title: Fodor's Essential Europe, 1st Edition: The Best of 16 Exceptional Countries (Travel Guide)
author: Fodor's
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  [Images of Essential Europe](text00002.html#_idContainer004)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Essential Europe Maps](text00003.html#_idContainer016)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Experience Europe](text00004.html#_idContainer018)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Planning a Trip to Europe](text00011.html#_idContainer049)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Austria](text00014.html#_idContainer090)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Baltic States](text00019.html#_idContainer163)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Belgium](text00024.html#_idContainer212)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Croatia](text00029.html#_idContainer281)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Czech Republic](text00034.html#_idContainer341)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [France](text00038.html#_idContainer402)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Germany](text00046.html#_idContainer549)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Greece](text00055.html#_idContainer689)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Hungary](text00061.html#_idContainer780)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Ireland](text00067.html#_idContainer851)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Italy](text00073.html#_idContainer954)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Netherlands](text00081.html#_idContainer1134)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Portugal](text000