A lavishly illustrated guide to the sights of Budapest, any first time visitor would find this guide very useful. The independent traveller may find some of the restaurant, shopping and hotel recommendations rather pedestrian, however.
A useful, colourful guide to the city's highlights. There are plenty of photos and recommended historical sites alongside the usual Eyewitness suggested hotels and restaurants. There is a pull-out map.
This excellent volume recently replaced the Hungary Green Guide. Thankfully its tighter focus on the capital has not lessened the quality of its countrywide coverage. Sights and attractions are rated with the famous star system.
Time Out draw on local knowledge to put together a slick guide to the best hotels, bars and restaurants, interspersed with some rudimentary background reading.
A wonderful guide to the city from Granta. Part one is detailed social and cultural history of the city, part two contains six suggested walks and part three contains a brief selection of practical information. Definitely more useful as a cultural companion rather than a practical guide.
An excellent all-around guide combining thorough practical details with intelligent background reading. The section on The Soca Valley is particularly good.
Author James Stewart has written an enjoyable guide, if one that is a little confusing in its arrangement. Practical details and sightseeing tips are presented in an informal style, with a reasonable introductory essay on Slovenian history and culture.
An indispensable companion to Slovenia's most spectacular hiking region. Offers 57 routes of varying difficulty and 4 multi-day itineraries. Illustrated with sketch maps and photographs.
Bradt handily condense the capital section from their excellent country guide into a pocket-sized volume packed with everything you need for a Ljubljana citybreak.
A useful little book offering illuminating insights into Romanian culture and society, touching on customs, values, traditions, religion, taboos, business practices and so on.
A colourful and inspiring guide filled with photographs and offering good introductory chapters. Less handy for practical details than its rivals, however.
A fantastic, thoughtfully-arranged guide offering plenty of vital listings along with eloquent insights into Romanian history and culture. Our choice of companion.
A brilliant guide to walking the Carpathians, some of the finest hiking terrain in Europe. A multitude of routes of varying difficulties are explained and mapped. Also contains sections on skiing, mountain biking, climbing and such.
A good little guide for a pre-arranged trip, offering nice background reading and sightseeing tips. The recommended walking and car tours are its best feature.