"These useful guides are highly recommended... " Library JournalThis signature Hunter series targets travelers eager to explore the destination. Extensively researched and offering the very latest information, Adventure Guides are written by knowledgeable, experienced authors. The focus is on outdoor activities - hiking, biking, rock climbing, horseback riding, downhill skiing, parasailing, scuba diving, backpacking, and waterskiing, among others - and these user-friendly books provide all the details you need, including prices. The best local outfitters are listed, along with contact numbers, addresses and recommendations. A comprehensive introductory section provides background on history, geography, climate, culture, when to go, transportation and planning. These very readable guides then take a region-by-region approach, plunging into the very heart of each area and the adventures offered, giving a full range of accommodations, shopping, restaurants for every budget, and festivals. All books have town and regional maps; some have color photos. Fully indexed.Beautiful Budapest, thermal baths, vineyards – Hungary is fascinating. You can try the wines, admire the architecture or relax in the spa towns. There are fairy-tale castles to be discovered. 590 pages.The author is a resident of Budapest, who knows the region intimately and takes us behind the scenes to discover its best features – the sights, the places to stay and eat, the shopping, and all the activities.Millions of people every year hike into, bike, drive or climb into the green valleys and limestone mountain ridges of Hungary’s national parks and the Zemplen hills. Storks, eagles, wrens, blackbirds, woodpeckers, and flocks of thousands make their home in forests, grasslands, and cliff-sides. Majestic antlered stags and deer range the forest. Fresh springs and cold clear creeks tumble down from the mountains. The author takes us there.Sitting astride the Danube, Budapest has been called the “Paris of Eastern Europe” and “The Pearl of the Danube.” There are thousands of restaurants and virtually every type of cuisine. Hotels and nightspots are just as numerous and the author guides us to the best of them all.Ours is the only guide illustrated with color maps and photographs throughout.
