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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 914.940474 EAN: 9781740597623 Edition: 5th ISBN: 1740597621 Label: Lonely Planet Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 364 Publication Date: June 01, 2006 Publisher: Lonely Planet Studio: Lonely Planet Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Comprehensive travel guide, best choiceThis book and the map was all we needed for our trip to Switzerland. The book has all sources of information - places to see, restaurants, transportation tips, etc. In Geneva and Bern, we followed the walking tours suggested in the book, and we were able to see all major attractions in 2 hrs. For some interesting places to see, the book just provides a brief description, but also gives a website link (when available) for more information, which is very helpful. I would definitely buy another book ... Read More Rating: - Helpful, accurate, well organizedThis book was the first item to land in my backpack whenever I left my apartment during the year I spent living in Bern, Switzerland. Like most Lonely Planet guides, this one is well-written, entertaining, and generally accurate and up-to-date. Things I found helpful: - The suggested walking tours of cities are great for a quick orientation of the place. - Brief context and history about locations gives you about the same information as your average tourist brochure, but more concise ... Read More Rating:  - Doesn't give Switerzerland its RightI had used Lonely Planet for other locations trips, the guide to Switzerland is not detailed at all, least helpful, not so "guiding"...and seems to want to cover the many parts of the country leaving out the important details of any/each city or countryside attraction Rating: - If You Build It, They Will ComeI recently found myself contemplating a trip to Basel and, never having been there before and, knowing I would be alone without even a gendarme to ask questions of, nor another human being, I thought I should find a Basel guidebook. Amazingly enough it seems there is no such thing available on Amazon so I went with this larger book, which deals with all of Switzerland--in fact, nearly all of Western culture in one fell swoop. The authors of LONELY PLANET SWITZERLAND have convinced me for the ... Read More Rating: - Excellent Travel ResourseLonely Planet's guide to Switzerland was extremely helpful while travelling to the country. Great detail and updated information on items such as hours of operations and costs were extremely helpful. Additionally, information on excursions such as to Vaduz, Liechtenstein was very up-to-date and an easy read. 
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