Berlitz: Oslo Pocket Guide


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Oslo is one of Scandinavia's most appealing capitals, combining a stunning waterfront, fascinating museums, and the natural splendour of its fjords and forests. This concise, full-colour guide has been fully updated by our expert author and tells you everything you need to know about the city's best places to visit, from the Opera House to the Munch Museum. It is packed with beautiful pictures and handy maps help you find your way around. The guide is full of ideas for enjoying this cool city, with our 10 top attractions in Oslo followed by a brand new itinerary for a Perfect Day in the city, as well as the lowdown on sports and outdoor activities, shopping, entertainment, and activities for children. You'll get the essential background on Oslo's culture as well as carefully chosen listings of the best hotels and restaurants and an A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.




Berlitz Pocket Guide Oslo (Travel Guide eBook)


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Nestled amongst forest and fjords, Oslo is the perfect combination of nature experiences and city life. Norway's capital is a vibrant cosmopolitan city with world-class museums such as the Munch Museum and a state-of-art opera house, as well as its very own ski ramp. Berlitz Pocket Guide Oslo is a thoroughly updated, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that the city has to offer. Inside Pocket Guide Oslo: Where To Go details all the key sights in the city, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text. Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip. Perfect Day provides an itinerary of the city. What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from admiring outdoor art at the Vigeland Sculpture Park to skiing in the hills. Essential information on Oslo's culture, including a brief history of the city. Eating Out covers the city's best cuisine. Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants. A-Z of all the practical information you'll need. About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.




Berlitz: Malta Pocket Guide


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Berlitz Pocket Guide Malta is a concise, full-colour travel guide to this Mediterranean island, combining inspiring photography with insider tips to help you uncover the best of Malta and its inhabited sister islands of Gozo and Comino. It tells you everything you need to know about the best places to visit in Malta, from beautiful Valletta and the former capital of Mdina with its medieval streets to Marsaxlokk fishing harbour and the dazzling azure waters of the Blue Grotto sea cave. Handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text. To inspire you, the book offers a rundown of the 10 top attractions in Malta, followed by an itinerary for a Perfect Day exploring the island. The What to Do chapter is a snapshot of things to do on Malta, including shopping, entertainment, sports, tours and activities for children. The book provides all the essential background on Malta's culture, including a brief history of the island and an Eating Out chapter covering Maltese cuisine. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels and restaurants and an A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.




New York Pocket Guide


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This pocket guide to the Big Apple tells readers how to get the most from a trip, whether it's for business or for pleasure. Included is information on must-see sights, transportation, emergencies, hotel and restaurant recommendations, shopping, nightlife, and more--plus detailed maps and stunning photography.




Berlitz: Norway Pocket Guide


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Berlitz Pocket Guide Norway is a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the very best that this beautiful country has to offer. The Where to Go chapter details all the key sights in the capital Oslo and the other principal cities - Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim. Each region is covered in detail, from the Western Fjords to Trondelag and Nordland in the north and beyond to remote Svalbard. Handy maps on the cover help you get around Oslo and Bergen with ease. To inspire you, the book offers a rundown of the country's Top 10 Attractions, followed by an itinerary for A Perfect Tour in Norway. The What to Do chapter is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from hiking and glacier walking to quintessential Norwegian experiences like dog-sledding and ice-fishing. It also lists the best places to see the Northern Lights. You'll also be armed with background information, including a brief history of the country and an Eating Out chapter covering its the fish and seafood for which it is famous. There are carefully chosen listings featuring Norway's best hotels and restaurants, plus an A-Z to equip you with all the practical information you will need. Planning to stay in Oslo? Why not pick up Berlitz Pocket Guide Oslo, packed with even more information on this attractive city.




Berlitz Pocket Guide Norway


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Berlitz Pocket Guides: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to Norway and now comes with a bi-lingual dictionary -Newly updated of Berlitz Norway now with a nifty new dictionary -Over 45 million copies sold across the series worldwide -High production values - fresh colour-coded design, full-colour throughout, with glossy maps on the inside cover flaps Content overview: - Top Ten Attractions and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions, including Jotunheimen National Park and Oslo - Insightful overview of landscape, history and culture - Essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around




Berlitz Pocket Guide Stockholm (Travel Guide eBook)


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Berlitz Pocket Guides Stockholm: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to Stockholm Compact, concise, and packed with essential information, this is an iconic on-the-move companion when you're exploring Stockholm Covers Top Ten Attractions, including Drottningholm Palace, Vasamuseet and Millesgrden and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions Includes an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture Handy colour maps on the inside cover flaps will help you find your way around Essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around Inspirational colour photography throughout Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.




Berlitz Pocket Guide Riga (Travel Guide eBook)


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BERLITZ POCKET GUIDE RIGA The world-renowned travel guide series by Berlitz, now with a free bilingual dictionary. Compact, concise and packed full of essential information about where to go and what to do, this is an ideal on-the-move guide for exploring Riga. From top tourist attractions like the Dome Cathedral, the Swedish Gate, Central Market and the Freedom Monument, to cultural gems, including the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum, the Art Nouveau District and St John's Church, plan your perfect trip with this practical, all-in-one travel guide. FEATURES OF THIS TRAVEL GUIDE TO RIGA - Inspirational itineraries: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, highlighted with stunning photography - Historical and cultural insights: delve into the city's rich history and culture, and learn all about the House of Blackheads, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, St Peter's Church and the History Museum of Latvia. - Practical full-colour map: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy - Key tips and essential information: from transport to tipping, we've got you covered - Dictionary: quick-reference bilingual language guide to help you with vocabulary - Covers: the Northern and Southern halves of Old Riga, the City Centre, Moscow District, the Left Bank, outlying areas and day trips to Jumala, Sigulda and the Bauska Region. About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products. You might also be interested in: BERLITZ POCKET GUIDE POLAND




Oslo - Berlitz Pocket Guide


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This fully revised and updated Berlitz Pocket Guide is packed with all the information you need to enjoy Oslo, in a genuinely pocketable format. Places to go and unmissable attractions are explored within easy-to-use, colour-coded sections, so you can locate the information you need at a glance. The capital's top attractions are identified to help you plan your trip priorities and ensure you see the very best museums, natural beauty and more. From the city centre and along the Fjord to the 'marka' beyond, all areas are covered in depth alongside full-colour photographs that provide a highly visual introduction to this stunning destination. Full colour fold-out maps are also included to provide instant orientation wherever you are. A concise history chapter and the handy cultural tips throughout combine to give you a deeper understanding of the city's heritage, from Vikings to Ibsen and Munich. There are also plenty of ideas for how to spend your leisure time such as a visit to the Opera House or skiing at Tryvann Winter Park and activities for children too. The 'Eating Out' chapter recommends local specialities and includes a useful menu reader to help you place your orders. The comprehensive 'Travel Tips' section provides an A-Z summary of all the expert practical advice you will need, including reliable recommendations of hotels and restaurants to suit all budgets, information on climate, health, transport, currency, language and much more. Small in size but big on content, this guide will help you truly get to the heart of this exciting capital and all it has to offer.




Norway


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This well-established cruising guide covers the coast of Norway northwards from the Swedish border in the Skagerrak around the North Cape to the Russian border. It includes coverage of the Lofoten and Vesterålen islands, the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and the remote volcanic island of Jan Mayen. Author Judy Lomax continues to sail this beguiling coastline of majestic fjords and multiple islands and uses her extensive network of contacts, built up over more than 30 years, to help monitor changes in the region. This fourth edition incorporates numerous updates to her previous work and expands on the detail for some areas such as the Oslo Fjord and the Telemark Canal. There is a wealth of new photographs and revised Imray plans throughout. Whether you are on a private vessel or one of the many ships cruising this stunningly beautiful region, Norway is a trusted and proven companion. "Any yachtsman even contemplating a visit to this loveliest of cruising areas could be considered negligent if he did not buy this book". - RHR, Cruising "...The author finds it difficult to avoid superlatives when talking about Norwegian scenery. I find it equally difficult to avoid superlatives when talking about this book. I am impressed. Also most Norwegians may learn a lot of facts from this excellent book. This will remain a classic, and will come in new editions in the foreseeable future..." Customer feedback “For anyone sailing in Norwegian waters this book is an absolute must. It is the perfect example of a truly excellent pilot from which practically nothing can be found missing.” Christine Holroyd, Cruising Association magazine.