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Camping Europe 3 Ed: Includes Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe (Camping Europe) (Camping Europe) | 
 enlarge | Author: Carol Mickelsen
Publisher: Carousel Press
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 440567
Media: Paperback
Edition: Third edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 585
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0917120205
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9780917120206
ASIN: 0917120205
Publication Date: February 28, 2008
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Product Description
Dreaming of going to Europe but think you can't afford it? After 25 years of car-camping in Europe Carol Mickelsen assures readers that traveling in Europe need not be expensive. By renting a car you are freed from lugging baggage and are able to bring a bike from home. You have the freedom to travel at a whim, following the festivals, and the best weather. After answering the question, "Why Not Camp?" Mickelsen goes on to detail expense expectations, offers driving and navigating tips, and explains how to get directions from locals when you don't know the local language. Besides suggestions on basic camping and cooking equipment, she gives solid advice on how to bring your bike, and good reminders on how to travel smart and safe. Includes over 300 detailed maps and written directions on how to drive to major sights in 25 countries where English is not the local language and campgrounds are plentiful.
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 An inexpensive and unique way to see Europe May 8, 2008
An inexpensive and unique way to see Europe, Car Camping may just be the way to see Europe for many readers. "Camping Europe: Includes Scandinavia, Central, and Eastern Europe" promotes Car Camping as the ideal way to see all the sights of Europe. Unbound by the beaten path of most travelers, one can use car camping to see all the beautiful natural sights of the continent, share experiences with the countryside locals and not just the big city tourist areas, and the ability to bring your bikes from home, saving money in the process. "Camping Europe" is a complete and total guide to the continent, leaving no region out unlike many books about Europe which only cover the western half. Highly recommended to travelers seeking a unique experience and to community library travel shelves alike.
 Not truly useful May 7, 2008
This isn't a very useful book. The book starts out with several how-to guides like: "Setup and takedown campsite routine" and "hints for harmony." These guides provide a small modicum of useful information but they just generally take up space and are of no use to anyone who has ever camped before or knows how to use the internet. The book does provide several advantageous websites, but I knew of them all before I even purchased the book. The country guides have some useful information though they are too minimalistic for my taste. The book does not give adequate directions to most campsites, though it does provide phone numbers (which may be out of date). The amount of detail provided for each campsite is woefully inadequate. Further, I am left wondering if there are other campsites in each region that the book simply leaves out (this is probably the case). The book even sometimes notes camping sites on its vague maps and does provide a written description for them in the book. In fact, actually, it doesn't provide real written descriptions of any of the campsites. It simply notes that they are there, provides a phone number, and may provide an estimate of how costly it is. This is not an adequate camping guide by any means.
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