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Russia & Eastern Europe
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Russia by Lonely Planet
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- Ever-reliable Lonely Planet deliver another comprehensive companion. This exhaustive guide covers eveything from public transport to the finest hotels, with reams of indispensable sightseeing information.
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Moscow Top 10 by Eyewitness
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- A neat, to the point guide filled with top ten lists of anything you might imagine from budget hotels to cathedrals and churches.
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Moscow by Wallpaper
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- A neat little guide for the glamorous mini break. It will point you in the right direction for the coolest bars, clubs, restaurants and hotels.
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Moscow by Hedonist's Guides
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- Hedonist's Guides are an interesting new range of guidebooks, focusing heavily on nightlife and entertainment.
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Moscow by Everyman MapGuides
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- Part map and part guidebook, Everyman Guides are very useful. Moscow's restaurants, hotels and sights are marked clearly on foldout maps, with informative accompanying text.
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Moscow by Lonely Planet
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- Offers a decent local history section in addition to the usual thorough, budget-orientated listings.
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Moscow by Berlitz Pocket Guides
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- Perfect for a long weekend or a guided trip, Berlitz pack a good deal of useful, readable information into a pocket-sized guide.
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Moscow by Eyewitness Guides
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- These very popular guides, with fantastic photography and mapping, give a great overview of the city which makes exploring easy. The only drawback is that having got you to a place the supplemental information is limited. This volume contains good colour coded sections on all regions of the city.
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St Petersburg Top 10 by Eyewitness
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- A pocket-sized, well-illustrated guide to the city. Perfect for the short break, it will tell you what to see and what to miss and includes a handy pull-out map.
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St Petersburg by Lonely Planet
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- Carefully researched and recently updated. Geared toward the budget traveller, this guide nonetheless contains enough reading material beyond its listings to make a decent companion for any visitor to St Petersburg.
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St Petersburg by Rough Guides
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- Rough Guides pride themselves on consistency, and this useful guidebook is no exception, providing helpful practical information and well-written entries on this amazing city's many sights.
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St Petersburg by Everyman Guides
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- As well as being an encyclopaedic cultural reference to this magnificent city, the Everyman Guide offers invaluable practical information, including hotel listings and annotated maps. A must for visitors keen to see the best art and architecture St Petersburg can offer.
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St Petersburg by Eyewitness Guides
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- Strong on photography and mapping, DK give a great overview of St Petersburg. Detailed practical information is limited however. Contains good colour-coded sections on all regions of the city.
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St Petersburg by Companion Guide
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- A brilliant cultural guide to St Petersburg with well-researched, well-written notes on the art, architecture, history and culture of the city.
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Literary St Petersburg by Elaine Blair
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- This unique and wonderful companion profiles 15 authors whose lives and works were intimately connected to St Petersburg. A slender, beautifully-presented book, it guides visitors to the best literary sights, from the museum where a teenage Nabokov romanced his girlfriends to the Bronze Horseman of Pushkin's classic poem.
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St Petersburg by Wallpaper City Guides
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- A slender and stylish guide for the discerning visitor which includes recommendations for the best bars, restaurants and shops along with an architectural tour of the city.
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Trans-Siberian Handbook by Trailblazer Guides
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- The definitive guide to the world's longest railway journey. Contains comprehensive information on sights, accommodation, rail timetables, itineraries etc.
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Ukraine by Bradt Guides
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- The second edition of Andrew Evan's excellent guide, to our mind far superior to the Lonely Planet equivalent.
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Ukraine by Lonely Planet Guides
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- A reliable and up-to-date companion, well researched but lacking the substance of the Bradt.
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Estonia Latvia & Lithuania by Lonely Planet
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- A decent, thorough guide, strongest on the capitals and with lots of information about outdoor activities.
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Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania by Insight Guides
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- Best for lavish photography and well-written introductions, Insight Guides tell you more about what to find than how to find it.
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The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania by Rough Guides
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- The best and most recent guide for a detailed and varied exploration of the Baltics.
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Estonia by Bradt Guides
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- Our choice of Estonian guides. Author Neil Taylor is careful to pay as much attention to the regions beyond the capital as to Tallinn itself.
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Estonia by Thomas Cook Travellers
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- More recent but less comprehensive than the Bradt, though still a decent guide.
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Baltic Cities by Bradt Guides
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- Fantastic for a tour of Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius and Kaliningrad, this guide is inevitably less suited to those wishing to explore beyond the capitals.