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Vienna in the Countries, Regions & Cities series from Rough Guides; comprehensively detailed guidebooks specifically designed for independent travellers & serving a range of worldwide destinations. Widely recognised for their free editorial style, Rough Guide authors are allowed to express their personal opinions on a range of subjects. Although sometimes controversial, this editorial stance allows readers to experience more detailed & personal takes on each destination, a feature often more limited in other guidebooks. Cultural & historical nuances are explored in significant depth throughout the text & descriptions on the ambience of individual settings alongside personal recommendations, particularly in cities, are notably prevalent. Each Rough Guide in the Countries, Regions & Cities series has a similar layout. A ...

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Your guide to the very best that Vienna has to offer, whatever you are looking for, whether you are travelling first class or on a limited budget, want to enjoy a night at the opera or dine on the finest schnitzel & strudel. Dozens of top 10 lists
- from festivals & markets to beer halls & bars
- provide the insider knowledge you need.

Includes:: detailed maps.

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Berlitz Pocket Guide Vienna combines snappy text with full-colour photography to highlight the very best that this elegant city has to offer. The Where To Go chapter details all the key sights that you will not want to miss; from the historic grandeur of the Hofburg, to the vibrant Museums Quartier & the regal Schonbrunn Palace. The What to Do chapter explores Vienna's world-class music & opera scene & opportunities for shopping, whilst the Eating Out chapter investigates the local cuisine & provides a list of recommended restaurants for you to try. Top 10 Attractions & A Perfect Day itinerary present inspiration for experiencing the very best of one of the most artistic & cultural cities in Europe. Background information on the turbulent history of the city & the character of its people helps you really understand the culture you have come to experience. Clear & detailed maps plot all the major sights, & the Travel Tips section offers practical advice on how to get there & where to stay. ...

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Vienna Baedeker is divided into four main categories
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Vienna & Vienna’s Woods in the Rother Walking Guides, is a walking guide to a mix of 50 easy strolls, city walks & well-known & impressive walks, in Vienna & the surrounding areas including north of the Danube & the Vienna’s Woods. All walks are presented with a wealth of information, offering grade of difficulty, a description of the route, a small walking map inset showing stages, height differences & walking times, & when available, a photograph. The topographic maps featured in the pocket guide vary in scale of 1:12, 500 & 1:125, 000. An additional overview map at the back of the book helps locate the walks. All walks are easily accessible by public transport & pass at least one inn or a Heuriger (wine tavern). They include 7 circular sight-seeing routes to guide you through the major attractions of Vienna, three around-the city hiking trails & two crossing the entire way through the city; thirty walk in the Vienna Woods & the surrounding areas, & 10 in the north of the Danube area. ...

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Vienna, an original antique map by S.D.U.K., published in London, 1844. Steel plate, uncoloured. Map size 38 x 32 cm, mounted 53 x 47.5 cm.A detailed map of Vienna published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The Society was founded by John, Earl Russell, & Henry Brougham, later Lord Chancellor of England in 1827. The Society's main purpose was to encourage universal literacy by publishing numbers of books of good quality that would be affordable to all. These town plans were published in perhaps the grandest of the Society's publications
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Vienna (ed. 2)

Vienna Baedeker is divided into four main categories - background, practicalities, tours and A-Z of sites. The guide is introduced by a double spread of sightseeing highlights and special Baedeker best tips. The background section provides facts, history and cultural information on the destination, whilst summary introductions to things such as language, accommodation, transport, food and drink are found in the practicalities chapter. A selection of tours is given to take in a variety of places of interest and an approximate duration is usefully indicated for each itinerary. The major section of the book deals with a substantial and detailed A-Z of sites. The A-Z listing comes with 3-d pull outs of selected destinations and some printed building plans of historic sites and museums
to help orientate the visitor. The guide has a large amount of colour illustrations, comes with a free map showing key transport information and places of interest and is produced in a protective plastic jacket.

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Vienna Baedeker is divided into four main categories
- background, practicalities, tours & A-Z of sites. The guide is introduced by a double spread of sightseeing highlights & special Baedeker best tips. The background section provides facts, history & cultural information on the destination, whilst summary introductions to things such as language, accommodation, transport, food & drink are found in the practicalities chapter. A selection of tours is given to take in a variety of places of interest & an approximate duration is usefully indicated for each itinerary. The major section of the book deals with a substantial & detailed A-Z of sites. The A-Z listing comes with 3-d pull outs of selected destinations & some printed building plans of historic sites & museums to help orientate the visitor. The guide has a large amount of colour illustrations, comes with a free map showing key transport information & places of interest & is produced in a protective plastic jacket.

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