AVAL | Rick Steves Europe Through The Back Door, 40th Edition (2024 EN)

Author: Rick Steves
Full Title: Rick Steves Europe Through The Back Door, 40th Edition
Publisher: Avalon Travel; Rick Steves; 40th edition (January 30, 2024)
Year: 2024
ISBN-13: 9781641715638 (978-1-64171-563-8), 9781641715645 (978-1-64171-564-5)
ISBN-10: 1641715634, 1641715642
Pages: 811
Language: English
Genre: Travel: Europe
File type: EPUB (True)
Quality: 10/10
Price: $29.99


Packed with lessons gleaned from more than 40 years of budget travel, Rick answers the questions you have now — and those you wouldn't have asked until faced with them on your trip.

Besides the essential travel-skills tips listed below, Rick also gives a country-by-country rundown of his favorite destinations throughout Europe, and shares some of his most unforgettable experiences.


✓ Stoke Your Travel Dreams: Inspiration and tips for making the most of your trip
✓ Budgeting & Planning: Affording your trip, researching your trip, creating an itinerary, and prioritizing your time
✓ Paper Chase: Travel documents, travel insurance, before-you-go checklist
✓ Pack Light: Packing 101
✓ Flying: Booking and taking flights to Europe and within Europe
✓ Trains, Buses & Boats: Train tickets and rail passes, train stations, tips for a good train ride, and riding long-distance buses and ferries
✓ Driving & Navigating: Renting a car, alternatives to renting, behind the European wheel, and navigating with mapping apps, GPS, and paper maps
✓ Money: Strategies for using credit cards, payment apps, and cash, plus tipping
✓ Sleeping: Finding the right room, reserving a room, having a good hotel stay, bed-and-breakfasts, apartment and other short-term rentals, hostels, staying in European homes, and camping
✓ Eating: Choosing among and eating in restaurants, cafés, and bars, dealing with dietary restrictions, Europe’s café culture, picnics and other budget options, navigating Europe’s markets and food halls, and tips for food tours
✓ Staying Connected: Using your mobile device in Europe, using European SIM cards, Internet security on the road, how to dial, and sharing your trip via social media, blogs, and journals
✓ Getting Around in Cities: Using maps and navigation tools, and tips for using subways, buses, taxis, and ride-booking services
✓ Sightseeing: Strategies and tips for hiring tour guides, taking walking tours, visiting sights, and becoming a "temporary European"
✓ Outdoor Adventure: Hiking and walking, biking, water fun, other thrills
✓ Shopping: Where to shop, general tips, and details on VAT refunds, customs, and shipping
✓ Theft & Scams: Pickpocketing and theft, scams and rip-offs, and coping with lost stuff
✓ Hurdling the Language Barrier: Tips on creative communication
✓ Health & Hygiene: Staying healthy, pharmacies, laundry, and European bathrooms
✓ Let's Travel!: Traveling solo, LGBTQ+ travelers, travelers of color, traveling with kids, student travelers, senior travelers, and travelers with limited mobility
✓ Bus Tours & Cruises
✓ Perspectives: Broadening your world view through travel, understanding the European Union, and European challenges (and solutions)
✓ Back Doors: A country-by-country look at Rick's favorite destinations

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