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Vienna Travel Guides, German Language/Phrase Books and Vienna/Austrian Maps

Recommended Vienna/Austrian Books:

Lonely Planet Guide 'Austria' - contains an excellent guide to Vienna, as well as comprehensive coverage of wider Austria (including ski resorts, Salzburg, Linz and other regions). The 'Facts for the Visitor' section is as comprehensive as they come, while colour photos and clearly designed maps, make this guide a real winner!
 

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides 'Vienna' - "The guide that shows you what others only tell you" is well-researched and includes area by area descriptions of the major sights, plus a detailed section covering the history of the city. Excellent colour illustrations make this series a favourite, with the Vienna version maintaining DK's reputation for quality travel writing.
 

Top Ten Vienna (Eyewitness Top Ten Travel Guides) - although not as comprehensive as the fully fledged Eyewitness guide to Vienna (see above right), this publication from DK serves as a useful, well-thought out mini-guide to the city. Perfect, in fact, for a weekend break or short sightseeing tour in combination with other Austrian cities.
 

Blue Guide 'Vienna' by Nicholas T Parsons - although not as widely available as other guides on Vienna, the Blue Guide series easily offers the best historical and architectural information on the city. By no means full of laughs, but a great travel companion all the same.
 

Time Out Guide 'Vienna' - for the 2nd edition of this guide, we said that it was "not as informative as Lonely Planet's Austria/Vienna guides on basic facts". Thankfully, a complete re-write has changed the situation for the better, with this hugely enjoyable guide being strong on history, sights in Vienna, restaurants and accommodation. Excellent.
 

Vienna, Prague, Budapest (Cadogan Guides) - a great travel companion for anyone touring the region, this combined guide for all three cities offers practical travel advice including a pronunciation and language guide, explanations for local food/drink specialties, lists of handpicked hotels, B & B's and budget options, plus detailed city maps.

Only In Vienna: A Guide to Hidden Corners, Little-known Places and Unusual Objects - from the outset it's easy to gauge just how much care and attention to detail Duncan J. D. Smith has put into crafting this excellent Vienna offering. Indeed, we'd go so far as to say that it's one of the best travel guides we've read in recent years. The city's sights are described here in detail, along with an excellent collection of accompanying photographs. All told, Smith's writing brings to life a city brimming with culture and tradition, with emphasis placed upon little known details about Vienna's major and more difficult to find sights. UK only.
 

Frommer's Vienna and the Danube Valley - often travellers explore the Austrian capital in conjunction with day trips further afield. Here, Frommer's offer detailed and complete coverage of all Vienna's highlights, with detailed reviews of the major sights, museums and galleries (along with accommodation listings). With the inclusion of side trips to nearby Danube River towns and Lake Neusiedl resorts, it's a well-written and thoroughly researched title which, when bought in conjunction with a decent Vienna map, offers almost everything that a first-time visitor to Austria would need.
 

Teach Yourself German - a practical course that's both fun and easy to use, with its authors - Paul Coggle and Heiner Schenke - explaining in clear, concise terms the grammatical structure of German through dialogue, cultural notes and exercises. Working at your own pace, Teach Yourself German includes a guide to German pronunciation and a German-English vocabulary list.
 

In-Flight German - Learn Before You Land - comprising of a 60 minute audio CD, the pack allows you to learn just enough German to get by in most situations and covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel and going to a local restaurant.
 

Fodor's Vienna's 25 Best - published in April 2006, this brand new publication from Fodor's lists the city's best palaces and cathedrals, coffee houses and beisls, along with trips to springs and spas. Also included is a detailed fold-out map that's fine for either a short or long stay in the Austrian capital.
 

Vienna Insight Flexi Map - an extremely useful laminated "fleximap" which covers  central Vienna, the environs, northeast Austria and Vienna's U-Bahn/S Bahn train routes. In addition, the map includes a list of 26 recommended sights, along with other places to visit in (and around) Vienna, climate charts and local transport details.

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