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Frommer's® Europe from $85 a Day, 46th Edition

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Summary

Frommer's Dollar-A-Day guides show you how to travel in style-without breaking the bank. You'll find inexpensive accommodations that don't skimp on comfort. Affordable restaurants where locals go for a good meal. And all the best sightseeing and shopping values. Frommer's Dollar-A-Day guidebooks. First-class travel on a budget.Everything You Need for an Unforgettable-and Affordable-Trip! Charming places to stay, from an antique-filled canalside home in Amsterdam to a Renaissance-era Florence palazzo-many for less than $35 per person a night! Great dining at unbelievably low prices, from a Paris bistro with a $15 menu du jour to Athens's best souvlaki for less than $5. A complete guide to Europe's sights-museums, castles, cathedrals, cemeteries, literary landmarks, gardens, and much more-plus the lowdown on what to do and see for free. Low-cost nightlife: Spanish tapas bars, Viennese coffeehouses, German beer gardens, British pubs, and more. Detailed, accurate city and transit maps.

Author Biography

Reid Bramblett is the author of Frommer's Tuscany and Umbria, Frommer's Northern Italy, and Europe For Dummies, as well as coauthor of Frommer's Italy from $70 a Day. He also helped found guidebookwriters.com. When not on the road, he splits his time between his native Philadelphia and Columbia, Missouri. Londoner Richard Jones, author of Frommer's Memorable Walks in London, has been devising tours of Britain since 1982. He is the author of Walking Haunted London, Haunted Britain and Ireland, Myths and Legends of Britain and Ireland, and Walking Dickensian London. A regular contributor to programs on the Discovery, History, Mystery, and Travel channels, he was recently featured in the documentary The Making of From Hell, providing analysis of the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. He also wrote and presented the drama-documentaries Shakespeare in London (1999). Suzanne Rowan Kelleher is a travel writer and the former Europe editor of Travel Holiday magazine. She has traveled extensively in Ireland, is married to an Irishman, and currently lives in County Dublin. She is the author of Frommer's Ireland. All four of Joseph S. Lieber's grandparents emigrated from Eastern Europe at the turn of the 20th century, settling in New York City, where he was born and raised. Mr. Lieber lived in Hungary for several years in the early 1990s. He presently practices law in Boston and is the coauthor of Frommer's Budapest and the Best of Hungary and Frommer's Europe. Herbert Bailey Livesey is a native New Yorker. After an early career as a university administrator, he decided to devote himself to writing full time. He's the author or coauthor of 10 travel guides (including Frommer's New England, Frommer's Canada, and Frommer's Montreal and Quebec City), a novel about deep-sea sportfishing, and several books on education and sociology. His articles have appeared in Travel and Leisure, Food and Wine, and Playboy. Sherry Marker's love of Greece began when she majored in classical Greek at Harvard. She has attended the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and studied ancient history at the University of California at Berkeley. Author or coauthor of a number of guides to Greece (such as Frommer's Greece and Frommer's Greek Islands), she has published articles in the New York Times, Travel and Leisure, and Hampshire Life. She's also the coauthor of Frommer's Europe and has written books on a variety of subjects, including a history of London for young adults. Hana Mastrini, a native of the western Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary, became a veteran of the "Velvet Revolution" as a student in Prague in 1989. She began contributing to Frommer's guides while helping her husband, John, better understand his new home in the Czech Republic. George McDonald has lived and worked in both Amsterdam and Brussels, as deputy editor of the KLM in-flight magazine and as editor-in-chief of the Sabena in-flight magazine. Now a freelance journalist and travel writer, he has written extensively on both the Netherlands and Belgium for magazines and guidebooks. He's the author of Frommer's Amsterdam, Frommer's Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp, and Frommer's Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Haas Mroue is a freelance travel writer who grew up spending summers in the South of France. He lived in Paris while studying at the American University, then returned to the States to graduate from the UCLA Film School. His articles, poems, and short stories have been widely published, and he's coauthor of Frommer's Gay and Lesbian Europe and author of Frommer's Memorable Walks in Paris. When not on the road, he lives on the beach in Port Townsend, Washington. Cheryl A. Pientka is a freelance journalist. She is the author of Paris For Dummies and coauthor of Frommer's Paris from $80 a Day and France For Dummies. A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Delaware, she splits her time between New York and Paris. As a team of veteran travel writers, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince have produced numerous titles for Frommer's, including bestselling guides to Italy, France, the Caribbean, England, and Germany. Porter, a former bureau chief of The Miami Herald, is also a Hollywood biographer-his most recent releases include The Secret Life of Humphrey Bogart and Katharine the Great, the latter a close-up of the private life of the late Katharine Hepburn. Prince was formerly employed by the Paris bureau of the New York Times, and is today the president of Blood Moon Productions and other media-related firms. Beth Reiber lived for 4 years in Germany and 3 years in Japan, selling travel articles to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and many other publications. Now residing in Lawrence, Kansas, she's the author of Frommer's Japan, Frommer's Tokyo, and Frommer's Hong Kong, and is a contributor to Frommer's USA. Sascha Segan, a freelance writer, is a columnist on air travel and destinations for Frommers.com. He also wrote Frommer's Fly Safe, Fly Smart and the Spain chapter for Frommer's Europe 2005, and contributed to many of the 2004 Frommer's guides. In his spare time, he writes about gadgets for technology magazines. He lives in New York City. Christina Shea, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Hungary and subsequently directed Peace Corps language-training programs in Lithuania and Kyrghyzstan. She is the author of the novel Moira's Crossing (St. Martin's Press) and a coauthor of Frommer's Budapast and the Best of Hungary and Frommer's Europe.

Table of Contents

List of Maps xii
What's New in Europe 1(328)
1 Enjoying Europe on a Budget
10(19)
by Reid Bramblett
1 About the $85-a-Day Premise
10(1)
2 Frommer's Money-Saving Strategies
11(10)
Number, Please: Calling Europe
20(1)
3 Getting Around Without Going Broke
21(12)
The Rules of the Road
27(2)
2 Planning an Affordable Trip to Europe
29(32)
by Reid Bramblett
1 Visitor Information
29(3)
2 Entry Requirements & Customs
32(1)
3 Money
33(28)
The Euro, the U.S. Dollar & the U.K. Pound
36(1)
4 Travel Insurance
37(1)
5 Health & Safety
38(1)
6 Specialized Travel Resources
39(5)
7 Planning Your Trip Online
44(1)
Frommers.com: The Complete Travel Resource
45(1)
8 The 21st-Century Traveler
46(2)
Online Traveler's Toolbox
48(1)
9 Getting There Without Going Broke
48(7)
10 Packages for the Independent Traveler
55(1)
11 Escorted General-Interest Tours
56(1)
12 Special-Interest Vacations
57(4)
3 Amsterdam & Environs
61(40)
by George McDonald
1 Essentials
61(8)
Budget Bests
62(1)
Amsterdam Deals & Discounts
63(4)
Fast Facts: Amsterdam
67(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
69(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
71(4)
3 Great Deals on Dining
75(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
76(3)
Quick Bites
79(1)
4 Seeing the Sights
80(12)
Good Deals on Sightseeing
85(4)
Checking Out the Red Light District
89(1)
Special & Free Events
90(2)
5 Shopping
92(1)
6 Amsterdam After Dark
93(5)
7 Side Trips: Haarlem & Delft
98(3)
4 Athens & Delphi
101(44)
by Sherry Marker
1 Essentials
101(9)
Budget Bests
104(1)
Athens Deals & Discounts
105(3)
Fast Facts: Athens
108(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
110(9)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
115(4)
3 Great Deals on Dining
119(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
121(1)
Quick Bites
122(4)
4 Seeing the Sights
126(11)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
129(6)
Special Events
135(2)
5 Shopping
137(1)
6 Athens After Dark
138(3)
7 A Side Trip to Delphi & Its Archaeological Site
141(4)
5 Barcelona & Environs
145(43)
by Sascha Segan & Herbert Bailey Livesey
1 Essentials
145(10)
Barcelona Deals & Discounts
146(6)
Fast Facts: Barcelona
152(3)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
155(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
157(4)
3 Great Deals on Dining
161(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
162(6)
4 Seeing the Sights
168(12)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
169(7)
Special & Free Events
176(4)
5 Shopping
180(1)
6 Barcelona After Dark
181(3)
7 Side Trips: Beaches, Dali & More
184(4)
6 Berlin & Potsdam
188(47)
by Beth Reiber
1 Essentials
188(11)
Berlin Deals & Discounts
190(7)
Fast Facts: Berlin
197(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
199(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
200(6)
3 Great Deals on Dining
206(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
207(1)
Enjoying Afternoon Coffee & Cake
208(5)
4 Seeing the Sights
213(14)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
213(8)
Tracing the Wall
221(3)
Special & Free Events
224(3)
5 Shopping
227(1)
6 Berlin After Dark
228(4)
7 Side Trips: Potsdam & the Spreewald
232(3)
7 Bern & the Best of the Berner Oberland
235(27)
by Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince
Bern Deals & Discounts
236(1)
1 Essentials
236(4)
Fast Facts: Bern
238(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
240(2)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
240(2)
3 Great Deals on Dining
242(4)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
243(1)
Quick Bites
244(2)
4 Seeing the Sights
246(4)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
248(2)
Special & Free Events
250(1)
5 Shopping
250(1)
6 Bern After Dark
251(2)
7 Side Trips: Interlaken & the Berner Oberland
253(9)
Preparing for the Alps
255(3)
Alpine Ski Passes & Rentals
258(4)
8 Brussels & Bruges
262(32)
by George McDonald
Budget Bests
262(1)
Brussels Deals & Discounts
263(1)
1 Essentials
263(6)
Fast Facts: Brussels
266(3)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
269(3)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
269(3)
3 Great Deals on Dining
272(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
273(1)
On Your Guard in the Ilôt Sacré
274(1)
Quick Bites
275(2)
4 Seeing the Sights
277(8)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
280(1)
A Cool Little Guy
281(1)
Special & Free Events
282(3)
5 Shopping
285(2)
6 Brussels After Dark
287(2)
7 A Side Trip to Bruges: Canals & Flemish Charm
289(5)
9 Budapest & Lake Balaton
294(35)
by Joseph S. Lieber & Christina Shea
1 Essentials
294(12)
Budapest Deals & Discounts
296(6)
Fast Facts: Budapest
302(4)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
306(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
308(3)
3 Great Deals on Dining
311(4)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
313(1)
Coffeehouse Culture
314(1)
4 Seeing the Sights
315(8)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
319(1)
Special & Free Events
320(2)
Enjoying the Thermal Baths
322(1)
5 Shopping
323(1)
6 Budapest After Dark
324(2)
7 A Side Trip to Lake Balaton
326(3)
10 Copenhagen & Helsingor 329(33)
by Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince
1 Essentials
329(7)
Copenhagen Deals & Discounts
331(3)
Fast Facts: Copenhagen
334(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
336(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
337(5)
3 Great Deals on Dining
342(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
343(5)
4 Seeing the Sights
348(9)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
348(6)
Special & Free Events
354(3)
5 Shopping
357(1)
6 Copenhagen After Dark
357(2)
7 Side Trips: Helsingør & More
359(3)
11 Dublin & Environs 362(34)
by Suzanne Rowan Kelleher
1 Essentials
363(8)
Dublin Deals & Discounts
364(4)
Fast Facts: Dublin
368(3)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
371(4)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
372(2)
More Money-Saving Tips
374(1)
3 Great Deals on Dining
375(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
376(1)
Picnic, Anyone?
377(3)
4 Seeing the Sights
380(10)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
385(2)
Special & Free Events
387(3)
5 Shopping
390(1)
6 Dublin After Dark
391(3)
7 Two Side Trips in the Dublin Countryside
394(2)
12 Edinburgh & Environs 396(33)
by Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince
Edinburgh Deals & Discounts
397(1)
1 Essentials
397(4)
Fast Facts: Edinburgh
400(1)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
401(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
402(5)
3 Great Deals on Dining
407(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
407(1)
Tea for Two
408(4)
4 Seeing the Sights
412(11)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
412(6)
Special & Free Events
418(5)
5 Shopping
423(1)
6 Edinburgh After Dark
424(2)
7 Side Trips: Burghs, Villages & More
426(3)
13 Florence & the Best of Tuscany 429(55)
by Reid Bramblett
Florence Deals & Discounts
430(1)
1 Essentials
430(7)
Fast Facts: Florence
435(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
437(9)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
439(7)
3 Great Deals on Dining
446(7)
Get the Best Deal on Dining
447(3)
Get Thee to a Gelateria
450(3)
4 Seeing the Sights
453(18)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
456(7)
Special & Free Events
463(5)
The Ponte Vecchio
468(2)
Catching the Sunset from
Piazzale Michelangiolo
470(1)
5 Shopping
471(2)
6 Florence After Dark
473(2)
7 Side Trips: Fiesole & the Tuscan Countryside
475(9)
14 Lisbon & Environs 484(30)
by Sascha Segan & Herbert Bailey Livesey
Lisbon Deals & Discounts
485(1)
1 Essentials
486(5)
Fast Facts: Lisbon
489(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
491(4)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
492(3)
3 Great Deals on Dining
495(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
496(5)
4 Seeing the Sights
501(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
502(4)
Special & Free Events
506(2)
5 Shopping
508(1)
6 Lisbon After Dark
509(2)
7 Side Trips: Palaces & Picturesque Towns
511(3)
15 London, Bath & Environs 514(55)
by Richard Jones
1 Essentials
515(7)
London Deals & Discounts
516(4)
Fast Facts: London
520(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
522(9)
Local Budget Bests
530(1)
3 Great Deals on Dining
531(8)
Tea for Two
534(3)
Local Budget Bests
537(2)
4 Seeing the Sights
539(17)
Catch the Change
543(6)
For Diana Fans
549(3)
Special & Free Events
552(2)
Literary London
554(2)
5 Shopping
556(2)
6 London After Dark
558(7)
Chamber Music at Lunch
559(6)
7 Side Trips from London: Bath & Windsor Castle
565(4)
16 Madrid & Environs 569(44)
by Sascha Seaan & Herbert Bailey Livesey
1 Essentials
569(9)
Madrid Deals & Discounts
570(5)
Fast Facts: Madrid
575(3)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
578(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
580(4)
3 Great Deals on Dining
584(10)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
586(3)
A True Taste of Spain: Tapas
589(5)
4 Seeing the Sights
594(10)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
594(5)
Special & Free Events
599(5)
5 Shopping
604(1)
6 Madrid After Dark
605(5)
7 A Side Trio to Toledo
610(3)
17 Munich & Neuschwanstein 613(39)
by Beth Reiber
1 Essentials
613(10)
Munich Deals & Discounts
615(4)
Fast Facts: Munich
619(4)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
623(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
624(5)
3 Great Deals on Dining
629(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
630(3)
Munich's Beer Gardens
633(1)
4 Seeing the Sights
634(11)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
635(6)
Special & Free Events
641(4)
5 Shopping
645(1)
6 Munich After Dark
646(3)
7 Side Trips: Neuschwanstein, Hohenschwangau & Dachau
649(3)
18 Nice & the Cote d'Azur 652(42)
by Haas Mroue
1 Essentials
652(7)
Nice Deals & Discounts
654(3)
Fast Facts: Nice
657(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
659(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
661(5)
3 Great Deals on Dining
666(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
667(4)
4 Seeing the Sights
671(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
674(2)
Special & Free Events
676(1)
5 Shopping
676(1)
6 Nice After Dark
677(2)
7 Side Trips: The Best of the Côte d'Azur
679(15)
19 Paris & the Best of the Ile de France 694(58)
by Cheryl Pientka
1 Essentials
694(12)
Paris Deals & Discounts
696(7)
Fast Facts: Paris
703(3)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
706(11)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
708(9)
3 Great Deals on Dining
717(8)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
718(3)
Cafe Society
721(4)
4 Seeing the Sights
725(18)
Paris's Top Free (or Almost) Attractions
729(2)
Maneuvering the Louvre
731(1)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
732(4)
Special & Free Events
736(7)
5 Shopping
743(1)
6 Paris After Dark
744(5)
7 A Side Trip to Versailles & Its Gardens
749(3)
20 Prague & Environs 752(32)
by Hana Mastrini
1 Essentials
752(8)
Prague Deals & Discounts
753(4)
Fast Facts: Prague
757(3)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
760(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
761(4)
3 Great Deals on Dining
765(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
767(2)
Quick Bites
769(1)
We're Here for the Beer
770(1)
4 Seeing the Sights
770(9)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
771(7)
Special Events
778(1)
5 Shopping
779(1)
6 Prague After Dark
780(1)
7 A Side Trip to Ceský Krumlov: Where the Renaissance Lives On
781(3)
21 Rome & Environs 784(63)
by Reid Bramblett
1 Essentials
784(12)
Rome Deals & Discounts
786(5)
Fast Facts: Rome
791(5)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
796(9)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
797(8)
3 Great Deals on Dining
805(9)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
807(3)
Quick Bites
810(4)
4 Seeing the Sights
814(28)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
824(10)
Special & Free Events
834(8)
5 Shopping
842(1)
6 Rome After Dark
843(3)
7 A Side Trip to Pompeii
846(1)
22 Salzburg & Innsbruck 847(35)
by Beth Reiber
1 Essentials
847(6)
Salzburg Deals & Discounts
849(1)
Fast Facts: Salzburg
850(3)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
853(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
853(7)
3 Great Deals on Dining
860(4)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
861(1)
Taking a Break for Coffee & Pastries
862(2)
4 Seeing the Sights
864(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
866(2)
Special & Free Events
868(3)
5 Shopping
871(1)
6 Salzburg After Dark
872(2)
7 A Side Trip to Innsbruck
874(8)
23 Seville & the Best of Andalusia 882(38)
by Sascha Segan & Herbert Bailey Livesey
1 Essentials
882(6)
Seville Deals & Discounts
883(3)
Fast Facts: Seville
886(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
888(3)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
889(2)
3 Great Deals on Dining
891(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
892(1)
A True Taste of Spain: Tapas
893(3)
4 Seeing the Sights
896(9)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
899(2)
Special & Free Events
901(4)
5 Shopping
905(1)
6 Seville After Dark
906(3)
7 Side Trips in Andalusia
909(11)
24 Stockholm & Environs 920(30)
by Darwin Porter & Danforth Prince
1 Essentials
920(7)
Stockholm Deals & Discounts
922(3)
Fast Facts: Stockholm
925(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
927(4)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
928(3)
3 Great Deals on Dining
931(5)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
933(3)
4 Seeing the Sights
936(9)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
937(5)
Special & Free Events
942(3)
5 Shopping
945(1)
6 Stockholm After Dark
946(3)
7 A Side Trip to Drottningholm Palace
949(1)
25 Venice & Environs 950(48)
by Reid Bramblett
1 Essentials
950(10)
Venice Deals & Discounts
952(6)
Fast Facts: Venice
958(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
960(12)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
962(10)
3 Great Deals on Dining
Getting the Best Deal or Dining
972(4)
4 Seeing the Sights
976(14)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
976(8)
The Doge's Bali at Carnevale
984(2)
Special & Free Events
986(3)
Cruising the Canals
989(1)
5 Shopping
990(1)
6 Venice After Dark
991(3)
Hangin' in a Campo
993(1)
7 A Side Trip to Verona, City of Romeo & Juliet
994(4)
26 Vienna & Krems 998(44)
by Beth Reiber
1 Essentials
998(8)
Vienna Deals & Discounts
1000(4)
Fast Facts: Vienna
1004(2)
2 Affordable Places to Stay
1006(6)
Getting the Best Deal on Accommodations
1008(4)
3 Great Deals on Dining
1012(7)
Getting the Best Deal on Dining
1013(2)
Coffeehouses Inside the Ring
1015(4)
4 Seeing the Sights
1019(16)
Getting the Best Deal on Sightseeing
1023(4)
Special & Free Events
1027(8)
5 Shopping
1035(1)
6 Vienna After Dark
1035(5)
7 A Side Trip to the Medieval Village of Krems
1040(2)
Index 1042

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