The Czech & Slovak Republics: The Rough Guide - Couverture souple

Humphreys, Rob

 
9781858280295: The Czech & Slovak Republics: The Rough Guide

Synopsis

Revised and updated to take into account the recent break-up of Czechoslovakia, this guide provides a broad range of information on accommodation, restaurants and sights. Featuring over 100 pages on the city of Prague, it summarizes the area's historical and political background and includes all new street names. Information on hiking in the more remote regions of the Slovak Republic are highlighted. The guide also includes biographies of some of the region's more famous sons and daughters, from Mahler and Freud to Tom Stoppard and Ivana Trump. Specialist coverage of contemporary issues includes facts about the controversial Danube dam, the border dispute with Hungary and other political issues resulting from the split of the two Republics.

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À propos de l?auteur

Rob Humphreys has been writing for Rough Guides since 1989. He has traveled extensively, writing Pocket Rough Guide London (with S. Cook), Pocket Rough Guide Prague, and The Rough Guide to London (with S. Cook). Rob is also the coauthor of The Rough Guide to Scotland, The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands, and The Great Glen Rough Guides Snapshot Scotland.

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