & Details on Rick Steves' Ireland 2004 |
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.RICK STEVES' EUROPE 101: HISTORY AND ART FOR THE TRAVELER. City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick & Gene Openshaw. Steves 2000 We used the 2003 version of this book for our trip in May 2003. My wife and I will not travel in Europe without one of Rick Steves' books! Specifically, the Ireland book provided us with some useful guidelines for each day of our trip. Some we followed completely, many we tailored for our own interests. You can't see it all in a week or ten days, so Rick Steves' helps you hit the high spots, find some comfortable and friendly places to stay, and avoid the tourist traps. He helped us get the most for our money in Ireland. >>See More Reviews & Details on RICK STEVES' EUROPE 101: HISTORY AND ART FOR THE TRAVELER. |
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.Rick Steves' Italy 1998 (Serial) City Travel Guides > Books > Rick Steves by: Rick Steves 1998-03 I'm an American who's been living in various cities in Europe for the last 2 years. Rick Steve's has NEVER led me wrong in all my travels. My visiting guests and I simply refer to him as 'The God of Travel' or just 'Rick'. Whether it's which sights to pass on with limited time to the most unique 'back door' hotels or pensions. His guides are funny, frank and to the point. If piles of historical text is what you're looking for, you won't find it here. This is no huge book to haul along with you. It's all you need to educate yourself on the sights of Europe. Each section begins with a quick overview of the city or area and with great bits of information you'd not get from the encyclopedia. I have almost all of his 'regional' books ... Read More: >>See More Reviews & Details on Rick Steves' Italy 1998 (Serial) |