Karen Brown's Guides
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Karen Brown's Travel Guides help you find a special vacation in 2012
You're looking for a special vacation- maybe just the two of you without the children, an anniversary, a special trip overseas, a birthday treat. How do you find a special place to stay? You don't want to stay in a corporate hotel, but searching online is confusing- can you trust the reviews?
So many online hotel reviews seem to be heavily promotional, with little objective content. Where can you find unbiased reviews by people with experience? Do you trust Trip Advisor? Or do you try to find objective reviews by experts?
Karen Brown's Guides are your answer.
Karen Brown and her team, based in California, have been traveling the world for 30 years to find special places to stay.
Karen Brown and her team visit every place they recommend, plus lots of others that don't make the grade.
In Karen Brown's Guides you will find a travel guide offering wide variety of hotels and bed and breakfasts. The hotels and guest houses range in price, from affordable to decadent, but all accommodations are unique.
How do I know about Karen Browns' Guides? Well, we run White Moss House which Karen has recommended for 30 years!
White Moss House features in Karen Browns Guide to England, Scotland and Wales.
Whenever I want a special vacation, my first travel guide to look for advice is a Karen Brown Guide!
Round about this time of year , when you're planning your summer vacation, take a look at the Karen Brown set of guide books to give you some great ideas.
You can search online by looking at Karen Brown's Guides web pages .
I find that if I'm planning a vacation overseas, I really love to have a good old fashioned book to browse. Many of Karen Brown's Guides have itineraries and suggested routes, and it really is great to take the guide book with your on your trip.
I'm going to look at some of the places that Karen Brown's Guides recommends, and share my personal experiences of Karen Brown's hotels and guest houses. Enjoy your visit!
If you're planning a trip for in the next year, add a Karen Brown's guide to your Christmas gift list.
Contents at a Glance
- Karen Brown's Guides to the USA and Euro...
- One of my favorite hotels in Austria ,...
- Karen Brown's Guide to England, Scotland...
- Readers in the UK can buy Karen Brown's...
- Karen Brown's Guides
- Karen Brown's Guides for the U S A and M...
- Karen Brown's Guides to France and Italy...
- Is a Karen Brown's Guide right for you?
- Is there still a place for guidebooks?
Karen Brown's Guides to the USA and Europe
There are 17 Karen Brown Guides to enjoy.
Karen Brown's Guides offer a real insight into the best places to stay in the some of the most wonderful parts of the world.The are 4 Karen Brown Guides to the USA - New England, Mid-Atlantic, California and Pacific Northwest, plus one for Mexico.These rae excellent travel guides.
For Europe, there are Travel Guides to England Wales and Scotland ( that's the one we are in!), Germany, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland.
For France there are two guides, one for B & Bs and one for hotels.
For Italy, there are 3 travel guides, one for B & Bs, one for hotels, and one that concentrates on Tuscany and Umbria.
I have never been disappointed with any hotel or B & B I've stayed in recommended by Karen Brown. In Rome, for instance, its easy to pick somewhere that looks great, but is miles out of the centre. We used Karen's Brown's Guide, and found the Hotel Due Torri. Small, intimate, and very central, it was perfect for us, and didn't break the budget. The Guide is very honest- Karen said the rooms were small, and they are- it's an old Roman Building,originally a bishop's house, and like lots of old European buildings, the rooms are small, especially compared to modern U.S.hotel rooms. But what they lack in size, they make up for in charm.
Picture of the Hotel Due Torri, Rome, from Karen Browns Guide
One of my favorite hotels in Austria , recommended by Karen Brown's Guides
The Boglerhof in Alpbach
Alpbach is a picture postcard mountain village in Austria, not far from Salzburg. In summer its a riot of flowers. In winter its a friendly ski resort.
This hotel is the oldest in the village, and is warmly recommended by Karen Brown. It is family run and they offer a great welcome to their guests.
Picture of the hotel Boglerhof, Alpbach, Austria from Karen Brown's Guide. Without Karen Brown's guide you might not have found this great hotel.
Fore more information look at The Boglerhof website.
Karen Brown's Guide to England, Scotland and Wales
Karen Brown Guides are great for special vacations
Everywhere in the guide is somewhere I've either visited, or would love to visit. Its that good!
Here's the Karen Brown Guide for your Kindle. This is so easy to carry around on your vacation to England. Put Karen Brown's guides in your pocket with your Kindle.
Karen Brown's England, Wales & Scotland 2009: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries (Karen Brown's England, Wales & Scotland: Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries)
Amazon Price: (as of 06/01/2012)
Written by June Brown, no relation to Karen, but a very good friend of hers, and part of the small Karen Brown team.She's originally from England, but has lived many years in California.
This is a top guide to the loveliest places in Britain.
Readers in the UK can buy Karen Brown's Guides too.
Click through to Amazon.co.uk to buy your Karen Brown's Guide from amazon.co.uk
Karen Brown's Guides
For over thirty years Karen Brown has help travelers plan perfect trips
Karen Brown's Guides for the U S A and Mexico
Guides to 4 great regions, plus Mexico
Karen Brown's Guides to France and Italy.
Karen Brown's Travel Guides are the perfect companion
They also give you accurate information on what to do and see, and offer you tips on getting about and itineraries.
They look great, and are personally written by travel experts who have visited every place they recommend.
Is a Karen Brown's Guide right for you?
Reasons why you Karen Brown's Guides may not suit you.
If I was traveling with children, I would not use these guides, as they are not intended for the family market.
As an owner of a Karen Brown recommended B & B, I find that the majority of visitors using these guides are older couples,looking for something a bit different .
Some people may prefer the well known hotel groups, because of their predictable, modern accommodation and facilties.
Is there still a place for guidebooks?
Do you ever take a guide book with you?
We all search online- often using the online version of the book.
Would you ever actually buy a guide book to take with you?
Find more information about Karen Brown's Guides
You can use Karen Brown's online guide to find your special place
- Karen Brown's Guides
- Karen Brown's website is a good starting place for your vacation search
- Karen Brown's recommendation in Grasmere, England
- White Moss House, a historic B & B in England's lake distirct.
- My favorite Karen Brown recommendaton in Alpbach, Austria
- The Boglerhof is a beautiful old hotel in the centre of an amazing village
- The Hotel Due Torri, Roma
- A great Karen Brown hotel in Rome
More Karen Brown Guides to Europe
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tajo
Jan 9, 2011 @ 2:49 am | delete
- Karen is one of the great travelers who seems to look for experiences that touch the soul, very different from other tour guide books that only give lists of things to do.
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vallain Aug 6, 2010 @ 7:23 am | delete
- I wish I were traveling to one of these places so I could use a guide. Alas, we are firmly set where we are for now.
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momto4
Sep 8, 2009 @ 9:56 am | delete
- Great recommendation! Lots of useful information!
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whitemoss
Aug 30, 2009 @ 2:11 am | delete
- Thank you everyone!
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kimmanleyort
Aug 27, 2009 @ 11:49 pm | delete
- I had not heard of these, but will definitely look for one for my next trip.
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