Get the details on cruising the romantic Rhine or summiting the Zugspitze. Have a relaxing soak at a Black Forest mineral spa or take an exhilarating summer bobsled ride in the Bavarian Alps. Flash back to Berlin's turbulent past at Checkpoint Charlie; then celebrate the rebirth of Dresden and its glorious Frauenkirche.Rick's candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. He'll help you plan where to go and what to see, depending on the length of your trip. You'll learn which sights are worth your time and money, and how to get around Germany by train, bus, and car. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.

    This edition is out of print, and is being replaced by the fourth edition, retail price 18.95, ISBN 0981570178

     Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from uncovering a city's most memorable sights to finding the best restaurants and hotels in each neighborhood. And to save you time and money, there's even a Top 10 list of Things to Avoid. Each "Top 10" contains a pull-out map and guide that includes fold-out maps of city metro systems, useful phone numbers, and 60 great ideas on how to spend your day.

    With detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets in this fully updated and expanded guide, and insider tips on everything from soaking up the charms of the cafe scene to gaping at the ancient ruins that line the streets, there is in-depth coverage of all Rome's unforgettable sights from the Coliseum to Villa Borghese. "Eyewitness Travel Guide: Rome" includes unique cutaways, floor-plans and reconstructions of the city's stunning architecture, plus 3D aerial views of the best districts to explore on foot. And the new-look guide's indispensible map is so easy-to-use, keep it with the book or remove and use on its own.

    This edition has been replaced by an updated, expanded third edition!

    A guide is available for all 50 American states.

    The AIA Guide to Chicago, Second Edition, showcases more than 1,000 individual buildings, along with more than 400 photographs - many taken expressly for this volume - plus 35 specially commissioned walking maps. The book is arranged geographically so that the user can tour each area of the city as conveniently as possible. Building descriptions focus on the illuminating - but easily overlooked - details that give the behind-the-scenes, often unexpected story of why a building took the shape it did.

    Revised and enlarged, this third edition is written as a dive planning tool, with special attention given to dive planning with predicted currents. It contains descriptions for 55 dive sites, all with shore access, located throughout the greater Puget Sound area. Areas covered include Puget Sound, Hood Canal, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Rosario Strait, San Juan Island, Orcas Island and Lopez Island. Dive site descriptions contain bottom depths, suggested skill levels, current patterns, correction factors for estimating times of slack current, driving directions, site facilities and suggested non-diver activities. Readers are also introduced to a marine animal for each dive site.