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  A comprehensive system of lean & focused Europe travel guides.

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Looking for a step-by-step recipe for the greatest European adventure around?  Here it is in Rick Steves'  2001 country, city, and museum  guide books,

What ever the length of your vacation,  your Rick Steve's guidebook gives you all the information and straight-shoot- ing advice you need to make yours the best trip ever.

Rick Steves, popular travel writer, uses his 25+ years of experience to create  the perfect blend of well-known sights plus off the tourist map discoveries for you to use to create your  most memorable trip ever. His books protect your time and money both here and in Europe.

Rick weeds through the endless possibilities in each region offers, giving you a step by step recipe on finding the "Best of Europe".  He provides you with all the essential day to day information you need, including

  • evaluations of top sights plus their hours and admission fees.
  • custom-designed city maps
  • efficient day plans
  • choice of recommended schedules and itineraries
  • connects you with other nearby sights
  • hotel recommendations ($40-140 per double)
  • memorable, inexpensive restaurants
  • pitfalls and rip-offs to avoid
  • countless cultural tips

                                  Read before You Leave
Europe Through the Back Door 2001      by Rick Steves new 19th ed 483 p.
If any book can make your first trip to Europe a success, this is it--America's best selling budget travel handbook.  It is packed with lessons gleaned from twenty-five + years of budget European travel, It will answer all your questions--those you have now and those you wouldn't have asked until faced with them on your trip.  A must read classic for Europe-bound travelers.

Contains all the skills of smart travel:

  • Itinerary planning.
  • Which form of transportation is best for your trip.
  • Sleeping and eating cheaply, packing light, laundry.
  • How to avoid theft and rip-offs.
  • Communication in a language you don't understand.
  • Using the phones for local and long distance calls
  • Keeping healthy while traveling.
  • Advice for women traveling alone.
  • Plus Rick's 40 favorite Back Doors--including accommodation recommendations.

Our Price: $21.95     

Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler
     by Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw  new sixth edition 2000, 373 p.
Newly updated and improved. This un-stuffy European art and history book will bring your sightseeing to life.  After years of travel in Europe, Rick and Gene have distilled what you need to know in order to fully appreciate the sights and culture you will experience.  You'll get a crash course in understanding Medieval feudalism, Renaissance art, Gothic architecture, ancient Greek life, and much more.  Europe 101 will show you how and why things were done--from castle construction to elegant court life to the rise of Venice to the fall of Rembrandt--all in a breezy style that's fun to read.  Impress your friends as you casually explain why Gothic was such a pleasant improvement over Romanesque.

Our Price: $19.95     

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