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 enlarge | Authors: Andrea Schulte-peevers, Sarah Johnstone, Etain O'carroll, Jeanne Oliver, Tom Parkinson, Nicola Williams
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $26.99
Buy Used: $3.92
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 539320
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 816
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 1.2
ISBN: 1740594711
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781740594714
ASIN: 1740594711
Publication Date: May 2004
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| Customer Reviews:
 Deutschland Ueber Alles May 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok, first off it annoys me to no end that Duisburg is not found in this book at all but 5 cities of equal size with both historical and economic importance are found. Whats more is that there are no real mentionings of how to get around on foot, by bicycle or scooter. Other than that this book is sadly the best one I could find when comparing about 10 or so German Travel Guides at my local bookstores. I plan on writing my own travel tips, guides and more and then submitting them to Lonely Planet.
 Badly outdated August 8, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Normally, I am a faithful LP travel guide user, the books have always been helpul for trips I have taken in the past. On a 3 week trip through Germany in May-June 2006, I used the Germany LP and was unpleasantly suprised time after time at the outdated or just plain incorrect information in the book. Not little things like prices, which always go up, but major problems like listings for buses to the airport in Berlin, that I discovered after much searching, had been discontinued two years ago. This type of thing happened repeatedly. At the end of the trip I actually felt cheated and as if I had wasted my money, and worse, valuable time depending on information provided in this purchase. The only thing it ended up being good for was finding hotel listigs to make reservations with during the planning stages. I don't have another guide to suggest instead, but leaving basic transportation info outdated for so long is just negligent. I'm going to to try Rough Guide next time.
 Makes the travel easier June 11, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
For my one-week-only trip (I circulated around Frankfurt and Wiesbaden) the book did it's job. The maps are great; the articles refresh your memory and help you look knowledgeable enough when talking to locals. Overall I think it makes the visit through this very hospitable country easier and even more entertaining.
Extremely Helpful! October 6, 2005
The best thing about Lonely Planet guide books is it gives you tons of useful information from customs and culture to language to the nitty-gritty how to, where to go, and what to see and do. We just returned from a one week trip to Germany. It was wonderful, and we took the Lonely Planet guidebook with us everywhere. It led us to many great cities, sights, restaurants, and places to stay. Highly recommended! We have also used Lonely Planet guidebooks on our trips to Thailand and Japan. It has never led us very far astray. :)
A good guide September 30, 2004
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I just got back from a month long backpacking all over Germany. Its truely is a great guide for independent lonely traveller. I do agree with other reviewer's comment that, its geared towards people using public transport more, but that worked out well for me. I don't know what reviewers are complaining about the East Germany part, but I had great time with the help of this book in the east (spent 1.5 weeks).
The only problem is that this guide book is updated only once in 2yrs or so, so some of the info is outdated (the Dachau tour info) and I had to miss out on some tours because of that. I haven't used other guides and this is my first lonely travel so I can't really compare, but this is a very comprehensive travel companion (when you have no companion at all :).
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