Arthur Frommer's Europe (Color Complete Guide)

This is an extremely important book for anyone planning a trip to Europe. It contains the current thinking of the famous Arthur Frommer regarding the ten major western European countries to which Americans travel. The preeminent authority on world travel, Arthur Frommer sets forth the pros and cons of each country, the major reason why each would be chosen or disregarded, and the key attractions and activities to consider. It also contains a lengthy preface by him dealing with western Europe as a whole, summing up the reasons why we travel there and what we should not miss. It is centered around what I find to be valuable, lengthy excerpts from the key Frommer travel guides dealing with each nation or region, including the top selections of hotels, restaurants, shops and sights by Frommer's foremost authors--all people who actually live in the areas being covered. Just recently the New York Times featured "Arthur Frommer's Europe" in their list of potential gifts to a Europe-bound Americans, which is excellent advice! If you or anyone you know plans on traveling to Europe this is an absolute must! If you haven't planned on traveling to Europe, this book will make you cash in those points and pack your bags! Absolutely inspiring!

I really found this book very helpful as I explore a trip to Europe. It is clear while reading Mr Frommer's book, that he knows of what he writes, that his lifelong travelling experiences translate into well written commentaries of the ten most heavily visited European nations. I particularly found helpful his comments when he offers specific advice from the recent guidebooks he has published to these nations. Offering specifics on selecting your best lodgings in each country, the places where you are best off dining, the activites and the itinerary that you should follow are invaluably helpful in considering my options.I also found extremely valuable and provocative his well written preface to the book's specific advice, including some though provoking arguments as to why Americans go there. I imagine that this book will set off some very heated discussions and I would think this book is absolutely indispensable for anyone presently considering a trip to Europe.Frommer's Europe is a colorful book, beautifully illustrated. Highly recommend.

As a native European who visited most of these countries as a child, I was interested to read the opinion of the venerable Arthur Frommer. In addition to providing his own advice, it contains his selection of the most important recommendations in the famous Frommer travel guides to the main countries of Europe. I have already noted a great many important tips some of which I had been able to visit and experience, but also additional important suggestions that I would not have myself discovered without it. The book is 900 pages long, and I feel confident in saying that any person hoping to enjoy a really rewarding trip will benefit from it.

My fiance and I are planning are planning on traveling around Europe for our honeymoon. This is a great book to have for the trip. It is lightweight and contains the basic information you would want or need for any trip. The only thing that we found that we would have liked, would be individual maps for each country. However to include that the book would end up being a lot bigger, which wouldn't be ideal.

A top quality book! And an essential addition to anyone's travel library. Arthur Frommer is the person who set off a torrent of American travel to Europe, and here he is again, summarizing for a modern reader the key elements of travel to the most popular European places. I have given a copy to friends planning to go there in April, and they have already responded that they plan to use it to create their itineraries and their daily activities. And of course, I will be briging along my own copy on a trip that I hope to make soon.

Great book, love the descriptions and suggestions but I originally bought this for my parents who are planning a trip to Croatia and want to see a few other places as well. Croatia isn’t anywhere in this!

Past books had more choices to stay, need to include some of the eating places that are more kid friendly like Burger King, Hard Rock Cafe, etc. Also, other sites to see like Schaanse Scans, Corrie Ten Boom's Clock Shop Shop . Most of the book was fine.

POOR! VERY LITTLE INFO. I almost always consult Frommer’s before a trip. Their books have been an invaluable travel aid. BUT NOT THIS ONE! We have a Baltic cruise planned for next year. Before ordering Arthur Frommer’s Europe, I consulted the publisher’s site: Frommers.com. For more information on most of our cruise ports it referred me to this book. What a load of bull! There isn’t one page in it devoted to Oslo, St Petersburg, Helsinki...in spite of the site referring me to this book. There are about 50 pages in Copenhagen and Stockholm...combined! I am going thru the hassle of returning this book. I will be ordering Rick Steve’s latest guidebook on Baltic cruiseports, although I did order Frommer’s guidebook to Copenhagen. Frommer's shouldn’t be so careless with the facts at their site.

Ñot recent enough. Should be current as so many things have changed world-wide especially politically.