Travel by train, boat, bus or car visiting spectacular walled towns and dazzling mountain top villages. Rent a cow for the summer, hike beneath rugged mountain peaks, visit Switzerland's famous cheese and chocolate factories. Explore Geneva, Zurich and Lucerne. Places to stay from mountain chalets to elegant city hotels.

Switzerland is a country of incredible beauty with rugged mountain peaks, luscious green meadows, dramatic rivers and sparkling blue lakes. The picturesque village contain toy-like churches and quaint chalets and almost every turn in the road offers fabulous postcard vistas. This delightful guide provides you with incredible scenic itineraries that will lead you to the most enchanting hotels. Travellers have trusted Karen Brown's guides for 20 years for their warm, engaging and up to date reviews of the finest inns and small hotels in Europe and California. Only the most charming places to stay make it onto the pages of these guides - no inn can buy its way in, and those not maintaining their standards every year are dropped. These guides are so reliable that travellers have come to plan their whole holidays around Karen Brown's recommendations.

From the hustle-bustle of New York with its delicatessens and Broadway shows through Washington, the nation's historic capital to the Jersey shore and the Virginias. Explore the antique stores of the Hudson River Valley, visit with the Amish and the Mennonites. Explore the Civil War battlegrounds in the Heritage States. Eleven exciting itineraries and over 150 places to stay.

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The perfect book for the well-heeled, independent traveler. Everything you need to know to plan a successful trip: drive your car, rent a car, travel by luxury bus. What to see and where to stay. Mexico is a dream destination: beautiful beaches, archaeological treasures, fascinating Colonial towns, colorful markets, breathtaking whale watching, butterfly reserves, fine golf courses, outstanding museums, delicious food, glorious cathedrals, and cosmopolitan cities. Beyond all these attractions Mexico offers a dazzling variety of accommodations from elegant city hotels to thatched-roof cottages on deserted beaches.

Take your pick: from the Black Forest to Berlin, cuckoo clocks to Lederhosen, castles of the Rhine to Dresden Palaces our itineraries guide you through the fascinating country that is Germany. Explore the northern beaches of Sylt, experience Oktoberfest and marvel at mad King Ludwig's castles. Over 135 places to stay including 12th century castles to a simple vintners house on the banks of the Mosel.

California, the Golden State, is fascinating with its diverse regions, dramatic scenery, exciting places to visit, and appealing places to stay. There is almost too much--it can be confusing. Not to worry, we have done your homework for you. Five detailed driving itineraries cover everything from beaches to wine tasting. Drive the beautiful California coast, ride a cable car in San Francisco, be awed by the grandeur of Yosemite, visit the sidewalk of stars on Hollywood Boulevard, and taste your way through the wine country while staying in boutique hotels, luxury resorts and lovely inns.

Austrian's warmth of welcome and their love of preserving the best of their heritage produces a wonderful travel experience. Many visitors see only Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck, all wonderful cities but this exquisite small country has much more to offer. This guide provides you with information on attractions both on and off the beaten track. Live like royalty in a hilltop castle, relax on the shores of the emerald-green Weissensee, ride a marvelous narrow-gauge train, slip into an ancient salt mine on a wooden slide, ski world-class slopes or wander over well-marked trails into hidden hamlets.

Experience Dublin's fair city, kiss the Blarney stone, climb the Giant's Causeway and drive the Dingle Peninsula. Explore the Emerald Isle in all its glory with four detailed driving itineraries, and a walking tour of Dublin. Take time to stop at pubs, visit weavers, sample the best Irish whiskey, admire the skills of crystal cutters and traditional potters. Stay is a wide range of accommodation from traditional cottages to grand castles.

Driving itineraries take the traveler over twisting mountain passes high into lofty mountains, where they will find accommodations in every price range, from simple mountain chalets to opulent hotels. Includes complete lodging information with detailed, colorful descriptions and complete addresses and phone numbers. 95 line drawings.