Karen Brown's Switzerland Charming Inns & Itineraries 2003 (Karen Brown's Country Inn Guides)

by Karen Brown and Clare Brown

Book Overview

Switzerland is beautiful, from its rugged mountain peaks to its scenic lake district. Itineraries lead the traveler through this delightful country, recommending a combination of car, train, boat and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928901425
• ISBN13: 9781928901426
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Karen Brown's Guides, Inc.
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful books

I have used Karen Brown's books many times and they have always helped me. She has excellent suggestions. You can't go wrong with this book.

A Must For Discriminating Travelers...

Karen Brown is right on with her recommendations...besides her books being informative & correct, they are beautiful. The painting on the cover depicts the area around Regensberg where you will find the Rote-Rose...the most interesting, beautiful, comfortable place we have had the pleasure of staying. The best travel guide we have discovered when seeking serene, perfect accommodations anywhere.

Excellent book with great practical reviews and tips

These books have been very helpful on our two trips to Europe. I have found every hotel review to be accurate. The authors also give great ideas for side trips and useful maps. You can plan your whole vacation using these books. If you want to find charming smaller hotels in Europe this books is your best bet. If you prefer a larger American Style hotel or resort this is not the book for you.

Great guide for your trip to Switzerland

These books have been very helpful on our two trips to Europe. I have found every hotel review to be accurate. The authors also give great ideas for side trips and useful maps. You can plan your whole vacation using these books.If you want to find charming smaller hotels in Europe this books is your best bet. If you prefer a larger American Style hotel or resort this is not the book for you.

Switzerland the Way YOU Want It

After flailing through guidebooks and handbooks, maps and videos, trying to ensure that our first trip to Switzerland would be a memory to treasure and not a lampoon to forget, we had almost given up. This was an Alp too high to climb. Too many things to see, not enough time, and no simple, tested plan offered by any of the resources we tried. Then we found Karen Brown's Switzerland. She, or one of her daughters, has been there. They have eaten the food, slept on the bed, used the facilities. These are not the stripped-to-the-bone least expensive places to stay. The book is intelligently laid out in the form of several itineraries, with one to suit any taste or budget. The accuracy of the descriptions, understated if anything, was appreciated. But the most valuable parts of the book were the smaller inns that were recommended. With only 11 days in country, we could never have found that little hotel on the shore of Lake Lucerne, our room overlooking a shaded outdoor restaurant; or the chalet in the middle of a pasture, surrounded by high peaks, a waterfall at our back, and a symphony of cowbells waking us. The denouement was Soglio, a place out of time, a village perched on the side of a mountain range. Our room view was across a chasm to yet another range of mountains. If these are the types of places you want to be sure to see and stay at during your visit, Karen Brown's Switzerland will take all the guesswork out of your planning. It is worth at least 10 times the cost of the book, not only in time saved but also in nerves unfrazzled. You'll think you are Heidi.