Lonely Planet Norway Author: Visit Amazon's Anthony Ham Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1741793300 | Format: PDF
Lonely Planet Norway Description
Review
ScandinavianBooks, February 2013
“This guide is an excellent choice - easy to travel with, full of useful and smart advice, and lots of information that will make planning your trip seem easy! The section on
Spectacular Norway is very inspiring!”
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- Paperback: 452 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet; 5 edition (June 1, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1741793300
- ISBN-13: 978-1741793307
- Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Deanna Swaney (along with and Mark Griffith's outstanding mapping and design) have produced the definitive travel guide on Norway.
Deanna Swaney's writing is both engaging and descriptive. In my "must have" list, to qualify a guide as "excellent", are easy to read maps. This book has the best maps found in any Norway travel guide. The superb information and recommendations are reliable and though the publication date is 1999 (thus the information is pre '99). Norway is a stable nation with very low inflation and the prices are close to the quotes.
"Lonely Planet Norway" has a solid introduction section that covers Norway's history, government, economy, ecology, climate etc. This guide has an informative, practical, travel section and, most important, a reliable and up to date listing of recommendations that Swaney has checked out (lodging, restaurants, entertainment, places to see and things to do). At the start of each section is a regional map, more maps, and a list of highlights or "must see" for that region. Great!
Deanna must not be a motorcycle afficionado for there is no mention in her book of motorcycle rental in Norway. I rented a Harley in Trondheim for a week of travel through the Western Fjords, Central Norway and the Trondelag region. Brilliant way to see this glorious country, but, beware the weather is more temperamental than a manic Chihuahua. It can and will go from warm to cold to wet back to sun in the space and distance of one hours travel. My motorcycle rental did include the all-purpose riding gear, I brought my own helmet.
A weak area is the intermittent use of email/web site addresses. These are very helpful, especially for hotel quotes and reservations.
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