Lonely Planet Central Europe

by Honan, Mark; Oliver, Jeanne; Turner, Rebecca; Miller, Emma; Vorhees, Mara; Nebesky, Richard; Eilson, Neil

• ISBN13: 9781864502046
• ISBN10: 1864502045
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• 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	(3)
This Book	10	(1)
Foreword	11	(4)
Introduction	15	(1)
FACTS FOR THE VISITOR	16	(27)
Highlights	16	(1)
Planning	16	(3)
Responsible Tourism	19	(1)
Visas & Documents	20	(2)
Embassies & Consulates	22	(1)
Customs	23	(1)
Money	23	(3)
Post & Communications	26	(1)
Internet Resources	27	(1)
Newspapers & Magazines	28	(1)
Radio & TV	28	(1)
Video Systems	28	(1)
Photography & Video	28	(1)
Time	29	(1)
Electricity	29	(1)
Weights & Measures	29	(1)
Health	29	(6)
Women Travellers	35	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	35	(1)
Disabled Travellers	35	(1)
Senior Travellers	35	(1)
Travel With Children	35	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	36	(1)
Activities	36	(2)
Courses	38	(1)
Work	38	(1)
Accommodation	39	(3)
Food	42	(1)
Drinks	42	(1)
GETTING THERE & AWAY	43	(9)
Air	43	(4)
Land	47	(3)
Sea	50	(1)
Departure Tax	51	(1)
GETTING AROUND	52	(11)
Air	52	(1)
Bus	52	(1)
Train	52	(3)
Car & Motorcycle	55	(3)
Taxi	58	(1)
Bicycle	58	(1)
Hitching	59	(1)
Boat	60	(1)
Organised Tours	60	(3)
AUSTRIA	63	(58)
Facts about Austria	63	(4)
Facts for the Visitor	67	(7)
Getting There & Away	74	(1)
Getting Around	74	(2)
Vienna	76	(14)
The Danube Valley	90	(1)
Krems	90	(1)
Durnstein	91	(1)
Melk	91	(1)
Linz	92	(1)
The South	93	(1)
Graz	93	(3)
Around Graz	96	(1)
Klagenfurt	96	(1)
Salzburg	97	(7)
Around Salzburg	104	(1)
Salzkammergut	105	(1)
Bad Ischl	106	(1)
Hallstatt	107	(1)
Wolfgangsee	108	(1)
Northern Salzkammergut	109	(1)
Tirol	110	(1)
Innsbruck	110	(5)
Kitzbuhel	115	(1)
Kufstein	116	(1)
Lienz	116	(1)
Hohe Tauern National Park	117	(1)
Vorarlberg	118	(1)
Bregenz	118	(1)
Feldkirch	119	(1)
Arlberg Region	119	(2)
CZECH REPUBLIC	121	(78)
Facts about the Czech Republic	121	(6)
Facts for the Visitor	127	(11)
Getting There & Away	138	(2)
Getting Around	140	(4)
Prague	144	(21)
Central Bohemia	165	(1)
Karlstejn	165	(2)
Konopiste	167	(1)
Kutna Hora	167	(2)
North Bohemia	169	(1)
Litomerice	169	(1)
Around Litomerice	169	(1)
West Bohemia	170	(1)
Karlovy Vary	170	(4)
Around Karlovy Vary	174	(1)
Cheb	174	(2)
Marianske Lazne	176	(6)
South Bohemia	182	(1)
Ceske Budejovice	182	(3)
Around Ceske Budejovice	185	(1)
Cesky Krumlov	185	(3)
Around Cesky Krumlov	188	(1)
Sumava	188	(1)
Tabor	188	(2)
Moravia	190	(1)
Telc	190	(2)
Brno	192	(5)
Around Brno	197	(2)
GERMANY	199	(166)
Facts about Germany	199	(10)
Facts for the Visitor	209	(10)
Getting There & Away	219	(1)
Getting Around	220	(4)
Berlin	224	(25)
Brandenburg	249	(1)
Potsdam	249	(3)
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	252	(1)
Saxony	252	(1)
Dresden	252	(4)
Around Dresden	256	(1)
Leipzig	257	(3)
Gorlitz	260	(1)
Thuringia	260	(1)
Erfurt	261	(2)
Weimar	263	(3)
Around Weimar	266	(1)
Eisenach	266	(1)
Saxony-Anhalt	267	(1)
Wernigerode	268	(1)
Quedlinburg	269	(1)
Magdeburg	269	(1)
Lutherstadt Wittenberg	270	(1)
Halle	271	(1)
Naumburg	272	(1)
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	272	(1)
Schwerin	273	(1)
Wismar	274	(1)
Rostock	275	(2)
Around Rostock	277	(1)
Stralsund	277	(2)
Rugen Island	279	(1)
Hiddensee Island	280	(1)
Bavaria	280	(1)
Munich	280	(9)
Augsburg	289	(1)
Romantic Road	289	(3)
Wurzburg	292	(1)
Bamberg	292	(1)
Nuremberg	293	(2)
Regensburg	295	(1)
Passau	296	(1)
Bavarian Alps	297	(3)
Baden-Wurttemberg	300	(1)
Stuttgart	301	(2)
Around Stuttgart	303	(1)
Heidelberg	303	(3)
Baden-Baden	306	(2)
Black Forest	308	(3)
Freiburg	311	(2)
Danube River	313	(1)
Ulm	313	(1)
Lake Constance	314	(2)
Rhineland-Palatinate	316	(1)
The Moselle Valley	316	(3)
Trier	319	(2)
Rhine Valley - Koblenz to Mainz	321	(1)
Saarland	322	(1)
Saarbrucken	322	(1)
Hesse	323	(1)
Frankfurt/Main	324	(6)
Marburg	330	(1)
North Rhine-Westphalia	330	(1)
Cologne	330	(6)
Around Cologne	336	(1)
Dusseldorf	337	(2)
Aachen	339	(2)
Bremen	341	(3)
Lower Saxony	344	(1)
Hanover	344	(1)
Fairy-Tale Road	345	(1)
Gottingen	346	(1)
Goslar	347	(1)
Western Harz Mountains	348	(2)
Hamburg	350	(7)
Schleswig-Holstein	357	(1)
Lubeck	358	(1)
Kiel	359	(2)
North Frisian Islands	361	(2)
Heligoland	363	(2)
HUNGARY	365	(88)
Facts about Hungary	365	(6)
Facts for the Visitor	371	(11)
Getting There & Away	382	(4)
Getting Around	386	(3)
Budapest	389	(20)
The Danube Bend	409	(1)
Szentendre	409	(3)
Visegrad	412	(2)
Around Visegrad	414	(1)
Esztergom	414	(3)
Western Transdanubia	417	(1)
Gyor	417	(4)
Sopron	421	(3)
Fertod	424	(1)
Koszeg	424	(2)
Szombathely	426	(1)
Lake Balaton	427	(1)
Balatonfured	428	(2)
Siofok	430	(1)
Tihany	430	(2)
Badacsony	432	(1)
Keszthely	433	(3)
Heviz	436	(1)
Southern Transdanubia	437	(1)
Pecs	437	(4)
Harkany	441	(1)
The Great Plain	442	(1)
Kecskemet	442	(2)
Kiskunsag National Park	444	(1)
Szeged	445	(3)
Northern Hungary	448	(1)
Eger	448	(3)
Szilvasvarad	451	(1)
Tokaj	452	(1)
LIECHTENSTEIN	453	(4)
Facts about Liechtenstein	453	(1)
Facts for the Visitor	454	(1)
Getting There & Away	454	(1)
Getting Around	454	(1)
Vaduz	454	(2)
Around Vaduz	456	(1)
Malbun	456	(1)
POLAND	457	(108)
Facts about Poland	457	(7)
Facts for the Visitor	464	(10)
Getting There & Away	474	(2)
Getting Around	476	(5)
Warsaw	481	(12)
Malopolska	493	(1)
Krakow	494	(11)
Oswiecim	505	(1)
Czestochowa	506	(2)
Trail of the Eagles' Nests	508	(1)
Zakopane & The Tatras	508	(7)
Dunajec Gorge	515	(1)
South-East Poland	515	(4)
Lublin	519	(4)
Kozlowka	523	(1)
Kazimierz Dolny	523	(1)
Silesia	524	(1)
Wroclaw	524	(6)
Around Wroclaw	530	(1)
Sudeten Mountains	530	(1)
Wielkopolska	531	(1)
Poznan	531	(5)
Around Poznan	536	(1)
The Piast Trail	537	(1)
Pomerania	538	(1)
Torun	538	(4)
Around Torun	542	(1)
Malbork	542	(2)
Gdansk	544	(6)
Sopot	550	(1)
Gdynia	550	(1)
Hel	551	(1)
teba	552	(1)
Slowinsk National Park	552	(1)
Swinoujscie	553	(2)
Miedzyzdroje & Wolin National Park	555	(1)
Warmia & Masuria	555	(1)
Olsztyn	556	(2)
Around Olsztyn	558	(2)
The Great Masurian Lakes	560	(5)
SLOVAKIA	565	(46)
Facts about Slovakia	565	(4)
Facts for the Visitor	569	(7)
Getting There & Away	576	(1)
Getting Around	577	(2)
Bratislava	579	(9)
Around Bratislava	588	(1)
West Slovakia	588	(1)
Trencin	588	(2)
Central Slovakia	590	(1)
Zilina	590	(1)
Mala Fatra	590	(2)
East Slovakia	592	(1)
Vysoke Tatry	592	(6)
Poprad	598	(1)
Kezmarok	598	(1)
Dunajec Gorge	599	(1)
Slovensky Raj	600	(2)
Levoca	602	(1)
Spisske Podhradie	603	(1)
Bardejov	604	(2)
Bardejovske Kupele	606	(1)
Kosice	606	(5)
SLOVENIA	611	(32)
Facts about Slovenia	611	(3)
Facts for the Visitor	614	(6)
Getting There & Away	620	(2)
Getting Around	622	(1)
Ljubljana	622	(8)
Julian Alps	630	(1)
Bled	630	(3)
Bohinj	633	(1)
Hiking Mt Triglav	634	(1)
Soca Valley	635	(1)
Bovec & Kobarid	635	(1)
Karst Region	635	(1)
Postojna	635	(1)
Skocjan Caves	636	(1)
Lipica	636	(1)
The Coast	636	(1)
Koper	636	(3)
Piran	639	(2)
Portoroz	641	(2)
SWITZERLAND	643	(66)
Facts about Switzerland	643	(6)
Facts for the Visitor	649	(7)
Getting There & Away	656	(1)
Getting Around	657	(2)
Bern	659	(4)
Around Bern	663	(1)
Neuchatel	663	(1)
Around Neuchatel	664	(1)
Geneva	664	(7)
Lake Geneva Region	671	(1)
Lausanne	671	(2)
Montreux	673	(1)
Vaud Alps	674	(1)
Valais	675	(1)
Sion	675	(1)
Zermatt	675	(1)
Saas Fee	676	(1)
Other Resorts	676	(1)
Ticino	676	(1)
Bellinzona	677	(1)
Locarno	677	(1)
Lugano	678	(1)
Graubunden	679	(1)
Chur	680	(1)
St Moritz	680	(2)
Around St Mortiz	682	(1)
Zurich	682	(6)
Central Switzerland	688	(1)
Lucerne	688	(3)
Interlaken	691	(2)
Jungfrau Region	693	(2)
Northern Switzerland	695	(1)
Basel	695	(2)
Solothurn	697	(1)
Schaffhausen	697	(1)
St Gallen	698	(1)
Appenzell	699	(10)
Appendices
Climate Charts	700	(1)
Telephones	701	(2)
European Organisations	703	(3)
Alternative Place Names	706	(2)
International Country Abbreviations	708	(1)
Language	709	(10)
Acknowledgments	719	(12)
Index	731