T E M P L E F I E L D I N G FIELDING'S 1 9 6 5 E D I T I O N Chapter headings illustrated by Lombard C. Jones Marginal illustrations by the author/^5 1 WILLIAM SLOANE ASSOCIATES A WILLIAM MORROW '& COMPANY IMPRINT Publishers : New York
Author to Reader Tips on Highspots, 29 37 Let's Get Ready Costs * -- " i - -, Passports and Visas Shots For the Air TraveJer: Male Luggage? ;. / * For the Ship Traveler: Male Far ihe Air Traveler: Female Foif'the Ship Traveler: Female Five-Star Indispensables and Tuck-ins Miscellaneous Tips Money Your Itinerary Your European Dining Your Travel Arrangements :.. r~ - 7 -/ 47 -:-.; 48 54 58 60 65 68 69 73 74 81 82 85.86 '.--, 89
8 CONTENTS Picking Your Travel Agent Diet Take-off by Plane Checkup for the Airport Checkup for the Dock Let's Go By Plane General Comment ' " Charter Flights and Group Travel D'iscoun+Plah Flight Categories r Where to Sit Relax and Enjoy It Armchair Solace Ladies and Gentlemen Stomach Trouble Food Martini or Manhattan -'-' ' - - ' - General Lore for the Airwise The Time - -,. Land Ho!, - / > ' * Jet Jottings * r ' - '. T, - ' Piston Pointers - - '' ' ' '.- ' The Line You Are Flying Transatlantic Bound 92 97 97 101 102 103 103 112 115 117 118 118 118 119 119 120 120 122 123 123 125 125 139 Let's Go By Ship Geography and Weatrrer
Fares Fla^f Differences Individual Rating Classes Aboard Ship A Word on Decks On Booking Passage On Sailing What to Wear Afloat Facilities Aboard The Crew Tipping Ship's Pool and Sports Rough-Water Behavior Voyagers' Roundup CONTENTS 9 145 147 149 171 172 173 175 176 r--::177 178 179 180 182 183 Let's Be European Permission to Breathe Money Customs Officials Black Markets Tipping Language Telegraphed Reservations, Smorgasbord and Crepes Suzette Tobacco < Laundry f Metric Measurement 187 187 187 189 197 197 199 200 201 203 204 205
10 CONTENTS Crooks and Saints Trains ; Your Own Car : Vagabonding by Bus Students, Teachers, and Budgeteers Wild Blue Yonder Odd Facts Some Important! England ' Cities Money and Prices Language r Attitude Toward Tourists Customs and Immigration Hotels Food Restaurants'and Night Clubs ' Taxis ' ' Trains Airlines Car Tips Car Rentals Tofeacco " Laundry r T Drinks Spirts 9, 207 208 :.; 212-221 222 224 226 241 245-249 252 f 254 255 257 ' " 276.; ; 278 314 ;? 315!! 318 ~ 321 324 325 326 326 329
CONTENTS 11 Things to See ' 330 ** Tipping ' > 334 i Things to Buy ; 334 Beauty Parlors 346 i Miscellaneous 346 Local Rackets 348 Ireland 350 Shannon International Aiport 353 Cities 354 Money and Prices.-- -' 356 Language 356 Attitude Toward Tourists ^ s < ' ' 357 People - 358 Customs and Immigration 359 Hotels 360 Food, Restaurants, and Amusements " 377 Taxis, Trains, and Transportation 384 Car Rentals and Motoring r > 386 Airlines '» 387 Cigarettes ' 389 Laundry '" f " :i ' -'" 390 Y Drinks f - 390 tt Sports f 392 % * Things to See ' 394 $. '- Festivals n : 396
12 CONTENTS Tipping Things to Buy Local Rackets 397 397 403 Northern Ireland 404 Scotland Cities ; Money and Prices Language Attitude Toward Tourists People ' Customs and Immigraton ' Hotels Food Restaurants { Night Clubs B..L, ruds Taxis 1 Cars ' Trains Airline ' Boating Drinks Sports Edinburgh Festival Things to See 422 425 427 427 ; 428 429 430 430 446 448 ''.;- 452... <..... ACO ' 454 454 456 456 457-457 459 462 463
Things to Buy Things Not to Buy Hairdressers Local Rackets CONTENTS 13 467 470 470 470 Portugal Cities Money and Prices Language Attitude Toward Tourists People Customs and Immigration Visas Hotels Food and Restaurants Night Clubs Taxis and Cars TrainY Airline j Cigarettes Laundry and Dry Cleaning Drinks Sports Tipping Things f6 See Things to Buy Things Nbt to Buy 472 475 478 479 480 481 481 482 -:-:' 483 502 515 519 520 520 522 522 522 524 526 527 530 534
14 CON TENTS Hairdressers and Things 534 Local Rackets r 535 Spain 537 Cities and Regions 542 Money and Prices ' 548 Language -. 550 Attitude Toward Tourists " 551 People.. : 552 Customs and Immigraton?r >». 553 Hotels r '' " '' 555 Restaurants " : ' 598 Nighf Clubs < "'" 626 Taxis.! ' '. ' - ' rr I,,- 6 3 8 Airlines '"''* ' : " : "' 639 Cigare+tes»,.".< -;' '" 642 Laundry '"' " 643 Drinks r ;: ''' 643 Things to See ' "' ; "' ' 649 Mallorca (Majorca) ' r ' ' 654 Gibraltar " r " '' 698 Cars and Motoring - ;. 7Q2 Trains - r =- 705 Buses Tipping r fr 707 "! 708
CONTENTS 15.. Personal Services 709. Things to Buy 710 { Things Not to Buy 719 Local Rackets 719 Belgium. 721 a Cities 724,;. Money and Prices 726 r Languages 726 Attitude Toward Tourists 726 People 727 Customs and Immigration. " 727 Visas, 728 Hotels I, 728 Restaurants - 736 Night Clubs -, 746 Taxis 751 Car Rental * 752 Trains. 752 Airline,'/ 753 Cigarettes - 755 Laundry - 755 Drinks 755 Things to See. j 756 Street V/alkers ", 760 Sports 760 Things to Buy 761
(6 CONTENTS Things Not to Buy 764 Hairdressers 764 Local Rackets 764 France 766 Cities 774 Money 778 Language ' 780 Attitude Toward Tourists " ' ' 781 People '., ' :' ' 7g3 Customs and Immigration 783 - r " Visas '785 "Hotels r 785 Food ' 808 Restaurants f : - gjq Night Clubs '"' " 837 Taxis 850 Cars and Motoring r ' ' ' 852 " * Trains ' 856 ; Airline '^"' 860 ' " Laundry?, ' -. T 864 Drinks 864 Sports? 870 Things to See ^ '' "'"'"'" VJ2 ' The Riviera *?" '--.' 880 Chateau Country '*' ' 920. ' ' nif ' '" : " 929 ; f!
O 1 ' Normandy Beachheads Tipping Telephones and Cables Things to Buy Things Not to Buy Hairdressers Local Rackets CONTENTS 17 930 935 936 937 ' 946 946 947 Monaco Hotels Restaurants Night Life Day Life -, Car Hire Things to Buy Information on Monaco Customs and Immigration Netherlands Cities < Money and Prices Language, Attitude Toward Tourists People, Customs arid Immigration I, Hotels? '" Food 949 954 956 958 958 959 959. \-rl 966 966 961 964,; - 968,.r- 969 96? ; 970 970 ; 9ff v 988
f 18 t Restaurants 990 ' Nigh+Clubs :., ;--. r l 001 Taxis ~ * Y1008 Trains rf;rhtl()09 Airline 1010 "- Cars".: 1012 1 Cigarettes fn? 11015 Laundry 1015 f Drinks 10T * '" Sports'.?ri-frJ-fiO16 : Things to See mr -flo17 Boating in Holland ^:JAr: ^1021 f f ' tipping 1 vr'1022 Things to Buy rl : e '1/1522 r Things Not to Buy > <? f? J Tl027 '" Local Rackets...,.. om f; r ^:J^-f»- :: ;r:{1027 ; ' Luxembourg 1028 ' Currency r r ' : 1T530 r Custonis and Immigration??; :^iol6 f " r Pebble' ' ^^ -'?-c \i-rr.l*iqifr f '? ' f ' Hotels 'T-rr;nrfiJ 0Si'' f ; f f r f Prices^ -! '? i-f-vr r'r:i'-fhf/l033 ; Night Clubs kr^io^3 ^"- Taxis"""' '.- ; :-.CM-riTri U;r- f^^?-t?.ol 0^4' r ''' Trains'"" " '?irr-!-! 034 r ' r " Airlines f--^1035
jqfj,.-. >) k f %r. Cigarettes Laundry Drinks Travel Information Food and Restaurants Capsule Junkets r.. :,,. Austria Attitude Toward Tourists Money and Prices Language Customs and Immigration Hotels Food Restaurants Night Clubs Taxis Car Hire Trains Airline Laundry Drinks Cigarettes Sports Things to See Festivals, - Tipping CONTENTS 19 1035 1035 1035 1036 1036 1039 1041 1042 1043 1043-1044 1044 ; 1064.,- 1064 71075 1082 : 1083 >...,; 1084,/ ~,1084 ^...,,.,: 1085 1085 r,1086 --,..,;.--1087 "..,;. 1088.-, '092 1094
20 CONTENTS ' Things to Buy 1094 What Not to Buy 1099 Local Rackets 1100 Germany, -, 1101 Cities 1102 Money and Prices 1109 Language Customs and Immigration r 1t10 Mill Hotels -1111 Food and Restaurants 1137 Night Clubs -. -. :,. ' [.. > n 5 5 "Taxis 1165 Trains - 1165 Buses and Cars 1169 Airline : ' " 1172 Laundry ^ 1174 Wines and Spirits. r '1174 Cigarettes *" " 1177 ' Sports 1178 Things to See '""" 1178 Berlin '1182 Tipping. '. - > : 1199 ; Things 46-Buy "1200 ' 'Things Not to Buy f> ' >? ;r ' ' 1204 Local Rackets 1205 Information on Germany f 1205
Denmark Cities Money and Prices Language Attitude Toward Tourists People Customs and Immigration - Hotels Food Restaurants Night Clubs Taxis Trains and Ferries Airlines Cigarettes Laundry Drinks Skal Sports Things to See Car and Airplane Rental Tipping Things to Buy Beauty Parlors Local Rackets Believe It or Not CONTENTS..,. t V.I C ' ' 9 - < ' " ' '. ; - ~,.. '. ~ '. s, - *' ' '1 - ' c > ' r * 3 -,\ r,- r, f- -,' i f - r 21 1207 1209 1211 1211 1211 1212 1213 1214 1227 '1228 1238 1243 1243 1244 1245 1245 1246 1248 1249 1250 1257 1258 1259 1264 1264 1265
22 CONTENTS Finland Cities Money and Prices. ; Language - - Attitude Toward Tourists. ; ; i People ; Customs and Immigration ; Hotels ; - Food Restaurants : Night Clubs ; ; < Drinks f ; Tobacco i i r Taxis ;; r Cars and Motoring ; - Airline f - Trains r Tipping r < ' Laundry ',-' Personal Services r?' Sports t. rv Things to See - r Things to Buy ; ' Things Not to Buy Local Rackets 1267 1275 1280 1283 1286 1287 1289 1289, 1301. 1303 1309 1313 1316 1316 1318-1319 1321 1322.1323, 1323 1324 1325 4333 1335 1335
Norway Cities Money and Prices Language Attitude Toward Tourists People Customs and Immigration Hotels Food Restaurants and Night Life Taxis Trains Airline Motoring Cigarettes Laundry Drinks Sports Things to See Tipping Things to Buy Things Not to Buy Local Rackets CONTENTS 23 1336 1338 1339 1340 1340 1341 1342 1342 1352, 1353 1363 1363,1363 1365 1366 1366 1366 1368 J370 1376 1376 1381 1381 Sweden Cities 1382 1383
24 CONTENTS Money and Prices 1385 Language 1385 '' ' Attitude Toward Tourists 1386 People :- 1388 Customs and Immigration ' '1388 Hotels '1389 Food 1404 Restaurants 1406 Nightclubs "1414 Taxis, Buses, and Hired Cai*** 1416 Trains 1417 Airline 1418 Cigarettes. 1418 Laundry 1419 ; Drinks " 1419 ['/Skk\ 1421 f Sports * 1421. f <,.,.,, ; Things to See " 1422.' ; ',.,.;. rt...,,.. Jipping 1429 _. Air Mail and Telephones,..1430 r -- Things to Buy _ r., ;/. 1430 1436 :. Things Not to Buy >, rf r Hairdresser and Barber 1436 'Local Rackets 1436 ; Scandinavian Airlines System 1437
Italy Cities Vatican City Money Prices Language Attitude Toward Tourists Customs and Immigration Visas Hotels Food Restaurants Night Clubs Taxis Cars Trains Airline Cigarettes Laundry Drinks Sports, Tipping Personal Services Things to Buy Things Not to Buv Local Rackets San Marino CONTENTS 25 1441 1446 1462 1464-1466 1466 1468 1471 1472 ' 1473 1544 1548 1595 1607 1608 1612 1614 1617 1617 ; r U18 1620 1621 1622 : 1624 -.-' 1642 1642 1645
26 CONTENTS Greece 1648 CltIes 1650 - Money 1652 : Prices 1653 Language 1653 Attitude Toward Tourists r 1654 Customs and Immigration., 1655 Hotels.-- :. 1656 Food, 1667 Restaurants.. 1669 Night Clubs '--'1677 Taxis,1679 Trains,.. ;/ 679 Airline,, 1680 Aegean Cruises... 1681 : Hired Cars. :,. 1684 Tobacco ^, r :., t 1685 Laundry : 1686 1 brinks Jt t.. r 1686 ; 1 Sports.. Tipping,-? '.,. Hairdressing r,.-. 1688 Things to See \ r -1689 Things to Buy,. 1691 Things Not to Buy -,1693 Local Rackets... 1693 Rhodes,,1693
" Corfu Delphi Mykonos Crete Skiathos Information on Greece CONTEfclTS 27 1699 1702 1704 1705 1707 1707 Liechtenstein 1708 Switzerland Cities Money and Prices Language Attitude Toward Tourists Customs and Immigration Hotels Food and Restaurants Night Clubs Taxis Car Rental Motoring Trains Airline Cigarettes Drinks Sports Things to See 1715 1717 1723 1724 1724 1725 1726 1771 1795 1799 1801 1802 1804 1807 1810 1810 1813 1816
28 CONTENTS Tipping ; '. Telephones Buying a Watch Other Things to Buy Things Not to Buy Local Rackets Yugoslavia L'Envoi 1820 1821 1821 1828 1833 1833 1834 1839 '' f" T f