No comments about Travels In The North of Germany, In the Years 1825 and 1826.

3 comments about Hungary: The Rough Guide, Third Edition (Rough Guides).

1. The Rough Guide Hungary is a complete paper guide: both practical as well as good in in-depth knowledge. Arriving in Hungary by plane as I did in the Summer of 2000, you feel you have arrived in a country where a completely strange, vigourous and stimulating language is spoken and little else except goodwill. This book has the capacity to guide you into this really foreign country, offering you several possibilities in the above situation, varying from the safe: 'take a cab but fix the price beforehand', to the more adventurous: 'take bus # 93 (red) to the metro terminal and continue your journey to Budapest by taking the blue metro line to the centre of town'. Whatever your choice, I found this is all excellent advice with no mistakes. The guide continues in this reliable way both in the capital and in the country side, but does more as it also describes Hungary's history and culture in its own words, not copying textbooks. Boxes with extra, spicy information are included.

   Because this guide is so good on history, contemporary politics and culture, it doesn't cover every village in Hungary, as other guides in the same category and written for the same public do. This one maintains an enjoyable balance between tourist information, background knowledge and girth. Although its electronic variant as seen on Internet is weaker than its direct competitor, the paper variant is second to none, even superior.




2. This book was extremely helpful - up to date, easy to navigate for wanted information, and full of interesting tips. The language section provided enough help to get us through some out of the way experiences.



3. This book is typical of all Rough Guides: It a nice chunk of a book with the best balance between pragmatic information and cultural/historical contexts of all travel guides. Dedicated Rough Guides fans already know that you don't buy these books for their glossy photography. You buy them for density of information.
   
   Three things that stand out about this one are:
   
   1) In additional to a 100-page treatment of the capital, the catalog offers unusually dense coverage of the lovely attractions beyond Budapest. If you leave the country without excursions to Sopron, Tihany and Eger, you've missed the essence of Hungary.
   
   2) The bibliography (you know, the "literature" section) is perhaps a bit thin, and some of the entries there really belong to Romania rather than Hungary.
   
   3) This book is now in its 6th edition, with a 7th on the way. The authors are familiar with the country. The information is up-to-date and sound.
   
   To committed Rough Guide readers: You know what to expect. You won't be disappointed.
   
   To new Rough Guide readers: Come on over if you like words more than images. We prefer to leave the photography to others.

No comments about Berlin.

No comments about The American in Germany: Being a pocket interpreter and guide to Germany and its language, containing travel talk and idiomatic expressions, with correct phonetic pronunciation. Second edition.

No comments about A wayfarer in central Germany,.

No comments about Deutschland - Allemagne - Germany.

No comments about Hamburg (Marco Polo City Maps).

No comments about The Berlitz 1993 Travellers Guide to Berlin (Berlitz Traveller's Guides).

No comments about Global Road Warrior for Germany.

No comments about Gruss aus der Heimat: Nordbohmisches Niederland: Ansichtskarten um die Jahrhundertwende von Stadten und Dorfern, Bergen und Talern der Bezirke Rumburg, Schluckenau und Warnsdorf.