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Tag Archives: Travel Guidebooks
Kafka : On The Cheap
During the summer of 1911, Franz Kafka and his friend Max Brod took a railway journey through Switzerland and France. While they were hanging out in Lugano, Switzerland, Kafka hit on a novel notion for “reforming” the traditional staid travel … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Tourism, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Baedekers, Franz Kafka, Lugano, Max Brod, Travel Guidebooks
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Europe on $5 a Day
The notion of traveling around Europe on $5 a day seems preposterous in 2017, but back in 1957 it was a reality for frugal savvy travelers. This year the guidebook, which came before Let’s Go Europe, Lonely Planet, or Rick Steves Guides, is celebrating … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Frommer, Travel Guidebooks
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You Too Can Be A Londoner
Carl Goes London is a new flavor in travel guidebooks; it offers a useful perspective for visitors whether they are in London for three days, three weeks or three months. Written with the digital nomad in mind, the book provides … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Hotels, Public Transport, Restaurants, Tech, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Travel Guidebooks
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Guide to Tokyo
Regular readers of TBTP have probably noticed that I have a fascination with travel guidebooks, both contemporary and antiquarian. If you saw my library, you might even call it an obsession. I’m always intrigued when I stumble upon a novel … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Asia, Books, Photography, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Japan, Tokyo, Travel Guidebooks
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Driving While Black
Between 1936 and 1966, an unconventional travel guidebook series was published specifically for African-American motorists. The Negro Travelers’ Green Book was sadly necessary to provide Black motorists and travelers with scrupulously accurate information on accommodations, restaurants and auto services during … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Canada, Europe, Hotels, Public Transport, Restaurants, South America, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged African-American, Jim Crow, NYPL, Travel Guidebooks
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A Travel Guide With Heart
The popular French travel guide publisher Le Guide du Routard has created a wonderful new 90 page graphic guidebook for migrants and refugees in Europe. Titled Hello, and illustrated by French artist Pascal Gauffre, the handbook allows communication by simply … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Middle East, Public Transport, Tech, Travel Writing
Tagged EU, France, migrants, refugees, Travel Guidebooks
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Seventy-one Square Miles Seeded With Hustle
The just launched Brooklyn from the Wildsam Field Guide Series describes the New York Borough as “…seventy-one square miles seeded with hustle and grit and leaps of faith”. As the product of more than a century of Brooklynites on both … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Hotels, Maps, Museums, Music, Public Transport, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, New York City, Travel Guidebooks
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A Portrait of the City (a little delayed)
Regular visitors to TBTP know that I’m inordinately fond of old travel guidebooks, whimsical book illustrations and tales of eastern European intrigue. Of course I couldn’t pass-up a crazy story that I ran across the other day that has all … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged Czechoslovakia, New York City, Prague, Travel Guidebooks
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