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| The Rough Guide to Greek Islands (Rough Guide Travel Guides) |  | Authors: Lance Chilton, Marc S. Dubin, Nick Edwards, Mark Ellingham, John Fisher, Geoff Garvey, Natania Jansz
Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
Buy New: £11.69
You Save: £1.30 (10%)
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3205516
Media: Paperback
Edition: 7Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 677
ISBN: 1858289483
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781858289489
ASIN: 1858289483
Publication Date: June 1, 2009 (In 284 Days)
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 Simply the best! December 31, 2000
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I find it remarkable that anyone would find this guide a dud. For me it is quite simply the best guide you can get. Best because it is full of pertinent, relevant and accurate information. And it is written by people who KNOW the islands. Space dictates brevity, and l would like to see a second version published - alongside this one - full of expounded text and masses of exquisite colour plates: like a full-size Eyewitness guide. The Greek islands are not just physical inorganic entities but four dimensional experiences. From the ravishing wind and surf of the impossibly beautiful and romantic Aegean, to the noisy ferries that ply the islands, The Rough guide graps at Zephrs to bring us a Meltimi of information.
 A disappointing addition to the Rough Guide series June 2, 2000
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
Having just returned from 2 weeks in the Cyclades we realised after our second island hop that the Rough Guide to the Greek Island was out of touch with our wants and needs. The guide appears to be suited to the impoverished backpacker who would rather be discovering untrodden paths in a far flung part of the Indonesian archipelago rather than in a well developed EU member state. The authors were either not allowed to sample good food or accomodation, or were just in a rush to get something on the book shelves ahead of Lonely Planet. We tried several of the recommended restaurants and found them to be no more than average, the good hotels gave little to no detail apart from price. The places recommended to visit appeared to be based upon how untouched by tourism they were rather than on their beauty or interest. Frequently the most beautiful parts of the island were dismissed as 'best be avoided in season' by the authors in a manner that would suggest visitors to England would be best to avoid Bath, Oxford and Cambridge and seek out unspoilt towns such as Rochdale, Rotherham and Huddersfield which are less affected by crowds. Overall, this is the most disappointing of the Rough Guides I have sampled and 'best to be avoided'
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