 Trade In this Item for up to £2.45
Trade in Back Roads Germany (DK Eyewitness Travel Back Roads) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £2.45, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Plus, get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
Product Description
Review
A big welcome to an excellent new series from the handsome DK Eyewitness Guides: Back Roads (Frank Barrett Mail on Sunday )
Product Description
The DK Eyewitness Back Roads Germany driving holiday guide will take you via scenic routes to discover charming German villages, local restaurants and intimate places to stay. Unearth the real soul of Germany relying on all the practical information you could need, from road conditions and length of drive to parking information and opening hours. Twenty-four themed drives, each lasting one to six days, reveal breathtaking views, hidden gems and authentic local experiences in Germany that can only be discovered by road. Each tour is bursting with insider knowledge and loaded with ideas for varied activities from short walks to children's attractions to river-rafting. Meanwhile, the best-value hotels and charming restaurants specialising in regional produce, have been selected by expert authors. Full-colour throughout, with a pull-out map of the entire country for easy navigation between tours and even postcode information for use with 'Sat Nav'; discover the unexpected on your driving holiday with DK Eyewitness Back Roads Germany.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
When I first received this book I wasn't sure about it, as the detail on each location was pretty limited I wasn't sure that there was enough to be useful, but having used it to follow three of the routes in practice, I'm a convert
The book sets out 24 drives through the best of Germany with notes on the route to follow, and the places along the way worth visiting with a brief description of each. The briefness of the description had worried me, but in practice it's enough to give you a flavour of the place so you can decide if it's worth a look, and then you can pick up the detail at the various attractions once you get there. This also avoids having to carry a brick of a book everywhere you go.
The book also gives suggestions of places to eat and stay - those that we tried were spot on. The routes themselves do a fine job of taking you on attractive tours, and skipping to the best sights.
Now a word about time - the book gives time suggestions that would allow you to do each route in great detail. For myself, there's a limit to how many museums & churches I want to inch through in a day. So routes that the book suggested would take 4 days, we did in one. Still, keep an eye out for the suggested additional excursions, as there is many a vineyard worth an extra daytrip.
A very worthwhile addition to the book would be a couple of pages on each of the hub cities. Unless you have access to a handy teleporter, you're likely to fly into Germany, so some info on Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich wouldn't have hurt (there's a great impressionist collection in Munich if you're into that kind of thing).
Still, I wanted to see something of Germany (and I give the local people top marks for friendliness & hospitality), and a copy of Back Roads Germany made the trip.
The book sets out 24 drives through the best of Germany with notes on the route to follow, and the places along the way worth visiting with a brief description of each. The briefness of the description had worried me, but in practice it's enough to give you a flavour of the place so you can decide if it's worth a look, and then you can pick up the detail at the various attractions once you get there. This also avoids having to carry a brick of a book everywhere you go.
The book also gives suggestions of places to eat and stay - those that we tried were spot on. The routes themselves do a fine job of taking you on attractive tours, and skipping to the best sights.
Now a word about time - the book gives time suggestions that would allow you to do each route in great detail. For myself, there's a limit to how many museums & churches I want to inch through in a day. So routes that the book suggested would take 4 days, we did in one. Still, keep an eye out for the suggested additional excursions, as there is many a vineyard worth an extra daytrip.
A very worthwhile addition to the book would be a couple of pages on each of the hub cities. Unless you have access to a handy teleporter, you're likely to fly into Germany, so some info on Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich wouldn't have hurt (there's a great impressionist collection in Munich if you're into that kind of thing).
Still, I wanted to see something of Germany (and I give the local people top marks for friendliness & hospitality), and a copy of Back Roads Germany made the trip.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Bought this book as we decided on a whim to go to Germany as we got a bargain flight and enjoy going a little off the beaten track. We hired a car and were there for 4 days and managed 2 of the routes in the book - excellent introduction to the various towns and cities, turn by turn instructions, where to park, ideas of where to walk etc. Breathtaking views and sleepy little villages and larger busier towns are all included. Our Sat Nav wouldn't work as the cigarette lighter in the car was broken for charging but this book got us where we wanted to be every day. We are very keen to go back and do some more of the Germany drives, but have also bought Spain and Ireland and for a friends birthday, England and France (she was thrilled) Now we just need a few months holiday to try them all!!
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
