The Authors | p. 9 |
This Book | p. 14 |
Foreword | p. 15 |
Introduction | p. 19 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 20 |
Highlights | p. 20 |
Planning | p. 20 |
Visas and Documents | p. 25 |
Embassies and Consulates | p. 27 |
Customs | p. 28 |
Money | p. 28 |
Post and Communications | p. 31 |
Internet Resources | p. 32 |
Useful Sites | p. 33 |
Newspapers and Magazines | p. 33 |
Internet Resources | p. 34 |
TV | p. 34 |
Video Systems | p. 34 |
Photography | p. 34 |
Time | p. 34 |
Electricity | p. 34 |
Health | p. 35 |
Women Travellers | p. 41 |
Gay and Lesbian Travellers | p. 41 |
Disabled Travellers | p. 41 |
Senior Travellers | p. 41 |
Travel with Children | p. 41 |
Dangers and Annoyances | p. 42 |
Activities | p. 42 |
Courses | p. 44 |
Work | p. 44 |
Accommodation | p. 45 |
Food | p. 47 |
Getting There and Away | p. 49 |
Air | p. 49 |
Land | p. 54 |
Sea | p. 55 |
Leaving Western Europe | p. 55 |
Warning | p. 55 |
Getting Around | p. 56 |
Air | p. 56 |
Bus | p. 56 |
Train | p. 57 |
Taxi | p. 60 |
Car and Motorcycle | p. 60 |
Bicycle | p. 63 |
Hitching | p. 64 |
Boat | p. 65 |
Organised Tours | p. 65 |
Andorra | p. 67 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 67 |
Getting There and Away | p. 70 |
Getting Around | p. 70 |
Andorra La Vella | p. 70 |
Parroquia d'Ordino | p. 73 |
Ordino | p. 74 |
Llorts | p. 74 |
Estacio d'Esqui Ordino-Arcalis | p. 74 |
Austria | p. 77 |
Facts about Austria | p. 77 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 81 |
Getting There and Away | p. 88 |
Getting Around | p. 89 |
Vienna | p. 90 |
Around Vienna | p. 104 |
The Danube Valley | p. 105 |
Krems | p. 106 |
Durnstein | p. 106 |
Melk | p. 106 |
Linz | p. 107 |
The South | p. 109 |
Graz | p. 109 |
Around Graz | p. 112 |
Klagenfurt | p. 112 |
Salzburg | p. 113 |
Around Salzburg | p. 120 |
Salzkammergut | p. 121 |
Bad Ischl | p. 122 |
Hallstatt | p. 123 |
Wolfgangsee | p. 124 |
Tirol | p. 125 |
Innsbruck | p. 126 |
Kitzbuhel | p. 131 |
Kufstein | p. 132 |
Lienz | p. 132 |
Hohe Tauern National Park | p. 134 |
Vorarlberg | p. 134 |
Bregenz | p. 135 |
Feldkirch | p. 136 |
Arlberg Region | p. 136 |
Belgium | p. 139 |
Facts about Belgium | p. 139 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 143 |
Getting There and Away | p. 148 |
Getting Around | p. 149 |
Brussels | p. 150 |
Around Brussels | p. 155 |
Antwerp | p. 155 |
Ghent | p. 160 |
Bruges | p. 162 |
Around Bruges | p. 166 |
Ypres | p. 166 |
Tournai | p. 167 |
Liege | p. 168 |
Around Liege | p. 170 |
The Ardennes | p. 171 |
Namur | p. 171 |
Dinant | p. 172 |
Han-Sur-Lesse and Rochefort | p. 172 |
La Roche-en-Ardenne | p. 173 |
Bastogne | p. 173 |
Britain | p. 175 |
Facts about Britain | p. 175 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 182 |
Getting There and Away | p. 198 |
Getting Around | p. 201 |
London | p. 208 |
Around London | p. 241 |
South-East England | p. 241 |
Canterbury | p. 243 |
Dover | p. 245 |
Sissinghurst Gardens | p. 247 |
Hever Castle | p. 247 |
Knole House | p. 248 |
Leeds Castle | p. 248 |
Brighton | p. 248 |
Portsmouth | p. 250 |
Winchester | p. 251 |
Channel Islands | p. 252 |
South-West England | p. 252 |
Salisbury | p. 256 |
Stonehenge | p. 257 |
Avebury | p. 257 |
Dorset | p. 258 |
Exeter | p. 258 |
Plymouth | p. 259 |
Dartmoor National Park | p. 260 |
South Cornwall Coast | p. 261 |
West Cornwall Coast | p. 261 |
North Devon | p. 262 |
Bath | p. 263 |
Around Bath | p. 266 |
Wells | p. 266 |
Glastonbury | p. 267 |
Bristol | p. 267 |
Midlands | p. 270 |
Oxford | p. 271 |
Blenheim Palace | p. 276 |
Stratford-Upon-Avon | p. 276 |
Cotswolds | p. 277 |
Birmingham | p. 278 |
Shrewsbury | p. 278 |
Around Shrewsbury | p. 279 |
Peak District | p. 280 |
Althorp | p. 280 |
East England | p. 281 |
Cambridge | p. 283 |
Ely | p. 286 |
Lincolnshire | p. 286 |
Norfolk | p. 286 |
Suffolk | p. 287 |
North-East England | p. 287 |
York | p. 289 |
Around York | p. 293 |
North York Moors | p. 293 |
National Park | p. 293 |
Durham | p. 295 |
Northumberland | p. 296 |
Yorkshire Dales | p. 298 |
North-West England | p. 299 |
Chester | p. 301 |
Manchester | p. 302 |
Liverpool | p. 304 |
Isle of Man | p. 306 |
Lake District | p. 306 |
Carlisle | p. 308 |
Scotland | p. 309 |
Facts about Scotland | p. 311 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 313 |
Getting There and Away | p. 316 |
Getting Around | p. 317 |
Edinburgh | p. 318 |
Glasgow | p. 324 |
South-West Scotland | p. 329 |
South-East Scotland | p. 330 |
Stirling | p. 331 |
St Andrews | p. 331 |
Eastern Highlands | p. 332 |
Western Highlands | p. 335 |
Northern Highlands and Islands | p. 336 |
Wales (Cymru) | p. 342 |
Facts about Wales | p. 342 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 344 |
Getting There and Away | p. 345 |
Getting Around | p. 346 |
South Wales | p. 346 |
South-West Wales | p. 348 |
Mid-Wales | p. 349 |
North Wales | p. 349 |
France | p. 353 |
Facts about France | p. 353 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 364 |
Getting There and Away | p. 376 |
Getting Around | p. 378 |
Paris | p. 381 |
Around Paris | p. 412 |
Disneyland Paris | p. 412 |
Versailles | p. 413 |
Chartres | p. 414 |
Alsace | p. 416 |
Strasbourg | p. 416 |
Colmar | p. 422 |
Route du Vin | p. 424 |
Normandy | p. 424 |
Rouen | p. 424 |
Bayeux | p. 428 |
D-Day Beaches | p. 431 |
Mont Saint Michel | p. 433 |
Brittany | p. 436 |
Quimper | p. 436 |
Concarneau | p. 439 |
Saint Malo | p. 441 |
Around Saint Malo | p. 445 |
Loire Valley | p. 446 |
Blois | p. 446 |
Blois Area Chateaux | p. 449 |
Tours | p. 452 |
Tours Area Chateaux | p. 456 |
South-Western France | p. 458 |
La Rochelle | p. 458 |
Bordeaux | p. 461 |
Bordeaux Vineyard Visits | p. 466 |
Bayonne | p. 467 |
Biarritz | p. 472 |
Around Biarritz | p. 474 |
Lourdes | p. 475 |
Around Lourdes | p. 477 |
Perigord (Dordogne) | p. 477 |
Perigueux | p. 478 |
Vezere Valley | p. 479 |
Burgundy and The Rhone Region | p. 481 |
Dijon | p. 481 |
Vineyards Around Dijon | p. 486 |
Lyon | p. 487 |
The French Alps | p. 494 |
Chamonix | p. 494 |
Annecy | p. 499 |
Grenoble | p. 503 |
Around Grenoble | p. 507 |
Provence | p. 507 |
Marseille | p. 508 |
Aix-En-Provence | p. 514 |
Avignon | p. 515 |
Around Avignon | p. 520 |
Cote D'azur | p. 520 |
Nice | p. 521 |
Antibes | p. 527 |
Cannes | p. 527 |
Menton | p. 531 |
Monaco | p. 531 |
Languedoc-Roussillon | p. 535 |
Montpellier | p. 536 |
Nimes | p. 538 |
Around Nimes | p. 539 |
Carcassonne | p. 539 |
Perpignan | p. 541 |
Around Perpignan | p. 542 |
Corsica | p. 542 |
Ajaccio | p. 545 |
Bastia | p. 549 |
Calvi | p. 551 |
Porto | p. 552 |
Corte | p. 553 |
Sartene | p. 554 |
Bonifacio | p. 555 |
Germany | p. 557 |
Facts about Germany | p. 557 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 567 |
Getting There and Away | p. 579 |
Getting Around | p. 581 |
Berlin | p. 585 |
Brandenburg | p. 611 |
Potsdam | p. 612 |
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp | p. 615 |
Saxony | p. 615 |
Dresden | p. 615 |
Around Dresden | p. 620 |
Meissen | p. 620 |
Leipzig | p. 622 |
Gorlitz | p. 625 |
Thuringia | p. 626 |
Erfurt | p. 626 |
Weimar | p. 628 |
Around Weimar | p. 632 |
Eisenach | p. 632 |
Mittelbau Dora | p. 633 |
Saxony-Anhalt | p. 634 |
Wernigerode | p. 634 |
Quedlinburg | p. 635 |
Magdeburg | p. 636 |
Lutherstadt Wittenberg | p. 637 |
Halle | p. 638 |
Naumburg | p. 639 |
Freyburg | p. 640 |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | p. 640 |
Schwerin | p. 640 |
Wismar | p. 642 |
Rostock | p. 643 |
Warnemunde | p. 645 |
Stralsund | p. 646 |
Rugen Island | p. 648 |
Hiddensee Island | p. 648 |
Bavaria | p. 649 |
Munich | p. 649 |
Augsburg | p. 658 |
Romantic Road | p. 659 |
Wurzburg | p. 662 |
Bamberg | p. 663 |
Nuremberg | p. 664 |
Regensburg | p. 666 |
Passau | p. 667 |
Bavarian Alps | p. 668 |
Bavarian Forest | p. 672 |
Baden-Wurttemberg | p. 674 |
Stuttgart | p. 674 |
Around Stuttgart | p. 677 |
Heidelberg | p. 678 |
Around Heidelberg | p. 682 |
Baden-Baden | p. 682 |
Black Forest | p. 684 |
Freiburg | p. 687 |
Danube River | p. 690 |
Ulm | p. 690 |
Lake Constance | p. 691 |
Rhineland-Palatinate | p. 694 |
The Moselle Valley | p. 694 |
Trier | p. 698 |
Rhine Valley - Koblenz to Mainz | p. 699 |
Saarland | p. 701 |
Saarbrucken | p. 702 |
Hesse | p. 703 |
Frankfurt/Main | p. 703 |
Marburg | p. 710 |
North Rhine-Westphalia | p. 710 |
Cologne | p. 710 |
Bonn | p. 716 |
Dusseldorf | p. 718 |
Aachen | p. 720 |
Bremen | p. 723 |
Lower Saxony | p. 726 |
Hanover | p. 726 |
Fairy-Tale Road | p. 727 |
Gottingen | p. 728 |
Goslar | p. 729 |
Western Harz Mountains | p. 731 |
Hamburg | p. 733 |
Around Hamburg | p. 741 |
Schleswig-Holstein | p. 741 |
Lubeck | p. 742 |
Kiel | p. 744 |
Schleswig | p. 746 |
North Frisian Islands | p. 746 |
Heligoland | p. 748 |
Greece | p. 751 |
Facts about Greece | p. 751 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 758 |
Getting There and Away | p. 768 |
Getting Around | p. 770 |
Athens | p. 773 |
Around Athens | p. 786 |
Sounion and The Apollo Coast | p. 788 |
The Peloponnese | p. 788 |
Diakofto-Kalavryta Railway | p. 790 |
Corinth | p. 791 |
Ancient Corinth and Acrocorinth | p. 791 |
The Mani | p. 794 |
Central Greece | p. 796 |
Northern Greece | p. 797 |
Zagoria and Vikos Gorge | p. 799 |
Saronic Gulf Islands | p. 804 |
Cyclades | p. 805 |
The Minor Islands | p. 808 |
Mykonos and Delos | p. 808 |
Folegandros and Sikinos | p. 813 |
Crete | p. 815 |
Phaestos and Other Minoan Sites | p. 820 |
The West Coast | p. 822 |
Paleohora and The South-West Coast | p. 822 |
Around Sitia | p. 825 |
Dodecanese | p. 826 |
North-Eastern Aegean Islands | p. 833 |
Sporades | p. 837 |
Ionian Islands | p. 839 |
Corfu | p. 839 |
Ithaki | p. 841 |
Kefallonia | p. 841 |
Zakynthos | p. 842 |
Ireland | p. 843 |
Facts about Ireland | p. 843 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 851 |
Getting There and Away | p. 859 |
Getting Around | p. 861 |
Dublin | p. 863 |
Around Dublin | p. 875 |
The South-East | p. 876 |
County Wicklow | p. 876 |
Wexford | p. 878 |
Rosslare Harbour | p. 879 |
Waterford | p. 879 |
Kilkenny | p. 880 |
Around Kilkenny | p. 882 |
Chir | p. 882 |
Rock of Cashel | p. 882 |
The South-West | p. 882 |
Cork | p. 882 |
Around Cork | p. 887 |
Skibbereen to Clear Island | p. 887 |
Mizen Head Peninsula | p. 888 |
Bantry | p. 888 |
The Beara Peninsula | p. 889 |
The West Coast | p. 889 |
Killarney | p. 889 |
The Ring of Kerry | p. 892 |
The Dingle Peninsula | p. 893 |
Limerick | p. 894 |
Around Limerick | p. 895 |
The Burren | p. 895 |
Galway | p. 896 |
Aran Islands | p. 899 |
Connemara | p. 901 |
Westport | p. 902 |
The North-West | p. 903 |
Sligo | p. 903 |
Donegal | p. 904 |
Around Donegal | p. 905 |
Northern Ireland | p. 905 |
Belfast | p. 905 |
The Belfast-Derry Coastal Road | p. 911 |
Derry | p. 913 |
Enniskillen and Lough Erne | p. 915 |
Italy | p. 917 |
Facts about Italy | p. 917 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 926 |
Getting There and Away | p. 939 |
Getting Around | p. 940 |
Rome | p. 944 |
Around Rome | p. 968 |
Ostia Antica | p. 968 |
Tivoli | p. 968 |
Etruscan Sites | p. 968 |
Northern Italy | p. 970 |
Genoa | p. 970 |
Riviera di Levante | p. 971 |
Turin | p. 972 |
Around Turin | p. 973 |
Milan | p. 973 |
Mantua | p. 978 |
Verona | p. 979 |
Padua | p. 981 |
Venice | p. 982 |
Ferrara | p. 992 |
Bologna | p. 993 |
Ravenna | p. 995 |
San Marino | p. 996 |
The Dolomites | p. 996 |
Cortina d'Ampezzo | p. 998 |
Canazei | p. 998 |
Val Gardena | p. 998 |
Madonna di Campiglio | p. 999 |
San Martino di Castrozza | p. 999 |
Central Italy | p. 999 |
Florence | p. 999 |
Pisa | p. 1009 |
Siena | p. 1010 |
San Gimignano | p. 1013 |
Certaldo | p. 1013 |
Perugia | p. 1014 |
Assissi | p. 1016 |
Umbria | p. 1017 |
Ancona | p. 1017 |
Urbino | p. 1018 |
Southern Italy | p. 1019 |
Naples | p. 1019 |
Around Naples | p. 1024 |
Sorrento | p. 1025 |
Capri | p. 1025 |
Amalfi Coast | p. 1026 |
Paestum | p. 1027 |
Matera | p. 1027 |
Apulia | p. 1028 |
Calabria | p. 1030 |
Sicily | p. 1032 |
Palermo | p. 1033 |
Aeolian Islands | p. 1036 |
Taormina | p. 1037 |
Etna | p. 1038 |
Syracuse | p. 1038 |
Agrigento | p. 1040 |
Sardinia | p. 1040 |
Cagliari | p. 1042 |
Cala Gonone | p. 1044 |
Alghero | p. 1045 |
Liechtenstein | p. 1047 |
Facts about Liechtenstein | p. 1047 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 1048 |
Getting There and Away | p. 1048 |
Getting Around | p. 1048 |
Vaduz | p. 1048 |
Around Vaduz | p. 1050 |
Malbun | p. 1050 |
Luxembourg | p. 1051 |
Facts about Luxembourg | p. 1051 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 1053 |
Getting There and Away | p. 1057 |
Getting Around | p. 1057 |
Luxembourg City | p. 1058 |
Around Luxembourg | p. 1063 |
Moselle Valley | p. 1063 |
Central Luxembourg | p. 1063 |
Little Switzerland | p. 1064 |
The North | p. 1065 |
The Netherlands | p. 1067 |
Facts about The Netherlands | p. 1067 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 1071 |
Getting There and Away | p. 1078 |
Getting Around | p. 1079 |
Amsterdam | p. 1081 |
Around Amsterdam | p. 1091 |
The Randstad | p. 1091 |
Haarlem | p. 1091 |
Around Haarlem | p. 1093 |
Leiden | p. 1093 |
Around Leiden | p. 1095 |
The Hague | p. 1095 |
Delft | p. 1099 |
Rotterdam | p. 1100 |
Around Rotterdam | p. 1102 |
Utrecht | p. 1102 |
Arnhem and The Hoge Veluwe | p. 1103 |
The Delta Region | p. 1105 |
Middelburg | p. 1105 |
Around Middelburg | p. 1106 |
Willemstad | p. 1106 |
The North | p. 1107 |
Afsluitdijk | p. 1107 |
Leeuwarden | p. 1107 |
Groningen | p. 1107 |
Frisian Islands | p. 1108 |
The South-East | p. 1109 |
Den Bosch | p. 1109 |
Maastricht | p. 1110 |
Portugal | p. 1113 |
Facts about Portugal | p. 1113 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 1117 |
Getting There and Away | p. 1126 |
Getting Around | p. 1127 |
Lisbon | p. 1129 |
Around Lisbon | p. 1138 |
Sintra | p. 1138 |
Cascais | p. 1139 |
Setubal | p. 1140 |
The Algarve | p. 1141 |
Faro | p. 1142 |
Tavira | p. 1143 |
Lagos | p. 1143 |
Monchique | p. 1144 |
Silves | p. 1144 |
Sagres | p. 1145 |
Central Portugal | p. 1145 |
Evora | p. 1145 |
Monsaraz | p. 1147 |
Estremoz | p. 1147 |
Castelo De Vide and Marvao | p. 1148 |
Nazare | p. 1148 |
Alcobaca | p. 1149 |
Batalha | p. 1149 |
Obidos | p. 1149 |
Coimbra | p. 1150 |
Luso and Bucaco Forest | p. 1151 |
Serra da Estrela | p. 1151 |
The North | p. 1152 |
Porto | p. 1152 |
Along The Douro | p. 1156 |
Viana do Castelo | p. 1157 |
Braga | p. 1157 |
Peneda-Geres National Park | p. 1158 |
SPAIN | p. 1161 |
Facts about Spain | p. 1161 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 1167 |
Getting There and Away | p. 1177 |
Getting Around | p. 1179 |
Madrid | p. 1181 |
Around Madrid | p. 1195 |
El Escorial | p. 1195 |
Castilla Y Leon | p. 1196 |
Segovia | p. 1196 |
Around Segovia | p. 1197 |
Avila | p. 1197 |
Burgos | p. 1198 |
Salamanca | p. 1198 |
Leon | p. 1201 |
Around Leon | p. 1203 |
Castilla-La Mancha | p. 1203 |
Toledo | p. 1203 |
Cuenca | p. 1206 |
Around Cuenca | p. 1207 |
Catalunya | p. 1207 |
Barcelona | p. 1207 |
Monestir de Montserrat | p. 1219 |
Costa Brava | p. 1220 |
Tarragona | p. 1222 |
Balearic Islands | p. 1224 |
Mallorca | p. 1225 |
Ibiza | p. 1228 |
Formentera | p. 1230 |
Menorca | p. 1230 |
Valencia and Murcia | p. 1232 |
Valencia | p. 1232 |
Morella | p. 1235 |
Inland Valencia | p. 1235 |
Alicante | p. 1236 |
Around Alicante | p. 1238 |
Murcia | p. 1238 |
Andalucia | p. 1238 |
Seville | p. 1239 |
Granada | p. 1244 |
Cordoba | p. 1247 |
Costa De Almeria | p. 1249 |
Malaga and Costa del Sol | p. 1250 |
Ronda | p. 1252 |
Gibraltar | p. 1252 |
Extremadura | p. 1255 |
Trujillo | p. 1255 |
Caceres | p. 1256 |
Merida | p. 1257 |
North-East Extremadura | p. 1257 |
Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria | p. 1259 |
Santiago de Compostela | p. 1259 |
Rias Bajas | p. 1261 |
La Coruna | p. 1262 |
Rias Altas | p. 1262 |
Picos de Europa | p. 1262 |
Santander | p. 1263 |
Santillana del Mar | p. 1264 |
Pais Vasco, Navarra and Aragon | p. 1264 |
San Sebastian | p. 1265 |
Costa Vasca | p. 1267 |
Bibao | p. 1268 |
Pamplona | p. 1268 |
Zaragoza | p. 1269 |
Teruel | p. 1271 |
Switzerland | p. 1273 |
Facts about Switzerland | p. 1273 |
Facts for the Visitor | p. 1278 |
Getting There and Away | p. 1286 |
Getting Around | p. 1287 |
Bern | p. 1289 |
Around Bern | p. 1293 |
Neuchatel | p. 1293 |
Around Neuchatel | p. 1294 |
Geneva | p. 1295 |
Lake Geneva Region | p. 1301 |
Lausanne | p. 1301 |
Montreux | p. 1304 |
Vaud Alps | p. 1305 |
Valais | p. 1305 |
Sion | p. 1305 |
Zermatt | p. 1305 |
Saas Fee | p. 1307 |
Other Resorts | p. 1307 |
Ticino | p. 1307 |
Locarno | p. 1308 |
Bellinzona | p. 1309 |
Lugano | p. 1310 |
Graubunden | p. 1311 |
Chur | p. 1311 |
St Moritz | p. 1312 |
Around St Moritz | p. 1313 |
Zurich | p. 1314 |
Central Switzerland | p. 1320 |
Lucerne | p. 1320 |
Interlaken | p. 1323 |
Jungfrau Region | p. 1324 |
Northern Switzerland | p. 1326 |
Basel | p. 1326 |
Around Basel | p. 1329 |
Schaffhausen | p. 1329 |
St Gallen | p. 1330 |
Appenzell | p. 1331 |
Climate ChartS | p. 1332 |
Telephones | p. 1334 |
European Organisations | p. 1336 |
Alternative Place Names | p. 1339 |
International Country Abbreviations | p. 1342 |
Language | p. 1343 |
Dutch | p. 1343 |
French | p. 1344 |
German | p. 1346 |
Greek | p. 1348 |
Italian | p. 1350 |
Portuguese | p. 1352 |
Spanish | p. 1354 |
Index | p. 1357 |
Acknowledgements | p. 1366 |
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