Product Description

Experience the best of Hungary with Lonely Planet's 6th edition. Discover the quiet beauty and fascinating culture of this charming country - relax in Art Nouveau splendour at a thermal bath, treat your palate to the excellent local wines or watch history unfold as you drift down the Danube.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

In This Guide:

Essential color section illustrating Hungary's highlights
Unique interviews with a potter, Klezmer band and a cycling specialist
Activities chapter includes horse riding, hiking, caving and more

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #223946 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 428 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781741046946
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Library Journal
Hungary's treasures unfold in this exceptionally well-organized and well-written guide. Regional highlights, transport information, and great maps augment historical background. Lodging picks range from hostels to the baroque Esterh zy Palace.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
As usual the guidebook standard is set by Lonely Planet

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Customer Reviews

A good guide to Hungary
As a Hungarian I was wondering if I'd get any new information from this book and being a curious person I bought it and must admit that it covers mostly everything that is worth seeing in Hungary.

The introductory section is a bit obsolete though this is the most vulnerable part to changes. Anyway I laughed my head off at the description of Hungarian post officers and "toilet aunties". These descriptions are true and prepare the would-be tourist for what can be expected. The section is informative, covering all the important points.

The chapter on Budapest is absolutely OK, the walking tours are managable and they cover the whole city. Once you've completed the 12 walking tours you know what Budapest is like. The other chapters are good, too, though the ones describing the Great Plain and Western Transdanubia could have been a bit more comprehensive.

Considering everything this guide is a good choice if you want to visit Hungary.

Not bad...
We're planning a trip to Hungary next year, and using LP's Hungary guide. While it paints the broad strokes of this central European country, and offers an impressive history section despite the guide's slender appearance, it's still missing some key points - which is why we're also using the Eyewitness guide to Budapest and the Rough Guide's Hungary offering. This trio seem to offer the best combination of history, practical advice, upper and lower-end accomodation and a good balance between what to see in Budapest, and what to check out in the rest of the country. (By the way, if you purchase LP's Hungary guide, skip LP's Budapest guide. Aside from a few pictures you won't find in the Hungary edition, you'll essentially have the exact information in the same guide. Save some cash and invest in a Rough Guide.)

Very helpful, but would have like more about lake Balaton
I used Lonely Planet's HUNGARY travel guide on a trip to Hungary in 1999 and was very pleased by it. It's introductory sections vivdly explain the history of the Magyars and their charming society. The unique food and drink of Hungary is clearly written about (one has to admire a guide that gives a whole paragraph to the wonderful Unicum).

The section on Budapest is impressively complete and made getting around that lovely city very manageable. The maps are clear (as should be expected with Lonely Planet).

Praise goes to the toughness of the book. I've always admired the durability of Lonely Planet's guides, as the double-stiched binding withstands the rough handling that travel guides receive.

I would have liked to have, however, more information on the Lake Balaton region. LP's HUNGARY guide seems to cover only the largest towns (and the most commercial) and leaves out several quaint locales.

But even with that minor fault, the Lonely Planet HUNGARY guide is the best out there.