This guide covers Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine.

Staggeringly diverse in every way, Europe's flip side remains a through-the-looking-glass experience after the certainties of the West. Surreal, exciting and dramatic, head to Eastern Europe for a guaranteed adventure.

• 21 countries, 71 weeks of on-the-road research, 165 maps, 89 World Heritage Sites
• Clear, easy to use maps
• Comprehensive planning tools
• At-a-glance practical info
• Pull-out Prague city map

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