Austria: The Complete Guide with Vienna, Salzburg, Medieval Castles, Skiing and Great Alp ine Drives

By Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.

Book Overview

Experienced and first-time travelers alike rely on Fodor's Gold Guides for rich, reliable coverage the world over. Smart travel tips and important contact info make planning your trip a breeze, and detailed coverage of sights, accommodations, and restaurants give you the info you need to make your experience enriching and hassle-free. If you only have room for one guide, this is the one for you. The best guide to Austria, packed with essentials Great drives and city walks -- Imperial Vienna, Mozart's Salzburg, Lake District resorts, Danube Valley abbeys Vienna side trips to the Wienerwald and the Wine District Outdoors in the Alps: hiking, golf, special skiing chapter Historic castles, music festivals, superb shopping for arts and crafts, waltzing at Vienna's New Year's balls Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget Grand hotels, restored castles, cozy pensions and inns The best places for schnitzel, strudel, and Sachertorte -- top dining in every region, plus gem tlich coffeehouses Fresh, thorough, practical -- off and on the beaten path Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands All reviews based on visits by savvy writer-residents 34 pages of maps, vacation itineraries, and more Important contacts, smart travel tips Fodor's Choice What's Where Pleasures & Pastimes New & Noteworthy German vocabulary and menu guide Complete index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679000127
• ISBN13: 9780679000129
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Fodor's
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Gems of information

This book offers gems of information on the grand and well-known sites, as well as information about places that are off the beaten track. They give detailed information about getting around by car, which is nice for non-winter travel. I do wish they would include more information about traveling by train, such as information about scenic train trips.

Fodors is the Best

Wherever I go I use Fodors guides. I just got back from Europe and Fodors found unique places, great restaurants and comfortable hotels all at reasonable (for Europe) prices. Follow the orange or black stars, you can't go wrong.

Really Good Book

When we visited Vienna this book came in very handy. It provided very good directions to all site seeing spots. It helped plan my 3.5 days in Vienna ahead of time and I was pleased with how accurate the book describes places and let's you know which areas of the site seeing spots to visit, for example which room of the museum should be seen and which room can be skipped when you don't have enough time. I did not use reviews of this book for hotels. Overall a great book to plan your Vienna trip.

Vienna

I found this guidebook well-written and useful. (I don't yet know how accurate the reviews are.) The organization of the book worked for me and it seems to devote an appropriate section to Vienna and to the other, less famous areas of Austra.

A Hefty Guide Book

Austria is bigger than you might think with a history stretching back thousands of years with varied cultures. This book does a creditable job of trying to give you information over a long span of time and for a wide breadth of peoples. I strongly recommend it before you go on a trip to this marvelous country.