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This 2nd edition of Lonely Planet’s Best of Europe guidebook was curated by Alexis Averbuck, Anthony Ham, Catherine Le Nevez, Andy Symington and Nicola Williams, who also researched and wrote it along with Mark Baker, Oliver Berry, Cristian Bonetto, Kerry Christiani, Belinda Dixon, Peter Dragicevich, Steve Fallon, Emilie Filou, Damian Harper, Virginia Maxwell, Christopher Pitts, Kevin Raub, Brendan Sainsbury, Andrea Schulte-Peevers and Neil Wilson. This guidebook was produced by the following:
Destination Editors Daniel Fahey, Gemma Graham, Niamh O’Brien, Tom Stainer, Anna Tyler, Brana Vladislavljevic, Clifton Wilkinson
Senior Product Editor Sandie Kestell
Regional Senior Cartographers Mark Griffiths, Anthony Phelan
Product Editor Will Allen
Book Designer Wibowo Rusli
Assisting Editors Sarah Bailey, Judith Bamber, Michelle Bennett, Nigel Chin, Katie Connolly, Joel Cotterell, Melanie Dankel, Andrea Dobbin, Victoria Harrison, Gabrielle Innes, Kellie Langdon, Lou McGregor, Kate Morgan, Rosie Nicholson, Lorna Parkes, Susan Paterson, Monique Perrin, Sarah Reid, Fionnuala Twomey, Maja Vatrić, Sam Wheeler, Simon Williamson
Assisting Cartographers Anita Banh, Mick Garrett, Corey Hutchison
Cover Researcher Naomi Parker
Thanks to Jennifer Carey, Vesna Čelebić, Fiona Flores Watson, Esme Fox, Evan Godt, Jennifer Hattam, Sandra Henriques Gajjar, Amy Lysen, Anne Mason, Emily Matarczyk, Catherine Naghten, Claire Naylor, Karyn Noble, Zora O’Neill, Genna Patterson, Joseph Q, Antonia Roberts, Kathryn Rowan, James Smart, Angela Tinson, Donna Wheeler
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