Walking Easy in the Swiss & Austrian Alps, 3rd (Walking Guides) |
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Author:
Chet Lipton,
Carolee Lipton
By Globe Pequot
Average Customer Rating:   
List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $5.50
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Product Description
Walking Easy in the Swiss and Austrian Alps is for the active adult looking for adventure and the beauty adult looking for adventure and the beauty of nature, without the backpack and tent! More than 100 scenic walks, starting from one of seventeen charming alpine base villages, take readers in hand with complete, detailed instructions.
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Made our trip, 2006-05-17
I used this book as a basis for a 3 week trip to the Swiss and Austrian Alps and it was invaluable. We stayed in recommended towns, Lauterburnen, Zermatt, and Alpbach and they were perfect jump off spots for hikes. We are day hikers, so it was nice to return to comfortable hotels in the towns. All of the hikes were on the mark for difficulty and scenery. I combined some of the shorter hikes into longer ones and used a couple of other books to find ways to extend some of the hikes in the book. We had a fantastic vacation and owe much of the success to this book.
Walking in Wengen, 2003-06-30
We followed the trails suggested in the Bernese Oberland section. We chose a walk rated as having medium diffiulty for the book. The descent was so steep that my 30-something walks-a-mile-to-work-everyday husband was not able to walk at all the next day because of the extreme pain in his knees. We missed out on all our subsequent hiking. We later learned (from our swiss maps) that the red-white-red trail markings meant "paths for experienced hikers". The yellow markings mean paths for everyone. There was no mention of this distinction in the book. And given the book's title, we would have thought that all of the walks would have been pretty easy. What would we have done if we were older or had our children along? I think hikers should ask their hosts in Switzerland to recommend walks. Our hotel (the Hotel Regina in Wengen) had many easy walks to suggest. I'd get a good map and order something better to read.
walking easyin the swiss and austrian alps, 2002-05-28
A great hiking guide for easy walkers...in the picturesque villages of the alps.. these villlages are easy to get to with public transportationand all hotels cater to summer hikers/walkers. Lifts are nearby and trails are described and well signed and maintained... great for families and hikers of all ages... the book describes the details of the walks with many maps and hotel suggestions. A very user fiendly edition... try it
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9780762723140
ISBN: 0762723149
Label: Globe Pequot
Manufacturer: Globe Pequot
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2002-04-01
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Studio: Globe Pequot |
