| Brief Description: | The Rough Guide, the most exhaustive and complete handbook to the country ever published, is now in its fourth, immaculately researched edition. While the guide maintains its strong coverage of budget options, the listings have been expanded throughout by the addition of more upmarket restaurants and hotels. Author Gordon McLachlan also provides detailed accounts of the full range of attractions, from Romanesque churches to Berlin nightlife, together with informed discussion of topics as diverse as the country's myriad breweries and the mysterious Kaspar Hauser. There are practical tips on exploring Germany's varied landscapes and many up-to-the-minute details of ongoing changes in the wake of reunification of East and West Germany. |