He currently heads up Lonely Planet's trade and reference team in London, developing and publishing beautiful books in a range of categories, including travel, wellness, food and drink, and adventure. This stylish book presents tastes of 101 of the best weekend breaks around Europe, each one chosen for its appeal to the modern traveler and ease of accessibility. There’s no such problem at Innsbruck where early-bird flights leave the UK at 7am, meaning that a midday start is perfectly possible. Train travel has also pressed the fast-forward button with high-speed links between European cities becoming much more widespread. The low-key, laid-back Austrian resort of Mayrhofen is 40-minutes from Innsbruck and is perhaps the biggest draw for snow-seekers in the area.

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Wörthersee is the largest inland bathing area in Europe and the water, which is of drinking quality, quickly warms up to bathtub temperatures. He is a regular contributor to the Independent on Sunday and has also written for The Observer, the Evening Standard, the Daily Telegraph, Wunderlust, and Intersection Magazine. This book could be one of the primary texts for courses in film analysis, to accompany a work like Timothy Corrigan’s A Short Guide to Writing about Film (8th edition, 2011). The self-styled capital of the Alps is the only European city to offer world-class skiing – it has twice hosted the Winter Olympics – and a hefty dose of culture.Salzburg is well served by lowcost airlines with Jet2, Ryanair, Flybe and Thomsonfly all departing UK airports for the city. It met my expectations perfectly and I'd recommend it for anyone living in the UK and looking for some ideas of where to start with planning weekends away. Theatres and concert halls abound in Vienna (there are three opera houses alone, although none match the splendour of the State Opera house) so there will be something on whenever you visit. Moreover, the book provides a complete critical apparatus—notes, bibliographies, credits, and filmographies, whereas Kauffmann’s has none. This compact and stylish book presents 101 inspirational ideas for invigorating and adventurous weekend breaks in amazing destinations across Europe.

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It would also be a suitable supplementary or secondary text in such courses as 'Introduction to Film' or 'Film Appreciation'; 'Western European Cinema'; 'History of Film' or 'Global Cinema'; and 'Film Directors' or 'Film Style and Imagination. Making your way down to ground level again, you can continue the sightseeing by walking to St Rupert’s cathedral, an Italianate church in Residenzplatz. My only complaint is that this seems to have been updated in 2015 (or at least reissued), but some of the text talks about things scheduled to be constructed / completed in 2008 / 2009. Yet even a short hop between cities reveals fascinating contrasts in culture, nightlife, style, and food—the perfect ingredients for an unforgettable weekend away! Anton and Kitzbühel – are an hour away by car but for a weekend you’re better off getting to grips with slopes closer to your base such as Igls, site of an Olympic-standard bobsleigh track, and Seefeld, a village with extensive cross-country ski tracks.Salzburg and Vienna are also year-round destinations with music festivals during the summer and charming markets at Christmas.