Rick Steves Best of Europe (Rick Steves Travel Guide) Paperback – April 16, 2024

Love Rick Steves' books - even if you do not plan to travel they are good simply for learning about another culture. And if you are traveling, they are chock full of excellent advice. We booked a couple lodging sites noted in his books and were extremely pleased. We also were able to discover a few hidden gems we would not have seen otherwise. And the culture tips helped us connect to the people we met and to travel responsibly and respectfully. Well worth the investment.

This book really helped a lot when planning our trip to Europe. So much, I didn't know about and language information. Rick Steves has put a wealth of information together in this one book for the countries that it covers. From buying tickets to attractions and when, places to eat, and how to say the most simple phrases in the different languages helped me so much. If you are going to France, Italy, Germany, or Amsterdam this is the book for you

Book is typical of Rick Steves' guides - full of lots of good information on sights, transportation, lodging, and places to eat plus useful general travel recommendations and helpful language phrases.This book only covers a few major cities or regions in each country If you want much more detail for visits outside the cities, buy the individual country guides.Thanks to all the good information in his Italy guide, I am now retired in Italy for 6 months a year and love the small town we choose. As an official Resident of Italy (like a US green card), I can stay as long as I want, can buy a car (only Residents can own cars there) and, best of all, be covered under the excellent national health care system in Italy. Because I did not spend my working years contributing the the health care system, I must pay a small annual fee to be covered, (only $300 per month for full coverage)I would give individual country guides a 5 star rating. This overall guide just cannot hold enough information for more in depth visits to any particular country.

It was a gift for a good friend who was spending two weeks traveling in Europe and she said it was extremely helpful.She loved the gift and recommended I buy one for myself if I ever decide to travel to Europe. I’m also a big fan of Rick Steves.

Great book for travels where WiFi and cellular are not guaranteed

Very insightful

We have used Rick’s travel guides for years and have been very pleased with his recommendations.

for the areas it covers it has a lot of detail. Lots of pictures. The print is small and it does not cover some of the eastern European countries, like Austria. It is nicely organized.