Lonely Planet Eastern Europe

• Travel on any budget
• A practical guide to tourism as well as culture and customs
• Find the best hotels and restaurants in your price range

Lonely Planet Eastern Europe provides an insider's guide to this fascinating area of the world, helping you to avoid the crowds and enjoy your time as you explore these nations. Entertaining and detailed, the guide starts out with a basic overview about traveling through Eastern Europe and has all the public transportation, maps, and restaurant recommendations the savvy traveler needs.

At the beginning of Lonely Planet Eastern Europe, you are given a brief background, including history, culture, sports, religion, art, architecture, literature, cinema, music, theater, and the environment. It then goes through all major cities in each country alphabetically, making them easy to find. Under each city, you will find, sights, activities, festivals and events, accommodations (arranged by price), where to eat (also arranged by price), night life, entertainment, shopping, and transportation to and around the city.

Lonely Planet Eastern Europe also manages to include recommendations for travel safety, traveling solo, with small children, or with disabled travelers, and where to participate in outdoor sports and events. You will find cultural backgrounds covering customs, drugs, racism, theft, gay and lesbian scenes, and local money.

And finally, Lonely Planet Eastern Europe will make sure that you know everything you need to about traveling to Eastern Europe, and how to stay healthy while you're there. The Lonely Planet books prove to be excellent resources over and over, making sure that anyone can see what they want to see on any budget, and Lonely Planet Eastern Europe is no exception. If you plan on visiting Eastern Europe, Lonely Planet Eastern Europe is the book for you!

Lonely Planet Eastern Europe covers: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine.