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Binding: PaperbackBrand: Oxford Dewey Decimal Number: 914.704090511 EAN: 9781741044768 Edition: 9th ISBN: 1741044766 Label: Lonely Planet Manufacturer: Lonely Planet MPN: 51 Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 988 Publication Date: February 01, 2007 Publisher: Lonely Planet Studio: Lonely Planet Features:
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 Rating:  - Nowhere near enough detailWhile this book adequately covers the absolute major sights in Eastern Europe, if you're planning on going anywhere remotely other than the top five spots (Krakow, Prague, etc) LP Eastern Europe is pretty inadequate. With only about 7-8 pages to cover the entire nation of Montenegro, for example, LP occasionally only acknowledges that entire regions exist. Not mentioning Montenegro's second major airport (Tivat), for example, is a huge oversight. As with most LP regional guides, if you're planning ... Read More Rating: - Maps are good, info is medicoreIn 2007, I was fortunate to visit nine of the countries covered by this book, and I used it in each new town. First off, the book prices are way underpriced. Not every hotel in those parts have websites, and relying on this book to give you a "rough idea" is a bad idea. Restaurant prices were also not even close. Second, nightlife descriptions tend to give you the same venues as any tourist brochure. Ask a local about a Lonely Planet highly-rated club in Zagreb and they'll laugh that it's a tourist ... Read More Rating:  - World TravelerThe book is in excellent condition and has been most helpful in planning a trip to Prague, Krakow, and Budapest. Most of the suggested middle-range hotels had already booked which is a good indication that the guide book had good selections. Rating: - A top quality guide for business and pleasure travelers alike.Eastern Europe is Lonely Planet's comprehensive travel guide compiled by thirteen authors who spent 4732 combined hours of on-the-road research, covering the nations of Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine. Each nation's section features maps, festivals and events, specific dangers and annoyances for travelers, a concise mini-history, ... Read More Rating: - USEFULL RESUMEYou won't find the whole information of those countries, but it has an excelent synthesis. I'm happy with my purchase. 
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