We own Rick Steves 09 book and will bring that. I took out about 10 others from the library and will probably bring one of those. Which is your favorite guidebook?
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The AA key guide is my favourite.
amazon.co.uk/Croatia-AA-Key-Guide-Guides/dp/…
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Time Out Croatia is the best! Written by people who actually live here or spend part of the year. Unlike others who simply zoom from North to South in a week
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I have a Mondadori one in English and it%26#39;s good!
The best guide I have is the one I bought directly in Croatia.
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It depends what interests you I think. I have never seen Rick Steves but all the Americans I meet in Croatia refer to it. I use Rough Guide for information on places and things to visit and Lonely Planet for lots of travelling info - times of buses/ferries etc. I haven%26#39;t read the newest Time Out guide but didn%26#39;t like the previous one (which was also very heavy).
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With the disclaimer that guide book preferences are largely subjective, and that this post is even more subjective, my favorite guide book strategy is take one utilitarian and one idiosyncratic book on each trip. The utilitarian is for basic %26quot;getting around%26quot; and the idiosyncratic is for better connecting with the culture (finding spots off the normal beaten path -- though message boards complement this function).
Generally, we use Lonely Planet as the utilitarian book (wherever we go in the world), because it provides among the most organized collections of %26quot;nuts and bolts%26quot; (i.e., schedules, operating hours, etc.). As for idisyncratic, we often use Rick Steves when we are in Europe, and did so with great enjoyment in Croatia. Again, though, we simply find that his personal tastes---including the tid-bits provided in his walking tours and his restaurant recommendations---mirror our own. We have also used several others mentioned above, and all offered good suggestions. Just test them, you cannot go wrong with the recommendations you have gotten. If you are comfortable with Rick Steves%26#39; approach, it will certainly do.
(And for the Europeans, Rick Steves is an american who has been travelling in Europe since he was 18; and has a television program on american public broadcasting. He does supplement his own experiences with local guides; typically locals he has met in his travels. His personal preferences tend toward smaller, family-owned establishments).
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Time Out has both a guidebook and a Visitors Magazine for Croatia. The magazine is updated every year and comes out in April so it%26#39;s bang up to date and has a real feel for the latest trends and new venues. Sailors should have a look at the Croatia Cruising Companion which is also very useful for land based tourists visiting the more remote Dalmatian islands where very little alternative information is available.
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Hi
We are back from Croatia and had a great time. We ended up bringing 4 guides. We had a car so carrying so many was not a problem. We owned Rick Steves and brought library books of Time Out, Lonely Planet and the Rough guide. With no TV I looked at all 4 books quite a bit at night in planning. Rick Steves is good because he pretty much indicates where you should stay in a region and then lists side trips around that town For instance he said that Rovinj was the best place to stay in Istria. The other guides listed each town in Istria and hwere to stay and what to do in the town. The downside is you are likely to run into other American tourists carrying Rick Steves guides and you rightly do not feel much like an explorer. We got some good restaurant recommendations from Loney Planet.
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We used Rick Steve%26#39;s for our recent trip. Overall, we think his information is very good. Besides Croatia, it also has very good sections on Montenegro and Mostar. At times, his tips are spot on. Especially about the parking in Rovinj (excellent tips). But other times, we beg to differ - e.g. he said the upper lakes in Plitvice is more interesting than the lower lakes, and that Porec is like the Croatian Acapulco (maybe it%26#39;s true in the peak season). I%26#39;ll say Rick Steve is a good start and you have have it with you on the trip, but I%26#39;ll bring at least one more.
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