Lonely Planet Western Europe on a Shoestring

by Cole, Geert; Fallon, Steve; Gillman, Helen; Honan, Mark; King, John; Lindenmayer, Clem; Gordon, Frances Linzee

• ISBN13: 9780864424389
• ISBN10: 0864424388
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

A comprehensive guide to independent travel in Western Europe: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

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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