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Rick Steves' Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Rick Steves' Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gene Openshaw
By (author) Rick Steves
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:536
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreTravel and holiday guides
ISBN/Barcode 9781566915168
ClassificationsDewey:914.04561
Audience
General
Edition 7th edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Avalon Travel Publishing
Imprint Avalon Travel Publishing
Publication Date 17 May 2007
Publication Country United States

Description

Now in full-color comes a witty and engaging look at Europe's history and art, from America's European travel guru. Rick Steves' Europe 101 helps you make the most of your sightseeing. A fun but informative guide, this "professor in your pocket" features chronologically organized chaptersfrom the pyramids to Picassothat explain the forces behind Europe's most important cultural and artistic periods. Other features include handy lists of sights that allow you to link your newly acquired knowledge with the specific paintings, sculptures, and buildings you'll see on your trip, a humorous, readable style that is a joy to read compared with the history textbooks you slept on in school, and timelines, maps, drawings, and photos that illustrate Europe's story and round out your education.

Author Biography

Gene Openshaw is a writer, composer, tour guide, and lecturer on art and history. Specializing in writing walking tours of Europe's cultural sights, Gene has coauthored 10 of Rick's books and contributes to Rick's public television series. As a composer, Gene has written a full-length opera (Matter), a violin sonata, and dozens of songs. He lives near Seattle with his daughter, and roots for the Mariners in good times and bad. Since 1973, Rick Steves has spent about four months a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. Rick produces a best-selling guidebook series, a public television series, and a public radio show, and organizes small-group tours that take over 30,000 travelers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of more than 100 well-traveled staff members at Rick Steves' Europe in Edmonds, WA (near Seattle). When not on the road, Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice, drug policy reform, and ending hunger. To recharge, Rick plays piano, relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains, and spends time with his son Andy and daughter Jackie. Find out more about Rick at www.ricksteves.com and on Facebook. Connect with Rick: facebook.com/RickSteves twitter: @RickSteves instagram: ricksteveseurope

Reviews

"An unusually gifted and passionate travel writer" "Europe 101 is a diligent and thorough review of the subject that steers visitors in the right directions." "Humorous and historical perspective covering a mere 5,000 years of Western civilization." "Steves preaches a low-cost, low-to-the-ground style that not only saves money, but gets you closer to the real Europe, the way Europeans experience it"