Blue Guide Western Germany (Blue Guide)

Rating:
Summary: Told us more than our local friends knew
Review: On our recent trip to Cologne, we found this book was an invaluable companion. If you're not familiar with the Blue Guide series of travel books, they do not cover hotels and restaurants and evening entertainment, but they do cover details about history, architecture, museums, cathedrals, etc., and provide a plan of the major cities. Cities and towns are organized by routes, so if you are driving from one city to the next they are indispensable.

In Germany, we loved reading the details about the Dom, and several surrounding less famous churches. The specifics regarding the details in the various museums, the highlights of what you'll see, etc, were very helpful in helping us budget our time.

This edition is a little our of date, however, and museum hours have changed in some instances, so call ahead.

Rating:
Summary: Told us more than our local friends knew
Review: On our recent trip to Cologne, we found this book was an invaluable companion. If you're not familiar with the Blue Guide series of travel books, they do not cover hotels and restaurants and evening entertainment, but they do cover details about history, architecture, museums, cathedrals, etc., and provide a plan of the major cities. Cities and towns are organized by routes, so if you are driving from one city to the next they are indispensable.

In Germany, we loved reading the details about the Dom, and several surrounding less famous churches. The specifics regarding the details in the various museums, the highlights of what you'll see, etc, were very helpful in helping us budget our time.

This edition is a little our of date, however, and museum hours have changed in some instances, so call ahead.