Fodor's Germany (Full-color Travel Guide) Paperback – May 27, 2014

This is a good, solid comprehensive guide that gives the former East its proper due. Actually, the chapter on Berlin is very good, up to date and complete. Since Germany is such an awesome country, with more for a curious traveler than one volume could possibly capture, some of the guide to the provinces and smaller towns is quite summary. That makes the book very much an "on the beaten path" type of guide.Listings of hotels and restaurants are good for the major tourist centers, but are very thin for more hidden treasures such as Bamberg, Goslar, and Regensburg, for example. Actually, there are also very few maps included, and the book really feels more like a chunky guide to sites, listings, and itineraries.This is a good comprehensive guide to the major tourist sites. If you're looking for more encyclopedic coverage, Lonely Planet is a better choice. Ironically enough, Lonely Planet is better known for its coverage of outdoor activities, but it is actually THIS guide that is the better of the two for eco-tourism.

On a recent trip I took along a few guidebooks of the major cities of Germany, but this was the only one for the entire country. I found that Fodor's is so improved that it now includes some lesser known sites and more precise directions than the Fodor's I used to know. It was easy to tear out the chapters of a particular region and carry them with me for the week in a city. It provided very clear and concise background information and was truly essential for some of the out of the way places I took as day trips outside cities like Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig, and Munich. I had been to Germany a number of times and this guidebook impressed me for its depth and accuracy as well as a source of some new things to do that I had not known about from previous trips. It may not be the only guide you'll want (some of Rick Steves' books are great too), but for a comprehensive guide to a country, this is the best.

Although Fodor's continues to "star" mainly the higher end hotels and restaurants, I feel it is a wonderful base to go to for dependable reviews. Perhaps more "insider" info from locals and natives could expand the offerings as Germany is noted for clean hotels and fine food across the board.

Great travel guide for Germany. Along with a local guide this is a great planning tool. Bulky to carry but if you review the guide based on your plans you can leave it behind for day trips.Good city guidesGood write ups about history and cultureFormat can be hard to follow

Not bad, except for the totally inadequate information on dealing with the train system. Seriously, a three or four page section with a guide to how to navigate the different levels of train service and tell if you're on the right one would be pretty useful. Not everyone does driving vacations in Europe.

Best guide available as far as I know. Visited may places in Germany over the years; this book really gave good insight on almost every small town. More than just help on finding a room. Great if you like to meet the people instead of just the ordinary tourist traps.

Great guide!! Easy to read and understand. Currently planning a trip to Germany. Between this book and trip advisor i think I have a pretty good idea of what I am doing!

My employer's HQ is in Germany. Book offered a lot of insight beyond being a tourist.

Seems very good guide have yet to use it.

Overall very good tour guide, with relevant information, well written. But some of the information given is wrong, which is a bit of a shame. Very good book though - best travel guide I had for a while.

Good travel book if you want to go to Germany.