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Let's Go 2001: Eastern Europe: The World's Bestselling Budget Travel Series by Inc. Let's Go
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Features

Paperback: 864 pages

Publisher: Let's Go Publications December 1, 2000

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0312246714

ISBN-13: 978-0312246716

Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5 x 1.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds

Book Description
The most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to Eastern Europe available, including 16 countries from the Czech Republic to Russia, gateway cities, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad.

VISIT Dostoevsky's grave and meander through the famed Hermitage for $2.

SAVOR Bull's Blood wine in the Valley of Beautiful Women for $2.

RAVE on a defunct nuclear reactor beneath a Black Sea sunrise for $5. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Let's Go 2000: Eastern Europe: The World's Bestselling Budget Travel Series (Let's Go. Eastern Europe 2000) (Paperback) The great thing about the "Let's Go Easter Europe" guide is it's current-- A new edition out each year ensures you get the latest possible travel information publishing deadlines allow. But, before you spend money on this one, I'd go to the local library to be sure it's what you want. This is a basic travel guide with a significant amount of details, and a few exceptional articles, covering travel in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. Because you're talking 17 countries here, you are not going to have a great deal of material in terms of background and history. If you want to know what the area you're going to visit looks like, wait until you arrive, because "Let's Go" doesn't believe in giving you any hints there- the "only" photographs in 840+ pages are on the cover and a couple of advertisements. Another thing- you'll find a "duplicate" set of decent color maps for 4 major cities: Moscow, Prague, Budapest and Krakow. These are located on the front and rear sections adjacent to the cover. I assume that is so you can rip one out to take on the road with you. The rest of the countries have maps incorporated into the text (on poorer quality paper). The thing is- with Eastern Europe, it's tough to get a decent map at times. It would have been great if "Let's Go" invested in equally good ones for all the countries' major city. Just in case you need to know, here are the countries "Let's Go" addresses in this edition: Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia. All in all, I think the book is useful, but not the best available. I would not rely on this book alone unless you on a limited business trip or a short overnight type of stay or tour. If you are going to spend the money to really visit some of these incredible countries and gorgeous cities, find other resources to supplement your travel preparation. Here are my recommendations based on our experience: First, if you are going to the Baltics or Belarus pick up a copy of the "In Your Pocket" city guides. You can find out more about these quarterly-updated guides by doing a simple web search to locate their site. They are absolutely the best little guides! If you order them, allow about a month for delivery. Otherwise, when you arrive in a city they review (i.e. Vilnius, Tallinn, Riga, Minsk etc.), pick one up on arrival at the airport before you go. They may be at a better hotels, but often they are difficult to find once you leave the terminal. Also I'd recommend checking out the "Insight Guide" series for your area of interest. The one for the Baltics is superb. They offer a depth of great background and history with tons of photographs. Also, Lonely Planet guides are my favorite for the amount of information in a small space. Either of these have my vote as "stand alone" guides if you were to only buy one. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)

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