Lonely Planet Central Europe

by Ashworth, Susie; Baty, Chris; Bedford, Neal; Bender, Andrew; Byron, Yvonne

• ISBN13: 9781740592857
• ISBN10: 1740592859
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

-- covers Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland
-- top tips for enjoying some of Europe's best hiking, skiing and watersports
-- reveals the region's turbulent history

Table of Contents

The Authors	7	(6)
This Book	13	(1)
Foreword	14	(1)
Introduction	15	(1)
Facts for the Visitor	16	(25)
Highlights	16	(1)
Planning	16	(1)
Responsible Tourism	17	(2)
Visas & Documents	19	(2)
Embassies & Consulates	21	(1)
Money	21	(3)
Customs	24	(1)
Post & Communications	24	(1)
Digital Resources	25	(1)
Newspapers & Magazines	25	(1)
Radio & TV	26	(1)
Video Systems	26	(1)
Photography & Video	26	(1)
Time	26	(1)
Electricity	26	(1)
Weights & Measures	27	(1)
Health	27	(5)
Women Travellers	32	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	32	(1)
Disabled Travellers	32	(1)
Senior Travellers	33	(1)
Travel With Children	33	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	33	(1)
Activities	34	(1)
Courses	35	(1)
Work	36	(1)
Accommodation	37	(2)
Food	39	(1)
Drinks	40	(1)
Getting There & Away	41	(7)
Air	41	(3)
Land	44	(2)
Sea	46	(1)
Departure Tax	47	(1)
Getting Around	48	(9)
Air	48	(1)
Bus	48	(1)
Train	48	(3)
Car & Motorcycle	51	(2)
Taxi	53	(1)
Bicycle	54	(1)
Hitching	55	(1)
Boat	55	(1)
Organised Tours	55	(2)
Austria	57	(58)
Facts about Austria	57	(1)
History	57	(5)
Facts for the Visitor	62	(6)
Getting There & Away	68	(1)
Getting Around	69	(2)
Vienna	71	(14)
The Danube Valley	85	(1)
Krems an der Donau	85	(1)
Durnstein	86	(1)
Melk	86	(1)
Linz	87	(1)
The South	88	(1)
Graz	88	(3)
Around Graz	91	(1)
Klagenfurt	91	(1)
Salzburg	92	(7)
Around Salzburg	99	(1)
Salzkammergut	100	(1)
Bad Ischl	100	(2)
Hallstatt	102	(1)
Wolfgangsee	103	(1)
Northern Salzkammergut	104	(1)
Tirol	104	(1)
Innsbruck	104	(5)
Kitzbuhel	109	(1)
Kufstein	110	(1)
Lienz	110	(1)
Hohe Tauern National Park	111	(1)
Vorarlberg	112	(1)
Bregenz	112	(1)
Feldkirch	113	(1)
Arlberg Region	113	(2)
Czech Republic	115	(70)
Facts about the Czech Republic	115	(1)
History	115	(6)
Facts for the Visitor	121	(10)
Getting There & Away	131	(1)
Getting Around	132	(3)
Prague	135	(21)
Central Bohemia	156	(1)
Karlstejn	156	(1)
Konopiste	156	(1)
Kutna Hora	156	(2)
North Bohemia	158	(1)
Litomerice	159	(1)
Around Litomerice	159	(1)
West Bohemia	160	(1)
Karlovy Vary	160	(3)
Around Karlovy Vary	163	(1)
Cheb	163	(1)
Plzeri	164	(3)
South Bohemia	167	(1)
Ceske Budejovice	167	(3)
Around Ceske Budejovice	170	(1)
Cesky Krumlov	170	(3)
Around Cesky Krumlov	173	(1)
Sumava	174	(1)
Tabor	174	(1)
East Bohemia	175	(1)
Adrspach-Teplice Rocks	175	(1)
Moravia	176	(1)
Telc	176	(2)
Brno	178	(5)
Around Brno	183	(2)
Germany	185	(162)
Facts about Germany	185	(1)
History	185	(10)
Facts for the Visitor	195	(9)
Getting There & Away	204	(1)
Getting Around	205	(4)
Berlin	209	(24)
Brandenburg	233	(1)
Potsdam	233	(3)
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	236	(1)
Saxony	236	(1)
Dresden	236	(5)
Around Dresden	241	(1)
Leipzig	242	(3)
Gorlitz	245	(1)
Thuringia	245	(1)
Erfurt	245	(2)
Weimar	247	(4)
Around Weimar	251	(1)
Eisenach	251	(1)
Saxony-Anhalt	252	(1)
Magdeburg	252	(1)
Quedlinburg	253	(1)
Wernigerode	254	(1)
Dessau	255	(1)
Lutherstadt Wittenberg	255	(1)
Halle	256	(1)
Naumburg	257	(1)
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	258	(1)
Schwerin	258	(2)
Wismar	260	(1)
Rostock & Warnemunde	261	(1)
Stralsund	262	(2)
Rugen Island	264	(1)
Hiddensee Island	265	(1)
Bavaria	265	(1)
Munich	265	(9)
Augsburg	274	(1)
Romantic Road	274	(3)
Wurzburg	277	(1)
Bamberg	278	(1)
Nuremberg	278	(3)
Regensburg	281	(1)
Passau	281	(1)
Bavarian Alps	282	(4)
Baden-Wurttemberg	286	(1)
Stuttgart	286	(2)
Around Stuttgart	288	(1)
Heidelberg	289	(3)
Baden-Baden	292	(1)
Black Forest	293	(3)
Freiburg	296	(2)
Danube River	298	(1)
Ulm	298	(1)
Lake Constance	299	(1)
Constance	299	(1)
Meersburg	300	(1)
Lindau	300	(1)
Friedrichshafen	301	(1)
Rhineland-Palatinate	301	(1)
The Moselle Valley	301	(2)
Trier	303	(2)
Rhine Valley - Koblenz To Mainz	305	(2)
Saarland	307	(1)
Saarbrucken	307	(1)
Hesse	308	(1)
Frankfurt/Main	308	(6)
Marburg	314	(1)
North Rhine-Westphalia	314	(1)
Cologne	314	(6)
Around Cologne	320	(1)
Dusseldorf	320	(3)
Aachen	323	(2)
Bremen	325	(1)
Bremen	325	(2)
Lower Saxony	327	(1)
Hanover	327	(1)
Around Hanover	328	(1)
Fairy-Tale Road	329	(1)
Gottingen	330	(1)
Goslar	331	(1)
Western Harz Mountains	332	(1)
Hamburg	333	(8)
Schleswig-Holstein	341	(1)
Lubeck	341	(1)
Kiel	342	(2)
North Frisian Islands	344	(2)
Heligoland	346	(1)
Hungary	347	(78)
Facts about Hungary	347	(1)
History	347	(6)
Facts for the Visitor	353	(10)
Getting There & Away	363	(5)
Budapest	368	(19)
The Danube Bend	387	(1)
Szentendre	387	(3)
Visegrad	390	(1)
Esztergom	391	(2)
Western Transdanubia	393	(1)
Gyor	393	(4)
Sopron	397	(3)
Fertod	400	(1)
Koszeg	400	(2)
Szombathely	402	(1)
Lake Balaton	403	(1)
Balatonfured	403	(2)
Siofok	405	(1)
Tihany	405	(1)
Badacsony	406	(1)
Keszthely	407	(2)
Heviz	409	(1)
Southern Transdanubia	410	(1)
Pecs	410	(4)
Harkany	414	(1)
The Great Plain	414	(1)
Kecskemet	414	(3)
Kiskunsag National Park	417	(1)
Szeged	417	(3)
Northern Hungary	420	(1)
Eger	420	(3)
Szilvasvarad	423	(1)
Tokaj	424	(1)
Liechtenstein	425	(4)
Facts about Liechtenstein	425	(1)
Facts for the Visitor	426	(1)
Getting There & Away	426	(1)
Getting Around	426	(1)
Vaduz	426	(2)
Around Vaduz	428	(1)
Malbun	428	(1)
Poland	429	(92)
Facts about Poland	429	(1)
History	429	(5)
Facts for the Visitor	434	(10)
Getting There & Away	444	(3)
Getting Around	447	(4)
Warsaw	451	(12)
Mazovia & Podlasie	463	(1)
Lodz	464	(1)
Bialowieza National Park	464	(1)
Malopolska	465	(1)
Krakow	465	(11)
Oswiecim	476	(1)
Czestochowa	477	(1)
Zakopane	478	(3)
The Tatra Mountains	481	(1)
Dunajec Gorge	482	(1)
Sanok	483	(1)
Przemysl	483	(1)
Lublin	483	(4)
Around Lublin	487	(1)
Zamosc	488	(2)
Silesia	490	(1)
Wroclaw	490	(4)
Sudeten Mountains	494	(1)
Wielkopolska	495	(1)
Poznan	495	(4)
Around Poznan	499	(1)
The Piast Trail	500	(1)
Pomerania	500	(1)
Torun	500	(4)
Gdansk	504	(6)
Around Gdansk	510	(2)
Swinoujscie	512	(1)
Szczecin	513	(1)
Warmia & Masuria	514	(1)
Olsztyn	514	(2)
Lidzbark Warminski	516	(1)
Frombork	517	(1)
Elblag-Ostroda Canal	517	(1)
The Great Masurian Lakes	517	(4)
Slovakia	521	(42)
Facts about Slovakia	521	(1)
History	521	(4)
Facts for the Visitor	525	(6)
Getting There & Away	531	(1)
Bratislava	532	(8)
Around Bratislava	540	(1)
West Slovakia	541	(1)
Trencin	541	(1)
Central Slovakia	542	(1)
Zilina	542	(1)
Mala Fatra	543	(2)
East Slovakia	545	(1)
Vysoke Tatry	545	(5)
Poprad	550	(1)
Kezmarok	551	(1)
Dunajec Gorge	551	(2)
Slovensky Raj	553	(1)
Levoca	554	(2)
Spisske Podhradie	556	(1)
Bardejov	556	(2)
Kosice	558	(5)
Slovenia	563	(32)
Facts about Slovenia	563	(1)
History	563	(3)
Facts for the Visitor	566	(6)
Getting There & Away	572	(1)
Getting Around	573	(1)
Ljubljana	574	(7)
Julian Alps	581	(1)
Bled	581	(3)
Bohinj	584	(1)
Kranjska Gora	585	(1)
Hiking Mt Triglav	585	(1)
Soca Valley	586	(1)
Bovec & Kobarid	586	(1)
Karst Region	586	(1)
Postojna	586	(1)
Skocjan Caves	587	(1)
Lipica	587	(1)
The Coast	588	(1)
Koper	588	(2)
Piran	590	(2)
Portoroz	592	(1)
Eastern Slovenia	592	(1)
Maribor	592	(1)
Ptuj	593	(1)
Thermal Spas	594	(1)
Switzerland	595	(57)
Facts about Switzerland	595	(1)
History	595	(5)
Facts for the Visitor	600	(7)
Getting There & Away	607	(1)
Getting Around	608	(2)
Bern	610	(4)
Around Bern	614	(1)
Neuchatel	614	(2)
Around Neuchatel	616	(1)
Jura Canton	616	(1)
Geneva	616	(6)
Lake Geneva Region	622	(1)
Lausanne	622	(3)
Montreux	625	(1)
Vevey	626	(1)
Vaud Alps	626	(1)
Valais	626	(1)
Sion	626	(1)
Zermatt	626	(2)
Other Resorts	628	(1)
Ticino	628	(1)
Bellinzona	628	(1)
Locarno	629	(1)
Lugano	630	(1)
Graubunden	631	(1)
Chur	631	(1)
St Moritz	632	(1)
Around St Moritz	633	(1)
Zurich	633	(6)
Central Switzerland	639	(1)
Lucerne (Lazern)	639	(3)
Interlaken	642	(2)
Jungfrau Region	644	(2)
Northern Switzerland	646	(1)
Basel (Bale)	647	(3)
Schaffhausen	650	(1)
St Gallen	650	(1)
Appenzell	651	(1)
Appendix - Telephones	652	(2)
Language	654	(9)
Thanks	663	(4)
Index	667	(5)
Map Legend	672