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Cars
- Europe for Visitors Excellent information on driving in Europe.
Click on the Cars/Motor Travel link on the home page.
- AutoEurope Check car rental rates; book by e-mail. Claim to match
anyone's price. Postings on rec.travel.europe generally report quite satisfactory
experience, matching ours.
- Avis Check rates and make reservations
online.
- Hertz
- European Road Signs An
incomplete (and somewhat confusing) tutorial on road signs and rules. Nonetheless worthwhile for those unfamiliar with the (right) way the rest of
the world marks roads.
- moto.europa The online guide provides a good introduction to most aspects of
driving in Europe.
- Britain's AA European fuel prices.
- Michelin Felt by many to be the best
European route planner
- Mappy: Road
Guide One of the best online route planners.
- reiseroute.de Offers
several choices of European routing planners.
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Internet Searches
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favorite research resource is the Google, a 'metasearch'
facility. It's rare that we can't come up with a useful site in the first half dozen
entries on the response page. (Google was selected as the PC Magazine Editors Choice of
search engines in the December 5, 2000 issue.) Secondary resources are AltaVista and
Yahoo. You should also try other metasearch engines (these use multiple
search databases) like Intelliseek
and Fast
Search.
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Weather
- The
Weather Underground Our favorite weather site. Includes five day forecasts and
day by day weather history ... you can see what the weather was like last year (or
earlier) on the dates you'll be visiting - hour by hour. Far better, if you look at
several years, than the "high/low-for-the-month" that most sites give you. Look
for "Historical Conditions" toward the bottom left.
- CNN - Weather: World Forecasts
- Historical
Weather Average daily highs/lows and precipitation by month.
- USA Today
Weather Despite the publication's name, it does carry European weather.
- Weather
Site dot Com Seemingly an extension (or vice versa) of Wunderground.
Easier to use in some cases, as for example checking International weather without knowing
what cities are in the database.
- WorldClimate
Maintains historical weather for many points not covered by the Historical Weather site,
as for example Luzern, or the Jungfraujoch.
Bookstores
- Amazon.com Leader in books on the Internet; 2.5 million titles in the catalog,
good discounts, secure credit card transactions, speedy delivery. What more could you
want? 0ur Amazon-affiliated
bookstore is stocked with our personal recommendations on the best books to plan and
enjoy travel to Europe.
- Adventurous Traveler Bookstore Hard-to-find
books and maps, especially those focused on outdoor adventure -- the source of books you
can't find anywhere else.
- Nations! Travel Mall An excellent
collection of travel books/maps as well as travel accessories. Small discounts but free
shipping in the US.
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