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Hi I plan to do a big road trip in Western Europe , including Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy , Spain and Portugal. So far I have narrowed my search to Frommer’s two books ( "Greatest driving tours" and "Most loved driving driving tours") . Is there something better ? Any experience with these books ? Luke M.
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> I plan to do a big road trip in Western Europe , including Austria, > Switzerland, France, Italy , Spain and Portugal. So far I have narrowed my > search to Frommer’s two books ( "Greatest driving tours" and "Most loved > driving driving tours") . Is there something better ? Any experience > with these books ?
If you’re planning on doing that in a week or 10 days Europe-wide books may be okay. Most publishers, though, have an idea of the size a book ought to be … 200 pages, 300 pages, whatever. No matter how much subject matter is covered the book will more or less end up being the same size. Books focused on a country, or limited area, will have more information than a book covering a wider area. To be inclusive all countries are more or less equally represented. Often at the cost of leaving out delightful destinations or routes in a country particularly rich in travel opportunity in order to include a ‘representative’, but less interesting, selections from another country. Better to buy several for a trip like that, not just one. For Switzerland, "Daytrips Switzerland: 45 One day Adventures by Rail, Bus and Car…", Renouf, Hastings House, ISBN: 0803894147 will be out in May. You can order from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0803894147/travelwithedandjA/ Also the Michelin green series typically has excellent driving routes; descriptions of most sights include ‘how to get there by car’ info. The info in the Switzerland edition is particularly good. If you use a series like that the star rankings of individual sights are more or less comparable across countries so you can get a better feel for what you may want to include in your itinerary. The Swiss edition is at Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=2061563031/travelwithedandjA/ Ed — The non-commercial web … at its best: http://TWEnJ.com Trip Planning: Tips, Tools and Resources Rome . Switzerland . Bavaria . Colorado’s San Juans
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Hi I plan to do a big road trip in Western Europe , including Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy , Spain and Portugal. So far I have narrowed my search to Frommer’s two books ( "Greatest driving tours" and "Most loved driving driving tours") . Is there something better ? Any experience with these books ? Luke M.
Response:
> I plan to do a big road trip in Western Europe , including Austria, > Switzerland, France, Italy , Spain and Portugal. So far I have narrowed my > search to Frommer’s two books ( "Greatest driving tours" and "Most loved > driving driving tours") . Is there something better ? Any experience > with these books ?
If you’re planning on doing that in a week or 10 days Europe-wide books may be okay. Most publishers, though, have an idea of the size a book ought to be … 200 pages, 300 pages, whatever. No matter how much subject matter is covered the book will more or less end up being the same size. Books focused on a country, or limited area, will have more information than a book covering a wider area. To be inclusive all countries are more or less equally represented. Often at the cost of leaving out delightful destinations or routes in a country particularly rich in travel opportunity in order to include a ‘representative’, but less interesting, selections from another country. Better to buy several for a trip like that, not just one. For Switzerland, "Daytrips Switzerland: 45 One day Adventures by Rail, Bus and Car…", Renouf, Hastings House, ISBN: 0803894147 will be out in May. You can order from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0803894147/travelwithedandjA/ Also the Michelin green series typically has excellent driving routes; descriptions of most sights include ‘how to get there by car’ info. The info in the Switzerland edition is particularly good. If you use a series like that the star rankings of individual sights are more or less comparable across countries so you can get a better feel for what you may want to include in your itinerary. The Swiss edition is at Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=2061563031/travelwithedandjA/ Ed — The non-commercial web … at its best: http://TWEnJ.com Trip Planning: Tips, Tools and Resources Rome . Switzerland . Bavaria . Colorado’s San Juans
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