Europe on a Shoestring

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Welcome to Europe . . . . . .6

Europe Map . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Europe’s Top 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Need to Know . . . . . . . . . 20

First-Time Europe . . . . . . 22

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Month by Month . . . . . . . .27

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Big Adventures, Small Budgets . . . . . . . . 38

Getting Around Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Regions at a Glance . . . . .47

GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND . . . . . . . . .51England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Windsor & Eton . . . . . . . . . . 73Salisbury & Stonehenge . . . . . . . . . . . 74Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Stratford-upon-Avon . . . . . 80Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Manchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Lake District National Park . . . . . . . . . . . 86Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Cardiff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Snowdonia National Park . . . . . . . . . . . 88Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Edinburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Glasgow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Inverness & Loch Ness . . . . . . . . . . . 103Isle of Skye . . . . . . . . . . . . 104Great Britain Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 105Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108Dublin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108The Southeast . . . . . . . . . 116

The Southwest . . . . . . . . . 118The West Coast . . . . . . . . . 124Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . 127Ireland Survival Guide . . . 134

SCANDINAVIA . . . . . .137Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Copenhagen . . . . . . . . . . . 150Helsingør . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Roskilde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Odense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Aarhus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158Skagen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Denmark Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 160Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161Stockholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Uppsala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Malmö . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Göteborg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168Gotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Norrland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Sweden Survival Guide . . . 171Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172Helsinki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Turku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Tampere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179Lakeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182Lapland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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Finland Survival Guide . . . 184Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Oslo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185The Western Fjords . . . . . 188Northern Norway . . . . . . . 193Norway Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 196Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Reykjavík . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197The Golden Circle . . . . . . . 201The South . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202The North . . . . . . . . . . . . .205Iceland Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 207

GERMANY & BENELUX . . . . . . . 209Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218Dresden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Leipzig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230Munich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Berchtesgaden . . . . . . . . . 235Romantic Road . . . . . . . . . 236Nuremberg . . . . . . . . . . . . 239Heidelberg . . . . . . . . . . . . .240Black Forest . . . . . . . . . . . 241The Romantic Rhine . . . . 243Trier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Cologne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246Düsseldorf . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Hamburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251Bremen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255Germany Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 256Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Brussels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Leuven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Antwerp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Ghent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Bruges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Ypres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Mons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Belgium Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 274Luxembourg . . . . . . . . . 275Luxembourg City . . . . . . . 275Luxembourg Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 277Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . 278Amsterdam . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Leiden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284Den Haag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Delft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Rotterdam . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288Maastricht . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292Netherlands Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 293

FRANCE, SWITZERLAND & AUSTRIA . . . . . . . . 295France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304Versailles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320Lille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320The Somme . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Normandy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322Mont St-Michel . . . . . . . . . 323Brittany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323The Loire Valley . . . . . . . . 325

Champagne . . . . . . . . . . . . 328Burgundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330Lyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332Chamonix . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335Bordeaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Provence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338French Riviera . . . . . . . . . . 341France Survival Guide . . .348Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . 350Geneva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350Lausanne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353Valais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355Mittelland & Bernese Oberland . . . . 356Lucerne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359Basel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360Zürich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361Ticino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363Switzerland Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .364Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367Graz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374Klagenfurt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Salzburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Salzkammergut . . . . . . . . 381Tyrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Austria Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .386

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Andalucía . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439Spain Survival Guide . . . .458Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460Lisbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .460Around Lisbon . . . . . . . . .466The Algarve . . . . . . . . . . . .468Évora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475Óbidos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476Nazaré . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477Coimbra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478Porto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481Braga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês . . . . . . .486Portugal Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 487

ITALY, GREECE & TURKEY . . . . . . . . 489Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498Venice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516Italy Survival Guide . . . . .534Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538Corfu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .544Delphi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556Santorini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

Rhodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562Greece Survival Guide . . . 567Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571Antalya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571Selçuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576İstanbul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578Ankara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588Konya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592Cappadocia . . . . . . . . . . . . 594Turkey Survival Guide . . . 598

BALKANS . . . . . . . . 603Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614Zagreb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614Rovinj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617Split . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619Hvar Island . . . . . . . . . . . . 623Dubrovnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625Croatia Survival Guide . . .629Bosnia & Hercegovina . . . . . . . . 630Sarajevo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .630Mostar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634Bosnia & Hercegovina Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 637Montenegro . . . . . . . . . . 638Budva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .638Kotor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .640Perast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .642

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Lovćen National Park . . .643Cetinje . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .644Montenegro Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .645Albania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647Tirana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647Berat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651The Albanian Riviera . . . . 652Albania Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .653Macedonia . . . . . . . . . . . 654Skopje . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .654Ohrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656Bitola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658Pelister National Park . . . 659Macedonia Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .660Serbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662Belgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662Novi Sad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .666Subotica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667Niš . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .668Serbia Survival Guide . . .669Bulgaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670Sofia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670Plovdiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674Koprivshtitsa . . . . . . . . . . . 677Melnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677Veliko Târnovo . . . . . . . . . . 678Varna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .680Burgas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .682Sozopol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .683Bulgaria Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .684

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE . . . . . . . . . . 687Czech Republic . . . . . . . 700Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700Bohemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708Moravia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

Czech Republic Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 712Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714Warsaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714Kraków . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719Poland Survival Guide . . . 726Slovenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727Ljubljana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727Lake Bled & the Julian Alps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732The Karst Region & Coast . . . . . . . . . 735Slovenia Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 736Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738Budapest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738Northeastern Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745Hungary Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 746Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749Bucharest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749Transylvania . . . . . . . . . . . 755Romania Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 761Ukraine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764Kyiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764Lviv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769Ukraine Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 773

RUSSIA & THE BALTIC COAST . . . . 777Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784Moscow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784St Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . 793Peterhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801Tsarskoe Selo . . . . . . . . . . 801Kaliningrad Region . . . . . .802Russia Survival Guide . . .803Estonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806Tallinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .806Tartu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814

Pärnu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817Estonia Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .820Latvia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821Rīga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821Jurmala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827Sigulda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828Cēsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .830Ventspils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832Latvia Survival Guide . . . . . . . . .833Lithuania . . . . . . . . . . . . 834Vilnius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .834Trakai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .840Druskininkai . . . . . . . . . . .840Kaunas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841Klaipėda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845Curonian Spit National Park . . . . . . . . . .846Lithuania Survival Guide . . . . . . . . . 847

Directory A–Z . . . . . . . . 850Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 859Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 864Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873

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SPECIAL FEATURESFirst-Time Europe . . . . . . 22

Big Adventures, Small Budgets . . . . . . . . 38

Getting Around Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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This combo of major league countries, such as France and Germany, and left-field destinations like Slovenia and Albania, provides an irresistible mix of world-famous sights and unforgettable experiences for the European novice.

Ease into the first two weeks by concen-trating on Ireland and Great Britain. The atmosphere of a Dublin bar provides the perfect introduction, followed by a few days exploring the city’s museums and literary haunts. It costs nothing to walk across the Unesco-listed Giant’s

Causeway in Northern Ireland, which leaves more money to enjoy your next stop: London. The city is pricey, but focus on the free museums and royal parks and you’re sure to stay on budget. Travel west to marvel at Stonehenge and wander the historic streets of Oxford and Bath.

Return to London to board the Euro-star for the next couple of weeks hopping between some of the continent’s iconic northern metropolises. In Paris you will be dazzled by the Louvre, Eiffel Tower and Versailles. Check out more classic art, plus those cafes, in enchanting Amsterdam.

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Get a taste of Scandinavia in Copenha-gen, the coolest kid of the Nordic bloc. And unleash your inner party animal in Berlin where you can also see the remains of the wall.

Go through the former Iron Curtain to the gorgeous old Polish royal capital of Kraków, which was miraculously spared destruction in WWII. If you thought that was stunning wait till you see the archi-tectural glories of Prague. Continue on to Budapest, where you can freshen up at the thermal baths and enjoy numerous cafes and bars, followed by Slovenia’s eco-friendly capital Ljubljana.

The Venetian-style seaside resort of Pi-ran is a good starting point for a journey down the scenic Dalmatian Coast via Split and Dubrovnik both of which have an-cient ruins to explore. End up way off the beaten track in Albania where you can sail on a ferry across beguiling Lake Koman and relax at a campsite by the beach in Drymades on the Albanian Riviera.

Cruise across the Adriatic on one of the ferry services to Italy, where your final week’s pit stops include hauntingly beauti-ful Venice, the exquisite Renaissance time capsule of Florence, and the eternal city of Rome.

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Begin in Russia’s capital Moscow, where the imposing Kremlin and adjacent Red Square are guaranteed to strike you with awe. Take an overnight train to St Petersburg, home to the magnificent art collection of the Hermitage and gorgeously restored imperial palaces. Another overnight train will whisk you to Latvia’s lovely art-nouveau captial Rīga where you can get a taste of the Baltic. If the weather’s fine consider a day trip to the chic beach resort of Jūrmala.

Poland’s capital Warsaw is a vibrant city that’s survived all that history could throw at it. Continue into Ukraine and spend a few days in Unesco World Heritage–listed Lviv which oozes Central European charm. Move on to Tran-sylvania and sharpen your fangs at ‘Dracula’s’ castle in Bran. Romania’s dynamic capital Bu-charest is next, with its good museums, parks and trendy cafes.

Sofia, Bulgaria’s relaxed capital is another recommended pitstop en route to beautiful, cha-otic İstanbul: when you’ve had your fill of sight-seeing you can relax in a hamam (Turkish bath).

Time to explore the ancient world staring with the Acropolis in Athens. You could easily spend a couple of weeks island hopping around Greece but with limited time focus on volcanic Santorini, then pick up the pace by flying to Spain for the final leg of your trip.

Admire the genius of Gaudí and wallow in cultural riches and glorious food in supercool Barcelona. Zip north to Basque seaside resort San Sebastián, with its delicious food scene, and then to the shimmering Museo Guggen-heim in happening Bilbao. Turn south, making a beeline for energetic Madrid, for some of Europe’s best galleries and bars.

Head south to see the beautiful Moorish ar-chitecture of the Alhambra in Granada and the stunning Mezquita of Córdoba. Cross over to Portugal, where the fascinating capital Lisbon offers clattering bright-yellow trams, a lamplit old quarter and superb pastéis de nata (custard tarts) in the waterside Belém district.

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