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The fun and easy way ® to explore Europe Travel travel smart @ www.dummies.com With tips and recommendations from the experts at Open the book and find: spine=1.299” Europe 5th Edition • Down-to-earth trip-planning advice • What you shouldn’t miss — and what you can skip • The best hotels and restaurants for every budget • Lots of detailed maps Pont de Neuilly Esplanade de La DéfenseEsplanade de La Défense Grande Arche de La Défense Pont de Levallois Bécon Gabriel Péri-Asnières Gennevilliers Les Sablons Argentine ConcordeConcordeConcorde Tuileries Louvre Rivoli Louvre Rivoli St-PaulSt-Paul ReuillyReuilly DiderotDiderot Reuilly Diderot Porte de Vincennes S t-Mandé Tourelle St-Mandé Tourelle Bérault BastilleBastille Ch de-Gaulle Étoile George V Franklin D. 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Raymond Queneau Eglise de Pantin Hoche Porte de Pantin Richard Lenoir Bréguet Sabin Quai de la Rapée Faidherbe Chaligny Hôtel de Ville Gare de Lyon Quai de la Rapée St-Marcel Campo Formio Ourcq Laumière Jacques Bonsergent Boissière Kléber Trocadéro Porte Dauphine Porte Maillot Porte Maillot Passy Sèvres Lecourbe Edgar Quinet St-Jacques Glacière Corvisart Nationale Chevaleret Quai de la Gare Quai de la Gare Bercy Bel Air Picpus Dugommier Daumesnil Bir Hakeim Invalides Villiers Havre CaumartinHavre Caumartin Havre Caumartin Miromesnil DupleixDupleixDupleix Cambronne Fo rt d’Aubervilliers La Courneuve 8 Mai 1945 Aubervilliers–Pantin 4 Chemins Porte de la Villette Corentin- Cariou PoissonnièrePoissonnière Le PeletierLe Peletier Poissonnière Cadet Le Peletier Chaussée d’Antin La Fayette Champs Elysées Clemenceau St-Augustin Champs Elysées Clemenceau PyramidesPyramidesPyramides Pont Neuf Pont Marie Sully-Morland Maubert-Mutualité Cardinal Lemoine Palais-Royal Museé du Louvre Pont Neuf Pont Marie Sully-Morland Place Monge Tolbiac Maison Blanche Censier Daubenton Les Gobelins Porte de Choisy Porte d’Italie Pierre Curie Porte d’Ivry Crimée Riquet ChâteauChâteau LandonLandon Château Landon Lourmel Boucicaut Félix Faure Commerce Richelieu Drouot Grands Boulevards Ecole Militaire La Tour Maubourg Filles du Calvaire Filles du Calvaire BonneBonne NouvelleNouvelle Bonne Nouvelle St-Sébastien Froissart Chemin VertChemin Vert Ledru Rollin Porte de Charenton Liberté Faidherbe Chaligny Montgallet Michel Bizot Porte Dorée Maisons Alfort–Stade Maisons Alfort Les Juillottes Charenton Ecoles Alfort–Ecole Vétérinaire Créteil-Université Créteil Préfecture Créteil-L’Echat Marcel Sembat Billancourt Pont de Sèvres Porte de St-Cloud Exelmans La Muette Rue de la Pompe Iéna Alma Marceau Alma Marceau St-Augustin St-Philippe du Roule Voltaire Charonne Boulets Montreuil Buzenval Maraîchers Porte de Montreuil Robespierre Croix de Chavaux St-Ambroise Jasmin Ranelagh Boulogne Jean Jaurès Porte d’Auteuil Eglise d’Auteuil Mirabeau Eglise d’Auteuil Chardon-LagacheChardon-Lagache Ségur Sèvres Babylone Ségur Duroc RaspailRaspail PasteurPasteurPasteur Balard Mairie d’Issy Jussieu Place d’Italie Mairie d’ Ivry Galliéni Gambetta Odéon Opéra Les Halles Oberkampf République Réamur-Sébastopol Vaneau MabillonMabillonMabillon Cluny La Sorbonne Maubert-Mutualité Cardinal Lemoine Mirabeau Avenue Emile Zola Charles Michels Javel Mairie des Lilas Télégraphe Place des Fêtes Jourdain Pyrénées Goncourt Rambuteau Pelleport St-Fargeau Marx Dormoy Porte de la Chapelle Jules Joffrin Lamarck Caulaincourt Abbesses Solférino Rue du Bac Rennes Notre-Dame des Champs Falguière Volontaires Vaugirard Porte de Versailles Corentin-Celton Convention St-Georges Notre-Dame de Lorette AssembléeAssemblée NationaleNationale Assemblée Nationale St-Denis Porte de Paris St-Denis Université Porte de Clignancourt Carrefour Pleyel Mairie de St-Ouen Garibaldi Mairie de Clichy Porte de Clichy Brochant Liège Trinité Varenne St-FrançoisSt-François XavierXavier St-François Xavier Gaîté Porte de St-Ouen Guy Môquet La Fourche Pernety Plaisance Porte de Vanves Malakoff Plateau de Vanves Malakoff Rue Etienne Dolet Buttes Chaumont Bolivar Botzaris DanubeDanube Hôtel de Ville Gare de Lyon Michel-Ange Auteuil La Motte-PicquetLa Motte-Picquet GrenelleGrenelle La Motte-Picquet Grenelle Palais-Royal Museé du Louvre StrasbourgStrasbourg St-DenisSt-Denis Strasbourg St-Denis Gare de l’Est Sèvres Babylone Michel-Ange Molitor Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud Châtelet Nation Gare d’Austerlitz St-LazareSt-LazareSt-Lazare Bibliothèque François Mitterrand Cour St-Emilion Madeleine Louis Blanc Basilique St-Denis Porte des Lilas Pré–St-Gervais Bobigny–Pablo Picasso 1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 13 13 7B 3B 14 3B 10 7 4 2 6 14 11 8 12 S e i n e Anvers Métro Stop Interchange Terminal Stop Madeleine Galliéni Line Number 9 Paris Métro Marienplatz City Center Giesing Scheidplatz Sendlinger Sendlinger Tor Tor Odeonsplatz Odeonsplatz Innsbrucker Ring Innsbrucker Ring Leuchtenberg- Leuchtenberg- ring ring Großhadern Großhadern Heimeran- Heimeran- platz platz Machtlfinger Machtlfinger Straße Straße Georg-Brauchle-Ring Georg-Brauchle-Ring Theresien- wiese Trudering Partnach- platz Fürsten- feldbruck Rotkreuzplatz Rotkreuzplatz Westfriedhof Westfriedhof Frankfurter Frankfurter Ring Ring Ost- bahnhof Hacker- brücke Haupt- bahnhof Donners- berger- brücke Karlsplatz (Stachus) Isartor Laim Pasing Siemenswerke Trudering Mammendorf Malching Maisach Gernlinden Esting Olching Gröbenzell Lochhausen Aubing Langwied Pasing Laim Donners- berger- brücke Hacker- brücke Haupt- bahnhof Karlsplatz (Stachus) Marienplatz City Center Isartor Rosenheimer Platz Ost- bahnhof Altomünster Kleinberghofen Erdweg Arnbach Markt Indersdorf Niederroth Schwab- hausen Bachern Dachau Stadt Dachau Petershausen Vierkirchen– Esterhofen Röhrmoos Heberts- hausen Karlsfeld Allach Obermenzing Untermenzing St-Martin-Straße Giesing Fasangarten Wetterstein- platz Candidplatz Fasanenpark Unterhaching Taufkirchen Mangfallplatz St Quirin-Platz Furth Deisenhofen Sauerlach Otterfing Holzkirchen Freising Pulling Neufahrn Eching Lohhof Unterschleißheim Oberschleißheim Feldmoching Fasanerie Moosach Perlach Neuperlach Süd Neubiberg Ottobrunn Hohenbrunn Wächterhof Höhenkirchen- Siegertsbrunn Dürrnhaar Aying Peiß Großhelfendorf Kreuzstraße Hasenbergl Dülferstraße Harthof Am Hart Frankfurter Ring Milbertshofen Scheidplatz Hohenzollern- platz Josephsplatz Theresien- straße Königsplatz Sendlinger Tor Fraun- hofer- straße Kolumbus- platz Silberhorn- straße Untersberg- straße Karl-Preis- Platz Innsbrucker Ring Michaelibad Quiddestraße Neuperlach Zentrum Therese-Giehse-Allee Olympiazentrum Oberwiesenfeld Petuelring OEZ Bonner Platz Münchner Freiheit Giselastraße Universität Odeonsplatz Lehel Goetheplatz Poccistraße Implerstraße Brudermühlstr. Thalkirchen (Zoo) Obersendling Aidenbachstraße Machtlfinger Straße Forstenrieder Allee Basler Straße Fürstenried West Rotkreuzplatz Westfriedhof Georg-Brauchle-Ring Gern Maillinger- straße Stiglmaier- platz Heimeran- platz Harras Mittersendling Solln Garching-Hochbrück Garching-Forschungszentrum Garching Fröttmaning Kieferngarten Freimann Studentenstadt Alte Heide Nordfriedhof Dietlindenstraße Partnach- platz Westpark Holzapfel- kreuth Haderner Stern Großhadern Klinikum Großhadern Arabellapark Richard-Strauss-Straße Böhmerwaldplatz Prinzregentenplatz Max-Weber-Platz Max-Weber-Platz Theresien- wiese Schwanthaler- höhe Westend- straße Friedenheimer Straße Laimer Platz Flughafen München Flughafen Besucherpark Hallbergmoos Ismaning Unterföhring Johanneskirchen Englschalking Daglfing Leuchtenberg- ring Leienfelsstr. Puchheim Eichenau Fürsten- feldbruck Buchenau Schön- geising Grafrath Türkenfeld Geltendorf Großhesselohe Isartalbahnhof Pullach Höllriegelskreuth Buchenhain Baierbrunn Hohenschäftlarn Ebenhausen-Schäftlarn Icking Wolfratshausen Erding Altenerding Aufhausen St. Koloman Ottenhofen Markt Schwaben Poing Grub Heimstetten Feldkirchen Riem Berg am Laim Westkreuz Lochham Planegg Stockdorf Gauting Starnberg Starnberg Nord Possenhofen Feldafing Tutzing Ebersberg Grafing Stadt Grafing Bahnhof Kirchseeon Eglharting Zorneding Baldham Vaterstetten Haar Gronsdorf Trudering Kreillerstraße Josephsburg Moosfeld Messestadt- West Messestadt- Ost Neuaubing Harthaus Germering-Unter- pfaffenhofen Geisen- brunn Gilching- Argelsried Neugilching Weßling Steinebach Seefeld- Hechendorf Herrsching Gräfelfing Siemenswerke S6 S6 S1 A A U6 U6 S20 S27 S27 S8 S4 S7 S8 S4 U1 U1 S1S1 U4 U3 U3 U5 U5 S7 U2 U2 U4 S5 S5 S2 S2 S20 For the most up-to-date U-Bahn and S-Bahn service information, go to mvv-muenchen.de/en. 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For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. ISBN: 978-0-470-34545-0 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 01_345450-ffirs.qxp 12/16/08 9:58 PM Page iv About the Authors Donald Olson (Chapters 1–11 and 15) is a novelist, playwright, and travel writer. His newest novel, Confessions of a Pregnant Princess, was published in 2005 under the pen name Swan Adamson. His travel stories have appeared in The New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Sunset, National Geographic books, and many other publications. His guidebooks London For Dummies, Frommer’s Best Day Trips from London, Frommer’s Irreverent London, Germany For Dummies, and Frommer’s Vancouver & Victoria are all published by Wiley. He also writes England For Dummies, which won a 2002 Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award for best guidebook. Liz Albertson (Chapter 12) worked as an editor for Frommer’s Travel Guides for four years before making the leap to the other side of the computer as the author of Ireland For Dummies. When she isn’t researching and writing, Liz spends much of her time in Ireland sitting in on traditional music sessions, fiddle in hand. She currently teaches fifth and sixth grade in New Haven, Connecticut. Cheryl A. Pientka (Chapter 13) is a freelance journalist and a liter- ary scout. She is the author of Paris For Dummies and co-author of France For Dummies. A graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Delaware, she lives in New York when she can’t be in Paris. George McDonald (Chapter 14) is a former deputy editor of and currently contributing writer for Holland Herald, the in-flight maga- zine for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. He has written extensively about Amsterdam and the Netherlands for international magazines and travel books such as Frommer’s Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg and Frommer’s Europe. Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince (Chapters 16 and 17) have written numerous best-selling Frommer’s guides and are co- authors of Frommer’s Europe. Porter is a former bureau chief for the Miami Herald, and Prince, who began writing with Porter in 1982, worked for the Paris bureau of the New York Times. Hana Mastrini (Chapter 18) is a native of the western Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary who became a veteran of the “Velvet Revolution” as a student in Prague in 1989. She is the author of Frommer’s Prague & the Best of the Czech Republic and co-author of Frommer’s Europe and Frommer’s Europe by Rail. 01_345450-ffirs.qxp 12/16/08 9:58 PM Page v Bruce Murphy and Alessandra de Rosa (Chapters 19–21) are part- time residents of Rome. Murphy’s work has appeared in magazines ranging from Cruising World to Critical Inquiry. An avid traveler since her first cross-Europe trip at the age of 2, de Rosa was born in Rome and has lived and worked in Rome, Paris, and New York City. They are the authors of Italy For Dummies and Rome For Dummies. Neil Schlecht (Chapters 22 and 23) is a writer and cycling afi- cionado who has lived in Spain, Brazil, and Ecuador. He has worked in Spain as an English teacher, a consultant on social and economic development projects for the European Union, and as a contributing writer for a Spanish art and antiques magazine. He is the author of a dozen travel guides, including Spain For Dummies. Vancouver-born Tania Kollias (Chapter 24) longed to travel since a teen trip to England to meet the relatives, and used a Frommer’s guide for her first solo journey to Europe. A degree, four conti- nents, and many journals later, she now lives in her father’s native Athens, Greece, where she wrote the country’s first comprehen- sive listings book for expats, edited the Now in Athens monthly for the 2004 Olympics, and still works as a journalist and writer. She travels in and out of Greece whenever she gets the chance. 01_345450-ffirs.qxp 12/16/08 9:58 PM Page vi 01_345450-ffirs.qxp 12/16/08 9:58 PM Page vii Editorial Editors: Michael Kelly, Development Editor; Ian Skinnari, Project Editor; Erin Amick, Production Editor Copy Editor: Elizabeth Kuball Cartographer: Guy Ruggiero Editorial Assistant: Jessica Langan-Peck Senior Photo Editor: Richard Fox Cover Photos: Front: © David C. Tomlinson/ Getty Images Back: © Richard Broadwell/ Alamy Images Cartoons: Rich Tennant ( www.the5thwave.com) Composition Services Project Coordinator: Kristie Rees Layout and Graphics: Melissa K. Jester, Stephanie D. 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Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: 01_345450-ffirs.qxp 12/16/08 9:58 PM Page viii [...]... 21 Europe s Calendar of Events 24 Tips for Successful Trip Planning .26 Seeing it all without going nuts 26 Staying sane on the museum trail 27 Dealing with cultural overload 28 How to Schedule Your Time 29 Chapter 3: Presenting Five Great Itineraries .31 The Everything-but-the-Kitchen-Sink-inTwo-Weeks Tour 32 The Three-Week Grand Tour of Europe 34 Two Weeks in Europe. .. Instead, you’re looking for a book that focuses on the places that will give you the best or most memorable experience in Europe If you fit any of these criteria, then Europe For Dummies gives you the information you’re looking for How This Book Is Organized We divide Europe For Dummies into six parts The first two parts cover planning and travel skills The next three parts divide Europe into three regions;... Conversions 582 Clothing Size Conversions 583 Toll-Free Numbers and Web Sites .586 Where to Get More Information 588 Index 591 02_345450-ftoc.qxp xxvi 12/16/08 9:56 PM Page xxvi Europe For Dummies, 5th Edition 03_345450-intro.qxp 12/16/08 9:55 PM Page 1 Introduction F inally, you’re taking that long-awaited trip to Europe Congratulations! You’re about to embark on a great adventure,... Conventions Used in This Book If you’ve ever tried to extract some information from a guidebook and felt that you needed training in hieroglyphics to interpret all the different symbols, we’re happy to report that you won’t have that problem 03_345450-intro.qxp 2 12/16/08 9:55 PM Page 2 Europe For Dummies, 5th Edition with user-friendly Europe For Dummies The use of symbols and abbreviations is kept to a minimum... for Lovers of Art 35 A Week of Romance, European Style 37 A Week in Europe That the Kids Will Love 38 02_345450-ftoc.qxp xiv 12/16/08 9:56 PM Page xiv Europe For Dummies, 5th Edition Part II: Planning Your Trip to Europe .41 Chapter 4: Managing Your Money 43 Planning Your Budget 43 Keeping a Lid on Hidden Expenses 46 Cutting Costs — But Not the Fun 47 Planning ahead for. .. Dollar-sign ratings for all hotels and restaurants: The number of signs indicates the range of costs for one night in a doubleoccupancy hotel room or for a meal at a restaurant (excluding alcohol), from $ (budget) to $$$$$ (splurge) Because of the number of countries covered in this book, these ratings are relative, applied on a city-by-city basis So a $ hotel in pricey London may be a quirky bed-and-breakfast... with shared bathrooms; but a $ hotel in far-cheaper Athens may well be a centrally located midscale hotel The same goes for restaurants: At a rustic $$$$ joint in Madrid, you may get a delicious, stick-to-your-ribs stew for about $30; but a $$$$ restaurant in Paris dishes up fancy, haute-cuisine dishes that can cost as much as $85 per course ߜ Two categories for hotels: Our personal favorites (the “tops”)... Traveling without electronics 113 Mastering Communication .113 Calling Europe from the United States 114 Calling home from Europe .114 Using European pay phones 115 Staying connected by cellphone 115 Accessing the Internet in Europe 116 xv 02_345450-ftoc.qxp xvi 12/16/08 9:56 PM Page xvi Europe For Dummies, 5th Edition Keeping Up with Airline Security Measures 118 Bringing... Planning Your Trip to Europe If you’re looking for a deal (and isn’t everybody?), read on This part reveals the tricks of the trade for finding the best prices on plane tickets, rail passes, and car rentals We help you find the best hotel in any price range and share budgeting tricks so that you can travel Europe without 03_345450-intro.qxp 4 12/16/08 9:55 PM Page 4 Europe For Dummies, 5th Edition breaking... way You already took a step in the right direction by buying Europe For Dummies, 5th Edition! About This Book You have in your possession a reference tool, not a guidebook that you have to read from cover to cover Open up this book to any chapter to find the answers on how to make your European travel dreams come true You can read Europe For Dummies from start to finish if you want, but if you’re already . available: Alaska For Dummies Arizona For Dummies Boston For Dummies California For Dummies Chicago For Dummies Colorado & the Rockies For Dummies Florida For Dummies Los Angeles & Disneyland For Dummies. D.C. For Dummies RV Vacations For Dummies Walt Disney World & Orlando For Dummies EUROPE Also available: England For Dummies Europe For Dummies Germany For Dummies Ireland For Dummies. Ost Neuaubing Harthaus Germering-Unter- pfaffenhofen Geisen- brunn Gilching- Argelsried Neugilching Weßling Steinebach Seefeld- Hechendorf Herrsching Gräfelfing Siemenswerke S6 S6 S1 A A U6 U6 S20 S27 S27 S8 S4 S7 S8 S4 U1 U1 S1S1 U4 U3 U3 U5 U5 S7 U2 U2 U4 S5 S5 S2 S2 S20 For the most up-to-date U-Bahn and S-Bahn service information, go to mvv-muenchen.de/en. Munich U-Bahn & S-Bahn ISBN 97 8-0 -4 7 0-3 454 5-0 Plan your trip with For Dummies Covering