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Average Rating: Rating: - Rick is the BEST! I have been to several of Ricks seminars and he is the best! He really inspired my husband who has never been. With this book you are ready to go! I wish I had it in 1990and it was on a tour bus with a little dictator tour guide goes against this form of travel in Ricks book. This book really inspires me to back again. My husband and I plan on taking our daughter as soon as she is old enough to go on this style of traveling. As a former heavy packer who took 3 suitcases to Europe I cannot wait to take my own backpack and rough it and take in the sites. My friend went to Germany with this book and it really helped her. I highly recommend Mona Winks as well if you do not have time to take a year of college art history. Mona Winks will help you understand things in a different perception and get around the crazy museums. Rating: - He's great Rick Steves is great. He can really show you how to get around and save a buck. If you're the type who likes 5-star hotels, forget it. He really does show you the back door to Europe and places that you'd probably not see on, say, a tour. Rating: - A great resource needed only once . . . I find that Europe Through the Back Door is an excellent resource for the novice traveler. It is particularly geared toward younger people, and those on a tight budget. It is useful for learning the basics of independent travel in Europe(washing your clothes in the sink), while many of his observations are useful elsewhere (Mexico, South America). Mr. Steves has been criticized for divulging several of his "Back Doors", or secret corners of less discovered Europe, and thus ruining them. He admits this in not so many words, but continues to publish them anyway, indeed his whole series is built on this practice. My advice is to avoid his recommendations lest you find yourself in a small Portuguese beach town with 400 other Canadians / Americans clutching ETTBD to their breast. If you really want a "Back Door" experience, go to the towns that guidebooks describe as "ugly" or "not much to see". There may not be the plethora of museums and attractions, but you will find a quiet, out-of-the-way cafe in these places, and an opportunity to rub elbows with the locals. Sardinia comes to mind, but I won't say which towns. This criticism aside, I recommend this book for it's practical advice, but you need not buy it every year, since it is rarely updated in full. The major updates have traditionally been in the section on his "Back Doors", which as stated, I would avoid.

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