Nicky Gardner is a Berlin-based travel writer who weaves words about Europe's finest rail journeys. She also writes about cultures and communities. Susanne Kries believes firmly in the social and community value of public transport. Susanne has worked with Nicky Gardner on many projects, including several editions of Europe by Rail.
"This guide most certainly lives up to its name: it is a most
definitive guide, and is packed with all the information that you
will need to plan your rail travel across the continent. Do not
leave home without it." --Fiona Richards, Timeless Travels "Europe
by Rail is a book of sheer possibility, a love letter to a
continent that also tells you where to buy the ring and how to get
to the jeweller's." --Charlie Connelly, The New European "Whether
you use it vicariously, imagining trips from the comfort of home,
or as an essential part of your travelling kit, Europe by Rail is a
wonderful publication." Ben Jones, The Railway Magazine
"Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries have created, in Europe by Rail, a
book which combines essential practical information with romantic
descriptions of places familiar and otherwise. Now in its fifteenth
edition, the book is the perfect guide for today's rail traveller.
Fifty main routes are suggested, and alternative timings give the
option of frantic dashing or leisurely trundling. Sometimes the
journey is the thing, passing through glorious countryside and
watching the landscape change as borders are crossed. More often,
however, the proliferation of routes and options allows the
traveller to meander, loiter, sample local cuisine, maybe take in a
museum or two before moving gently on. A lot can be experienced in
a few days without hurtling madly from city to city. Highlighting
the green credentials of rail travel, the flexibility of the
continental network and capturing the sheer excitement of Europe's
towns, cities and landscapes, the book also gives useful links to
websites offering tickets, route plans and more. Side panels offer
historical background and railway trivia as well as a taste of
local life in the many stops. For instance, there's an awful lot of
coffee in Trieste, and this book tells you the best place to drink
it. What comes across more than anything is a genuine love of
Europe and a huge enthusiasm for exploring different countries and
cultures. Living in Berlin, the authors are at the very heart of
Europe, and the routes and diversions they suggest give everyone
the chance to sample the excitement of having a whole continent
spread out before us, offering sights, sounds and flavours for the
price of a train ticket." --Grove Bookshop
"Europe By Rail could have been a dry, practical guide and still
been an invaluable book, but where the writers really score is in
evoking such a strong sense of place. Each route is carefully
described with tightly-written guides to and descriptions of the
destinations involved that make the fifty route chapters eminently
readable as pieces of travel writing in themselves." --Charlie
Connelly, author, Attention All Shipping
"Each chapter is peppered with insights into culture and heritage,
and practical information for making the most out of a journey. . .
. A guidebook that proves both inspirational and informative." --Go
Eat Do
"The book is an alluIing combination of evocative writing ("Speed
soaks up detail as poppies in the fields of Flanders become a red
haze") and practical advice. . . . t is also a history of Europe in
50 train routes. --Independent
"The last publication to continue the fine traditions of Thomas
Cook, the father of modern tourism whose first travel guide was
published in 1873. In short, get on board a European train armed
with this guide and you'll be in for a fascinating journey."
--Engineering & Technology Magazine
"There is much guidance on planning, buying tickets and finding
accommodation, recommending the best and most user-friendly
websites. All in all, this is a fantastic book which is perfect for
any traveller, even the armchair variety." --Ilkley Gazette
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