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Rick Steves has spent 100 days every year since 1973 exploring Europe. Rick produces a public television series "(Rick Steves' Europe)," a public radio show "(Travel with Rick Steves), " and an app and podcast "(Rick Steves Audio Europe);" writes a bestselling series of guidebooks and a nationally syndicated newspaper column; organizes guided tours that take thousands of travelers to Europe annually; and offers an information-packed website (RickSteves.com). With the help of his hardworking staff of 80 at Europe Through the Back Door--in Edmonds, Washington, just north of Seattle--Rick's mission is to make European travel fun, affordable, and culturally broadening for Americans.
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Steven I. Ramm
TOP 50 REVIEWER on July 23, 2013
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Talk about timing! My copy of this newest book from travel authority (and PBS TV show host) Rick Steve's arrived yesterday, just three days before I leave on - what else? - A Northern European Cruise Vacation! I was anxious to see what Rick would tell me and I must say I'm impressed, though I'd like to also guide you through this "guide book" - Rick Steves' style - so you will know what to expect.
First off, the book is thick - Because the pages are on thin paper you don't realize, till you check the page count, that it contains 1148 pages (!). No,that's NOT a typo! And this is not a book to take along on your cruise - well not entirely. As Steves explains on page 3 - a section titled "Tear up this book!" - you are not going to all the ports listed - There are 13 countries covered here and no one cruise really goes to all of those. And the first 142 pages contain info for you re: planning a cruise and packing. Certainly no reason to carry that part. So Steves suggests reading the applicable sections and then tearing out the pages for the ports you will visit and staple or bind those. (He even sells a binder for the sections on his web site!).
How much you need this book depends partly on how experienced a cruiser you are. If you've never cruised before - on only been on to the Caribbean, those first 142-pages will be really helpful. I've got 10 cruises under my belt and learned a few things, but not many. Steve's writing style (actually the research and much of the writing are by Cameron Hewitt ,the dedicated writer for this volume) is fun to read and you can read that whole section in one reading.
Next come the sections on each port.Read more ›
First off, the book is thick - Because the pages are on thin paper you don't realize, till you check the page count, that it contains 1148 pages (!). No,that's NOT a typo! And this is not a book to take along on your cruise - well not entirely. As Steves explains on page 3 - a section titled "Tear up this book!" - you are not going to all the ports listed - There are 13 countries covered here and no one cruise really goes to all of those. And the first 142 pages contain info for you re: planning a cruise and packing. Certainly no reason to carry that part. So Steves suggests reading the applicable sections and then tearing out the pages for the ports you will visit and staple or bind those. (He even sells a binder for the sections on his web site!).
How much you need this book depends partly on how experienced a cruiser you are. If you've never cruised before - on only been on to the Caribbean, those first 142-pages will be really helpful. I've got 10 cruises under my belt and learned a few things, but not many. Steve's writing style (actually the research and much of the writing are by Cameron Hewitt ,the dedicated writer for this volume) is fun to read and you can read that whole section in one reading.
Next come the sections on each port.Read more ›
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Mary Beth Early
on August 20, 2013
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We purchased this book just in time for a 15 day Baltic cruise, and we used it everywhere we went (except Klaipeda, Lithuania, not in the book and a very small place). We had torn the book apart (as the author suggests) to create individual packets for each port. For each city there is information about how to make your way from where your ship is berthed into the heart of the town.
The short walking tours of Helsinki and Copenhagen were great! We saw things we might otherwise have missed. The restaurant suggestions that we followed led us to amazing fare - Rock Fort in Bruges - and a restaurant called something like "Grandmother's Place" in Tallinn - and Zetor in I think Helsinki.
If you are thinking of visiting these cities this is an essential guide. You will save money. You will find better food and more interesting sights. I trust you will be amazed and pleased by the quantity and quality of the information.
(I don't usually go so ga-ga over a travel guide. Believe me that this one is exceptional.)
The short walking tours of Helsinki and Copenhagen were great! We saw things we might otherwise have missed. The restaurant suggestions that we followed led us to amazing fare - Rock Fort in Bruges - and a restaurant called something like "Grandmother's Place" in Tallinn - and Zetor in I think Helsinki.
If you are thinking of visiting these cities this is an essential guide. You will save money. You will find better food and more interesting sights. I trust you will be amazed and pleased by the quantity and quality of the information.
(I don't usually go so ga-ga over a travel guide. Believe me that this one is exceptional.)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Elizabeth A. Little
on September 19, 2013
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I just returned from a cruise in the Baltics and this book was extremely helpful. My best advice: read (and re-read) the chapters about your ports of call before you leave. Rick provides so much background and history that it can bog you down a bit if you read as you walk along. I used his walking tours in Copenhagen, Tallinn, Helsinki and Stockholm; they are do-it-yourself ports but he helps you spot things that others may miss completely. My only criticism is that he underestimated the amount of time needed for the walking tours; if you stop for photos (which I do - alot!) you will need to add more time to your plan. I used private tours in Berlin and St Petersburg, so I did not use his walking tours in those cities but his information was a good complement to the tour guide's information. I highly recommend the book, at least for the ports I visited.
Thanks, Rick, for making this trip even more memorable!
Thanks, Rick, for making this trip even more memorable!
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I waited to review the guide until I returned from our cruise. For the most part, the info was spot-on EXCEPT FOR ST. PETERSBURG.
I cannot imagine spending $250 on visa costs and enduring endless hassles with the language, taxis, ticket lines, etc.to visit this port on your own for two days. After researching on Cruise Critic and Trip Advisor and speaking with friends we went with an individual tour company (SPB in our case) that zipped us around Petersburg (as much as one can be zipped around this city in the summer), bought all our tickets for us so that we avoided ticket lines and provided lunch, a driver and an English speaking guide
This tour was in a 16 passenger van so that the driver was able to drop us right in front of the sights in St. Petersburg (unlike cruise based excursions which use buses that cannot drop you close to many sights. We also did not have to wait for 50 other people to use the bathroom) The charge for this was $350 pp including all tips not the $600 that Rick Steves indicates.
In two days, we visited Peterhof, Catherine's Palace, the Hermitage, Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaacs, Church on Spilled Blood, Nevsky Prospect, visited a subway and took a canal boat ride on the Neva. (The Rasputin visit that Rick Steves pans as hokey was my husband's favorite part of our two-day tour.) On our own, we would have knocked off two or three of these sights that happened to be within the city.
Other than the glaring failure of the St. Petersburg chapter, this book is very useful to the do-it-yourselfer and following the suggestions will pay for the book many times over. We are a couple in our late sixties and had no problem whatsoever in navigating these ports.Read more ›
I cannot imagine spending $250 on visa costs and enduring endless hassles with the language, taxis, ticket lines, etc.to visit this port on your own for two days. After researching on Cruise Critic and Trip Advisor and speaking with friends we went with an individual tour company (SPB in our case) that zipped us around Petersburg (as much as one can be zipped around this city in the summer), bought all our tickets for us so that we avoided ticket lines and provided lunch, a driver and an English speaking guide
This tour was in a 16 passenger van so that the driver was able to drop us right in front of the sights in St. Petersburg (unlike cruise based excursions which use buses that cannot drop you close to many sights. We also did not have to wait for 50 other people to use the bathroom) The charge for this was $350 pp including all tips not the $600 that Rick Steves indicates.
In two days, we visited Peterhof, Catherine's Palace, the Hermitage, Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaacs, Church on Spilled Blood, Nevsky Prospect, visited a subway and took a canal boat ride on the Neva. (The Rasputin visit that Rick Steves pans as hokey was my husband's favorite part of our two-day tour.) On our own, we would have knocked off two or three of these sights that happened to be within the city.
Other than the glaring failure of the St. Petersburg chapter, this book is very useful to the do-it-yourselfer and following the suggestions will pay for the book many times over. We are a couple in our late sixties and had no problem whatsoever in navigating these ports.Read more ›
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