which Europe guidebook is the best?

among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and why?

In rec.travel.europe abdul rahim wrote:
among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and why?

Rough Guide, do you mean? I think they are very similar, I really like Lonely
Planet, it seems a touch less dry to me. And quite comprehensive.

Julie

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among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and
why?

I wouldn't buy any one of them. Baedecker is my guide of choice.

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none of them. no single book can possibly cover Europe.

"abdul rahim" wrote in message om...
among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and why?

the DK books are good.

"abdul rahim" wrote in message om...
among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and why?

None of them are the best. A combination of them will give you different
views and ideas.

If you are an AAA member they have some excellent ones available at some
steep discounts, at least our office does.


"abdul rahim" wrote in message
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among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and
why?

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(abdul rahim) wrote:

among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and why?

That's a matter of personal preference. Sit down at a good bookstore
and thumb through the books on your list and decide for yourself
which seems most useful.

yes, rough guide is what i meant.


i'm thinking greece/turkey/bulgaria.

had to sweat a bit b/c some guide publishers don't include turkey in
euro guidebooks, and i DID NOT want to carry two guidebooks over
there. but rough guide does include turkey

abdul rahim wrote:
among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and why?

Of your selection Lonely Planet's "Europe on a Shoestring" is the best
choice. A discussion of many of the guidebooks is on my page at
http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap10/guide.htm

John Bermont
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"abdul rahim" wrote in message
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among let's go, lonely planet, and rough cut, which one is the best and
why?

A matter of preference of course, but I would avoid Let's Go. When I was
backpacking around Europe I could tell in about 10 minutes of conversation
whether someone else was following thr Let's Go guide, and then I could
usually predict where they were going next (" so... you're going to catch
the night train to Rome tomorrow at 5pm then?..."). So unless you're up for
the ABC* tour, I'd use one of the other guides - but only as a source of
useful information - not as a recipe. The unexpected moments and places are
what will make the trip memorable.

Tom

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