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Fodor's Germany 2008 (Fodor's Gold Guides)

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Fodors is the Best 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Wherever I go I use Fodors guides. I just got back from Europe and Fodors found unique places, great restaurants and comfortable hotels all at reasonable (for Europe) prices. Follow the orange or black stars, you can't go wrong.

Editorial Review:

Packed with essential insider information in an easy-to-use format, Fodor's bestselling guide to Germany is fully updated for 2008

Michelin Green Guide Alsace-Lorraine-Champagne (Michelin Green Guides)

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

very helpful in our driving tour of Alsace 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This was a great companion to our (my husband & I) tour of the Alsace reagion of France which is worth the trip! It is a beautiful not-well traveled region of France. We visited this French/German area on a trip where we visited Mont Blanc and the French Riveria as well. We were greeted with only friendliness from the wineries and other French people that we met on our visit to Alsace.

Solid book 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Maps are good, but could be a little more complete. Found a typo or two on it, but worked for me to navigate to more obscure parts of Alsace.

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This Michelin Green Guide explores northeastern France from the open horizons of Champagne to the stony cliffs of the Meuse valley and the thick forests of Ardennes and Argonne. The blue line of the Vosges mountains rises between Lorraine and Alsace, where vineyards stretch from the foothills to the Rhine valley plain. Majestic Gothic cathedrals, half-timbered villages, mountain retreats, medieval castles, museums for every interest distinguish this historic land and cultural crossroads.

Fodor's Germany, 24th Edition (Fodor's Gold Guides)

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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.

Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Germany!

•Updated annually, Fodor’s Germany provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.

•Fodor’s Germany features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.

•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Germany.

•Experience Germany like a local! Fodor’s Germany includes choices for every traveler, from hiking in the Bavarian Alps to museum-hopping in Dresden and clubbing in Berlin, and much more!

•Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.

Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.

Wicked German (Wicked Travel Series)

Howard Tomb

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

This Book Sucks 1 out of 5 stars.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book figuring it was practical and useful, which for my surprise, was exactly the opposite! It gives you several phrases in German (organized by travel situations and SCENARIOS) which are more of JOKES than helpful statements to use while you are travelling.

If you are a beginner at German idiom, don't buy it. It won't help you at all.

However, if you already speak German, and want to laugh at the CULTURAL ASPECTS of Germany, than this is your book indeed.

Suspend Reality For Just a Second 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

And you will love this book! Keep in mind: It is not meant to instruct anyone on how to speak to real-life Germans...it is simply a sarcastic, harmless fun-poking bit of dry humor. If one was silly enough to actually try and use this, he/she might end up with their "hazelnuts in a vise". I live in Germany and have let my German friends take a look at it just to guage their opinions. The result? The humor doesn't translate and they just don't "get it"---they find it neither insulting nor funny.

So just loosen up, enjoy it for what it is and realize that complaints that it's not a 'real' book are useless and moot. Enjoy! Tschuss!

Love and Belly Laughs, TH

Editorial Review:

Learn to distinguish between Schinkenwurst, Mettwurst, Fleischwurst, Blutwurst, Pinkelwurst, Touristenwurst, Jagerwurst,and Zungenwurst. Critique Bavarian castles, torment skinheads, and discover all the accepted excuses for backing out of a polka evening. It's the new, unified Germany, and to help all travelers and students gain a foothold in Deutschland comes wicked german. It's on the Mark. 85,000 copies inprint.

Together the Wicked collection, 933,000 copies in print.

Streetwise Munich Map - Laminated City Street Map of Munich, Germany - with integrated metro map including S-Bahn and U-Bahn lines and stations

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

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Streetwise Munich Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Munich, Germany - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated metro map including S-Bahn & U-Bahn lines & stations

This map covers the following areas:
Main Munich Map 1:14,000
Munich Area Map 1:73,000
Munich Metro Map

Munich, regional capital of Bavaria in south central Germany, is the second most popular destination in Germany after Berlin. The city is a center for culture and arts, with a staggering assortment of museums. It’s also a fun loving, convivial, good old fashion party town known for the annual Oktoberfest.

Munich is a city of contrasts. The Marienplatz is the heart of Munich and the site of its most important historic buildings. The square is dominated by the Neo-gothic Town Hall featuring its famous Glockenspiel. The Alte Pinakothek houses ones of Europe’s most important art collections. In contrast is the Hofbrauhouse where beer has been swilled at this world famous tavern site since it became a royal brewery in 1605. In Englischer Garten you\'ll find Haus der Kunst, a popular place for art ehxibits. It\'s located adjacent to one of the best river surfing spots in Munich (there are several): the Eisenbach River. You can stand on the bridge and watch as surfers carve turns on the icy water. The water is shallow and the water is fast, so this may not be the best place to try the sport for the first time, but it\'s definitely worth watching as surfers line up for a chance to test their skills on this permanent 3 foot wave. And then there is Theresienwiese, the park on the west side of town where the vast beerhall tents are pitched for Octoberfest.

The main STREETWISE® map of Munich covers the central city in detail and contains all important sites, architecture, metro stations and parks. Also provided is an inset map which features Munich’s metro system and fare structure. This Munich map will enable you to navigate your way to Nymhenburg Palace or Olympic Park, both of which are outside the center city. A Munich Area map, which guides you in, out, and around Munich, is helpful in finding the Munich International Airport and other out of town sites.

Our pocket size map of Munich is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Munich map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Munich map today and you too can navigate Munich, Germany like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Amazon search bar.

Rick Steves' Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2004

Rick Steves

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Join Rick Steves on a tour of three of Europe's most fascinating countries. Rick Steves' Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2004 covers Rothenburg and the Romantic Road; Munich and Bavaria; Salzburg; The Lakes District; Mauthausen and the Danube Valley; Vienna; Tyrol and Innsbruck; Interlaken, Gimmelwald, and the Berner Oberland; Appenzell, Murten and Bern; The Black Forest and Baden Baden Spa; Trier and the Mosel Valley; Bonn and Koln; The Rhine River; and Prague. Completely revised and updated, Rick Steves' Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 2004 includes color maps, opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights; friendly places to eat and sleep; suggested day plans; walking tours and trip itineraries; clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere by car, train, or foot; and Rick's newest "back door" discoveries. America's number one authority on travel to Europe, Rick's time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience.

The Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich

Larry Hawthorne

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Great Buy! 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book more than pays for itself with the coupons for free beer in the back! Great book too. Has directions to a lot of amazing beirgartens!

Munich Beer Drinkers 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This book is suprisingly good and gives extended information about various interesting locales in Munich. The beer locales are a kick. One could spend the whole trip visiting these occasionally quite interesting and cozy dispensers of comustibles and brews.

Editorial Review:

Travelers can drink in all the atmosphere, history, and beer that Munich has to offer with this updated guide to the best watering holes in the beer-drinking capital of the world. More than 70 of Munich's best beer gardens, beer halls, pubs, and late-night hot spots are listed in detail. The colorful histories behind them are included, along with detailed maps and instructions on how to find each place. A special chapter on Oktoberfest and other beer festivals make this guide as practical as it is entertaining. This revised edition pays for itself several times over with the enclosed beer coupons from some of Munich's most prized beer gardens. Its wisdom will make any trip to the Beer City a truly unforgettable travel experience.

The Rough Guide to Berlin 8 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

Christian Williams

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Very useful 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I really enjoyed using this guide. It was very informative and easy-to-navigate. I'd buy another Rough Guide in a heartbeat.

Editorial Review:

The Rough Guide to Berlin is the definitive guide to this extraordinary city. The full-colour introduction gives an inspiring insight into many of Berlin’s highlights from world-class museums to cutting edge galleries and the latest on the cities lively nightlife. Read expert background on everything from the enduring Reichstag, to east Berlins’ cultural scene and find comprehensive information on Berlin’s history, politics, and traditions. This fully- updated eighth edition includes new colour inserts throughout and features the clearest maps of any guide, allowing you to chose where to go and what to see, inspired by dozens of photos. You’ll also find practical advice on trips out of the city including Potsdam and Park Sanssouci. With critical listings of the best places to eat, drink, sleep and party for all budgets, this guide gets under the skin of this dynamic city.

Make the Most of Your Time with the Rough Guide to Berlin

Culture Shock! Germany: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette (Culture Shock! Guides)

Richard Lord

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With over three million copies in print, CultureShock! is a bestselling series of culture and etiquette guides covering countless destinations around the world. For anyone at risk of culture shock, whether a tourist or a long-term resident, CultureShock! provides a sympathetic and fun-filled crash course on the do's and don'ts in foreign cultures. Fully updated and sporting a fresh new look, the revised editions of these books enlighten and inform through such topics as language, food and entertaining, social customs, festivals, relationships, and business tips. CultureShock! books are packed with useful details on transportation, taxes, finances, accommodation, health, food and drink, clothes, shopping, festivals, and much, much more.

German (Eyewitness Travel Guides Phrase Books)

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Practical & helpful...an excellent book 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful.

The Eyewitness Travel Phrase books are excellent guides for tourists looking to communicate as much as possible in foreign languages. They include a host of phrases that can be very helpful in many situations - there are the classic "Can you tell me what time it is?" to a variety of more complex or particular expressions. There's also a section on spelling and pronounciation. It also includes expressions used not only while on vacation, but also while doing business.

This little book is also quite handy thanks to it's size, it fits perfectly on any pocket. It also includes a section with a simple dictionary that can be very helpful in identifying a variety of words.

The book is very good at doing its job, which is helping people cross the language barriers while abroad. However, it shouldn't be mistaken with a German language course. This is book is not meant to teach you the German language, but to give you a good enough understanding of it so you can travel without major inconveniences. If you want to expand on the language, you need to get other books.

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Featuring pronunciation, a menu guide, a mini-dictionary, hotel information, and emergency phrases.

Whether you're trying to order dinner or get back to your hotel, you cannot make your way without knowing what to say, and the Eyewitness Travel Guide Phrase Books are the perfect guide for tongue-tied tourists. These compact, user-friendly books fit right into your pocket or purse, and meet the communications needs of the tourist and business traveler alike. Based on an innovative system of imitated pronunciation, phrases are organized into logical and practical divisions, including time; food and drink; air travel; bus, taxi, and subway information; shopping; health and medical care; and much more. Typical replies to questions you may be asked, as well as signs and instructions you're likely to see or hear, are also given. The guides also include a carefully selected mini-dictionary, and useful conversion tables translating distance, clothing sizes, and weight.