Lonely Planet Europe

by Alexis Averbuck

Lonely Planet’s Europe is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at Norway’s fjords, discover Granada’s Alhambra in Spain, and explore Moscow’s R

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Collections

3255 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2011

About the author

Alexis Averbuck is a painter and writer. She earned her degree at Harvard University, and has travelled and lived all over the world, from Sri Lanka to Zanzibar. Alexis crossed the Pacific by sailboat, lived in Antarctica for a year, and paints, photographs, and publishes books on her journeys for Lonely Planet travel guides, the BBC, magazines and online platforms. She’s had solo exhibitions of her oil paintings and watercolors, and also promotes travel and adventure in video and on television, recently starring in a program on Catalunya.

Through her travels, Alexis fell in love with Greece and made the island of Hydra her home; she now also lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Olivia Loccisano · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very useful tool for anyone travelling to Europe and wanting a detailed and specific guide! I recommend only using this book if you know the cities or countries that you intend on travelling to first, because if you are using this book to decide on where in Europe to go, it can be daunting and unhelpful (since there are no pictures-- and visuals are an important factor in understanding where you want to travel to!).

This guide provides very specific information on food, lodging, museums and art galleries, landmarks and travel information for the main cities of all European countries. So, pinpoint your countries first, and then pick up this book to get solid information to put together an itinerary. I do wish the book included some smaller cities, or places not entirely known as tourist cities, such as Neuchâtel, Switzerland-- so its downfall is that the cities it includes are the main metropolitans of those countries.

This is a great read for someone wanting to build an itinerary for a Euro-trip and would like some guidance on where to travel.

4/5 🌍🌍🌍🌍

[bookster · Rating 1 out of 5]

There wasn't really anything in this book that I couldn't have found by just Google searching it myself it was textbook places to visit in every country and did not offer me the inside info it was promising. As someone who lives in Europe I don't think that they did a great job representing my country either.

[Jennifer Mors · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone needs the Lonely Planet Guide to anywhere, anytime, with anyone. It's a given.

[Nadine MacDonald · Rating 5 out of 5]

my go to travel guide always, and yes I’m listing this as a book I read so it counts towards my reading goal, I read it front to back 3000 pages so don’t come for me

[Justina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this to be a useful guide in planning my vacation. It was a good starting point and then I got the Rick Steve's books for a more detailed plan of the cities I will visit.