Cycling Europe: Budget Biking Touring in the Old World (The Active Travel Series)

by Nadine Slavinsky, Nadine Slavinski

Release Date: August, 1992

Edition: Paperback

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Good reference for trip planning!!

We have found this book quite helpful in planning our cycling trips in Europe, particularly tours of France and Germany. We cannot disagree with comments from the other reviewers. There are indeed some points of misinformation, and we have found better routes in several instances. Cycling the "route du vin" in Alsace was a special treat, yet never mentioned as an option; another route in Germany easily leads onto the Autobahn if not careful! Nonetheless, this book was indispensible in planning our European tours.

The few available cycling guides should be viewed as helpful references/starting points for planning a cycling tour. It is important to be flexible, and open to the many options available - that is half the fun of self-supported bicycle touring! With the caveats above, we do recommend this book.

All too simple and not detailed

The problem with this book, as well as many others that descirbe biking in Europe, is that is doesn't truly focus on how you could do it. Rather, it tells you how they did it. They provide very basic information on trip planning and focus mainly on where they went. It's good for people searching for a preset tour with maps, but it's not for people who wish to make their own trip. The book breifly talks about accomadations, transport, and problems one may encounter. I would apperciate some specific information on which airline does the best job of transporting bikes and which hostels welcome bikers.