Rick Steves' Eastern Europe Guidebook Updates

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Rick Steves' Eastern Europe

Purchase the seventh edition of Rick Steves' Eastern Europe guidebook.

Updates to the seventh edition

Prague and Český Krumlov

For updates, see updates for our Prague & the Czech Republic guidebook.

Bratislava

Penzion Chez David has closed.

Hungary

Budapest, Eger, Pécs

See updates for our Budapest guidebook.

Slovenia

Ljubljana, Lake Bled and Nearby, and the Julian Alps

See updates for our Croatia & Slovenia guidebook.

Croatia

Dubrovnik, Split, Korčula, Rovinj and Nearby, Zagreb, and Plitvice Lakes

See updates for our Croatia & Slovenia guidebook.

Austria

Vienna

See updates for our Vienna, Salzburg & Tirol guidebook.

Updates for those still traveling with the sixth edition

Night train between Kraków and Budapest/Eger: The convenient night train connecting Kraków and Eger, with a transfer in Füzesabony, runs only in the summer (late June–late Aug) — and is currently out of service because of flooding. During this interruption, as at other times of year, a direct night train still runs between Kraków and Budapest (southbound — departs Kraków at 22:15, arrives Budapest at 8:32; northbound — departs Budapest at 19:58, arrives Kraków at 6:33). However, this train is not as convenient for detouring to Eger.

If you're trying to connect between Kraków and Eger outside of summer, you'll likely have to backtrack via Budapest on the train noted above. But because the situation is always changing, it's smart to double-check specific schedules for your trip at http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en.

Prague and Český Krumlov

Some printings of the sixth edition are missing a list of Czech survival phrases (instead, the list of Croatian survival phrases was inadvertently repeated), but you can print out or save these PDFs of Czech survival phrases and key restaurant terms.

For updates, see updates for our Prague & the Czech Republic guidebook.

Poland

The "0" has been dropped from the start of all Polish phone numbers.

The VAT rate in Poland is now 23 percent.

Kraków

The museum in Oskar Schindler's Factory has, at last, opened (15 zl, limited free admission on Mon, Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00, Mon 10:00–14:00, closed first Mon of month, last entry 90 minutes before closing).

Pensjonat Trecius has closed.

Tournet Guest House has a new website: www.nocleg.krakow.pl.

Several recommended restaurants have closed: Farinella, Restauracja Redolfi, Miyako Sushi, and Pierozki u Vincenta.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

These instructions for getting from Kraków to Wieliczka Salt Mine were inadvertently omitted from the sixth edition (pages 296–297): The salt mine, 10 miles from Kraków, is best reached by bus #304 (3-zl aglomeracyjny ticket, 3/hour, 40-minute trip, catch bus at the Kurniki stop near the Galeria Krakowska mall, get off at stop called Wieliczka Kopalnia Soli). You can also get there by minibus (2.50 zl, 4/hour or with demand, Wieliczka Soli sign in window). The departure point for the minibuses is constantly changing — ask the tourist information office where you can find them now. These options are better than taking the train, which deposit you in the town of Wieliczka, far from the mine.

Warsaw

The tourist information office on Royal Way has moved to the Kordegarda Building, directly across the street from Radziwiłł Palace (daily May–Aug 11:00–21:00, Sept–April 11:00–19:00). The city now has two new tourist information offices: on the Old Town Market Square (daily May–Aug 9:00–21:00, March–April and Sept–Oct 9:00–19:00, Nov–Feb 9:00–18:00) and at the Palace of Culture and Science (daily 8:00–20:00).

The Living Room restaurant on Foksal Street has closed.

Gdańsk

The tourist information office has a new website: www.gdansk4u.pl.

Pomerania

Malbork Castle

Because Malbork train station is being renovated, its luggage lockers are no longer available. There is nowhere to leave your bags at the station, but you can carry them with you to the castle (about a 15-minute walk) and leave them at the guardhouse (the small wooden house near the castle exit, along the river).