The Bernese Alps: A Walking Guide (Cicerone Mountain Walking)

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Binding: Turtleback Dewey Decimal Number: 914 EAN: 9781852844516 ISBN: 1852844515 Label: Cicerone Press Manufacturer: Cicerone Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 319 Publication Date: 2008-06-16 Publisher: Cicerone Press Studio: Cicerone Press
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Useful but not essential Comment: This is a useful guidebook to walking in one of the most spectacular areas in the Alps (or indeed anywhere). The book has a wide range of walks, from short easy strolls to very strenuous all-day hikes. The timings allocated are roughly right in terms of walking time but it is wise to add extra time for lunch stops, photo stops, and so on. As the previous reviewer says, the actual walk descriptions are very brief. But in most cases this does not matter, since the paths are clearly marked and signposted. There are no maps in the book (except for some very rough sketches of the valleys) so you really need to have a detailed hiking map as well. So this book is not essential, but worth having for planning routes beforehand and as a souvenir (since it has some good photographs of some of the places). Customer Rating: Summary: Righting Wrongs! Comment: I think I was too harsh in my previous review (below), so I'm giving it five stars now to average out to three and a half stars, which is what I should probably have given it. There is a lot of information in this book, and I did find some of it useful in the end. There certainly isn't enough detail in the maps as far as I'm concerned, but if you're a "serious" and experienced walker armed with detailed maps that probably won't bother you. Customer Rating: Summary: Not Enough Detail Comment: As a returning visitor to Switzerland, I was very disappointed by this book. The simple fact is that there's far too much info on where to stay (this is meant to be a walking book, not an accomodation guide) and far too little detail on the actual walks! The maps have almost no detail and, for example, there are only around 200 words on the actual walk from Murren to the Schilthorn. I already have much more info that I got free online, so to be honest I'm not even going to bother taking this book with me. More Reviews