Czech and Slovak Republics (Lonely Planet Multi Country Guide) |
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Lisa Dunford, Brett Atkinson
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Pages: 396 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1741045045
Pub: Lonely Planet Publications
Pub date: 2010-05-21
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36375
Reader Reviews:
Czech and Slovak Republics (Lonely Planet Country Guide) (0/0 people found this helpful)
Great book! Not only were we happy with the information it gave on Prague, but it also recommended some great restaurants that we would never have found with great food and even better prices! Thanks Lonely Plant for your help!
Wait for the new update in April 2010 (1/1 people found this helpful)
It's a LP guide - it's got mostly everything you need with places to visit slightly off the beaten track. This edition is out of date now as a new one is due for release in April 2010 which will fix the incorrect exchange rates / costs due to the poor UK exchange rates, current budget items listed in this edition are not quite as budget anymore, but this is more due to the current worldwide financial climate than the book itself.
Also, check train/bus times via the offical timetables site, they have changed since this book with a couple of buses we attempted to get going from different stations. Our fault for not checking!
Worth it.
Good information, slightly out of date (3/4 people found this helpful)
This guide is full of excellent information but as it was published in January 2004 it is slightly out of date.
The quoted prices are likely to have gone up slightly and I found at least one restaurant that wasn't there any more.
The section on Prague and the Czech Republic is very detailed and useful. The section on Bratislava and the Slovak Republic does not contain so much information. I know that Bratislava is much smaller than Prague but it would be more useful to have more information.
I recommend this book if you are travelling to the Czech Republic but be aware that it is slightly out of date. I couldn't find any other guides that weren't even more out of date.
This is also the most up-to-date guide to the Slovak Republic that I could find. Be aware that prices in the book have pretty much doubled for attractions in the Slovak Republic.
I highly recommend the Royal Way walking tour (Prague) detailed in this book.
Highly Recommended (11/13 people found this helpful)
I was looking for a guide book covering the Czech Republic for a trip to Zlin (in Moravia) and to Prague. It turned out that there wasn't one, so reluctantly I bought the Lonely Planet Czech and Slovak Republics guide, figuring that half the book would be useless to me. Well, the Czech section actually accounts for two thirds of the book, and the historical and language information is equally relevant to both countries.
I found the book interesting, reliable and to the point. Prices, opening hours etc all spot-on. I bought a small book on Prague as well, but to be honest the Prague section of the Lonely Planet book was perfectly adequate, and actually better when it came to recommended places to eat and drink.
From now on, Lonely Planet will be my first choice for guide books.
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