Lonely Planet Gourmet Trails of Europe: Feed your wanderlust with 40 indulgent food and drink itineraries throughout Europe (Lonely Planet Food)

Purchased for my brother-in-law as a gift; as he and my S-I-L often plan holidays based around where they can try new food, I thought he might enjoy it. He was delighted!

Lovely book with easy to dip in and out layout and beautiful photos. A book bought for some travel inspiration and they were totally thrilled with the useful content.

This Lonely Planet guide provides inspiration for travel experiences focused around gourmet food in Europe. The book is split into countries based in central, northern and southern Europe which is easy to navigate with the clear contents page. I like the clear breakdown into the European countries and the book has a modern, easy to digest layout with beautiful photographs, easy to understand diagrammatic maps and easy to read, clear print. The book is a hardback and measures 19.3cm x 24.77cm with a thickness of 2.54cm so is relatively large and therefore not ideal for travelling with, instead this is the perfect coffee table book. One small niggle is that it doesn’t have a paper cover to protect it so it may become scuffed over time. The book has 264 pages with 40 ideas of where to explore in Europe over a long weekend, this ranges from quite a few locations within the UK, France, Spain and Italy to slightly more obscure locations such as Istria in Croatia and Tallinn in Estonia. It explores the local specialities and also includes practical details such as where to stay, websites and other things to discover in these locations. At the time of writing this book is £16.55 and is a lovely present for an explorer who loves their food or even just as a gift for yourself! As a guide it gives great inspiration particularly around the UK and I would highly recommend it if you are stuck for ideas – a lovely book.

Such a fantastic book this Lonely Planet Gourmet Trails of Europe is. It has made my travels so much more intriguing when it comes to food, as it has so many different unforgettable eateries, fiercely local food and drink specialities and essential 'gourmet trail' information. All of the information gives me a better understanding of what foods & drinks to expect in different places, and opens me up to trying new things across Europe.

Things I liked: + Presentation is awesome, really great just to flick through a region and see what's on offer. + Great range of places to eat covered. Things I didn't like: - I wish it had gone into more detail about the culinary culture of the countries visited. As it is, the focus is more on specific restaurants and their menus in a particular region, city or country as opposed to the kinds of food that region might be famous for. Do I recommend it? Yes, if a tour of the different restaurants and eateries of Europe appeals to you (or your recipient if this is a gift), then go for it, you won't be disappointed. If you want to focus on the food and culture of the region as opposed to specific restaurants in that area, this might not be for you.

Beautiful book as you'd expect from Lonely Planet, sizeable and heavy. A few pages on each city or region including why it's famous, where the markets are, tips on places to eat and notable dates of local food festivals amongst other things. I read about somewhere I used to live and it was a lovely little summary and contained just enough information to let you choose whether to visit that area and what the best time of year would be. Would make an amazing gift for foodies who like to travel.

I ordered this at the same time as an EV travel guide - this complements that book well. This is well written and makes you keen to travel and sample all of the delicious looking food. Images are great, well presented. Very happy although £16.55 is perhaps a little steep.

If your idea of a good holiday is trying all the local dishes and exploring past the usual tourist restaurants, then this is the book for you. It’s packed with all the info you need, from local markets, to food festivals and various places to eat, both expensive and cheap. It’s probably better to plan a journey using this book, than to hope that it covers somewhere you’ve already booked to travel to. Contains some beautiful photographs, which is typical for a Lonely Planet guide. I’ve found that their guidebooks are always good quality and as accurate as possible. It’s a rather heavy book, so not something you’d be popping into your backpack but doesn’t seem to be available in online form, which is a shame. Would make a lovely gift for an avid traveller. Hope you found my review helpful

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excellent book for pointing me in the right direction

I saw it and knew it would be the perfect gift for my niece.