The best thing we've come across in our travels this year is not a holiday cottage but a magazine. Published in Berlin and available mainly on subscription (though individual copies are available), hidden europe is a rare gem. it is not hidebound by advertising. In this day of false-economy package tours that don't really give satisfaction, hidden europe reminds us what travel, as comfortable or as rough as you like, is all about. Admittedly, we ourselves are sold on "Old Europe", and that is what this exceptional publication is mainly about.

quoted from the 26th edition of the Good Holiday Cottage Guide (2008), edited by Bryn Frank. Find out more about the guide on www.goodcottageguide.com.