Rick Steves Pocket guidebooks truly are a ”tour guide in your pocket.” Each colorful, compact book

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Vienna in the AA Spiral Guides series; comprising a selection of titles exploring a wide range of cities, regions & countries in a handy, spiral loose-leaf format. Fold-out flaps at the front & back of each title give an overview of the main regions covered, with page numbers so visitors can locate their destination easily. Each guide explores the destination geographically by region or area & provides the essential information for the main sites & attractions in addition to a recommended tour of each area by car. An introductory section - ...

The same atlas as the spiral bound version. Bus & tram lines are very clearly marked, but one way streets are not shown. Additional maps show the environs of the city, major traffic arteries & metro, suburban & regional rail networks. The city centre is also covered at a more detailed scale of 1:12, 500. A separate map highlights Vienna's fourteen main momuments, with brief descriptions in English. The index contains lists of useful addresses. Map legend

Includes:: English. The atlas comes with a separate double-sided map showing one way streets. The map covers the city at 1:25, 000, with an enlargement for the central districts at 1:17, 500.

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Situated on the cusp of West & East, between the foothills of the Alps & the mighty ` Blue Danube`, Vienna has long presented authors with a wealth of material for stories that entertain & intrigue. The city`s famous quality of life & rich variety of cultural offerings is apparent here at every turn, but so too is its darker side, whether it be the Viennese obsession with death & decay or the dramatic, tragic events of its twentieth-century history. In stories from the early to mid-nineteenth century in particular, the city stands for wine, women & song, for a laid-back
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- outlook on life that is invariably linked to its location as German culture`s southernmost centre. In more recent tales, the theme of the good life & of Vienna`s beauty continues, but there are very few authors who do not dwell on elements of darkness or melancholy. Indeed, from the mid-twentieth century onward, death itself seems to have become literature`s preferred guide to the city. The collection concentrates on stories set at the city`s margins. The tales are arranged geographically rather than chronologically, around & through the city from west to east & back again. We begin & end with Arthur Schnitzler & Joseph Roth, two authors already indelibly associated with Vienna, but represented here by little-known gems, translated for the first time. Other authors include stars of Vienna`s nineteenth century feuilleton journalism
- Heinrich Laube, Ferdinand Kurnberger, Adalbert Stifter
- but also the most recent generation of Viennese writers, Doron Rabinovici, Eva Menasse, Dimitre Dinev, with tales as yet unknown in English.




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Vienna in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...

Time Out Vienna takes you into the grandiloquent streetscapes of this elegant cultural capital. While pinpointing the essentials on the capital of the Habsburgs & its fabulous musical tradition, the guide hails the city's commitment to its citizens, the exuberance of its contemporary culture & the sensual pleasures that lurk amid the grandeur of its kaleidoscopic architecture. ...

”NG Traveler Vienna” guides you to the better- & lesser-known sights of one of Europe`s most popular cities
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About this series: City guides for the more inquisitive visitor, this series of guide books gives you everything you need to know about your destination, be it the present, or the past. With guided walks, clear & usable maps, beautiful colour photos & in-depth sections on food, restaurants, history, art, architecture & music, “ Visible Cities” make for ideal companions on city breaks. ...

Vienna in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Map No. 209, Vienna Woods, in a series of hiking maps from Kompass providing extensive coverage of Austria & Germany plus the Slovenian Alps, with hiking routes on a topographic base, various types of accommodation, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. Many titles are now published as competitively priced sets of two or more maps, offering a wider coverage. Kompass are Europe ...