Good resrources for the Baltics?
 

After a couple of other plans have fallen through for various reasons we've just gotten the brainstorm to go to the Baltics this fall. I won;t get to the bookstore until tomorrow so started a search on-line and found almost nothing here or on Frommers. A couple of people have mentioned inyourpocket.com Any other suggestions for a web site with some good basic info?

ttt

anyone?

The Baltics aren't too popular on Fodor's or Frommer's, and there isn't much information on Rick Steves site either. There is more on the Lonely Planet/Thorn Tree site, but it's more of the bus and backpacker info. www.inyourpocket.com has the most information of the sites I found. Lonely Planet has a book on Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania that isn't too out of date and Rough Guides has a new book on the Baltics due out in April or May. When are you thinking of going?

Probably September and we are definitely not of the backpacker/bus group. I have seen some info on cruise stops out of Stockholm but we would prefer to do by land - probably by car - and based on the little info I have seen and my experiences from Russia we would want to do 4/5* places.

Any other info would be reatly appreciated.

although I find this forum the most informative, you might try www.igougo.com for information. good luck !

This isn't online, but...

I've been researching the Baltics for my possible 2005 trip, and there's not even a lot out there in the way of guidebooks. However, Bradt publishes a book each for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as one for Baltic Capitals (Tallinn, Riga. Vilnius, Kaliningrad). They look good to me, though I don't really know enough about the region to be an educated judge, so you might want to track them done.

P.S. GMT, thanks for the info on the upcoming Rough Guide.

nytraveler,

In Your Pocket guides really are your best bet for condensed and thoroughly up to date info, which is invaluable in countries undergoing such rapid changes as the Baltic Republics.

The Lonely Planet Guide has been updated last year, I believe, and is pretty good, too, even for people wanting to stay in 4/5 * places rather than hostels. They seem to rely sometimes on In Your Pocket- at least they recommend them, too.

I used to live there for a while (and still travel once in a while) and will gladly try to answer any questions and come up with recommendations.

Have fun planning your trip
hsv