Camping Europe receives 5 star review from Manhattan Book Review

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Camping Europe by Carol Mickelsen receives 5 star review from Manhattan Book Review. Camping Europe is a guide to car-camping in more than 26 countries in Europe, and essential sights along the way


Camping Europe is a budget travel guide that includes essential information and tips for driving and enjoying both Europe’s well-known sights and its off-the-beaten-track adventures. …easily, safely, and affordably. Written to whet the reader’s interest to travel, the guide includes descriptions and driving directions for regional sights, cycling routes, hike trails, kayaking waters, and bird watching locations in 26 countries. Hints on how to make car-camping easy encourages even the novice camper to enjoy being with others travelers in relaxed and unpretentious surroundings. 400 maps and accompanying directions on how to drive to campgrounds close to the sights of interest described are included.


“”Mickelsen’s book covers twenty-six countries…. For each country Mickelsen discusses…tips for driving, using public transportation, descriptions of cycle routes and hiking trails, boating facilities, and even bird watching areas and best months for viewing. In the introductory chapter she covers the nuts and bolts of car camping in particular, laying out not just how to camp but a very good argument concerning why one should do so. In her own experience, Mickelsen says that traveling “has paid [her] back in invigorations, easy laughter, and a sense of being profoundly alive.” ” says Tamara Benson, Manhattan Book Review. The full review can be read HERE.


“My goal in writing Camping Europe is to whet the readers’ interest in traveling to Europe and then give detailed directions on how to drive to places of interest as well as to find my recommended campgrounds. I believe that car-camping not only saves money but it gets travelers off the tourist track and gives them a chance to be with other travelers in relaxed surroundings” says author Carol Mickelsen.


“Finding new ways to travel and get out of the standard tourist routes is the best way to see a different country.” says Heidi Komlofske-Rojek, publisher of the Manhattan Book Review. “This is a book that should be standard in any suitcase headed to Europe.”


Find more information about Camping Europe HERE.


Carol Mickelsen has driven and traveled independently in 26 European countries for 40 years. She wrote the guide to give readers the essential information they need to drive, use public transportation in cities and to find off-the-beaten-track adventures…easily, safely and affordably.


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Release ID: 199226