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Discover Crete
Stalk the ghost of the Minotaur in the labyrinthine Palace of Knossos
Stretch out in the sand and count the stars on the free-spirited island of Gavdos
Slam back a raki to the sound of pistol fire as you join the throng at a traditional Anogia wedding
Linger over freshly caught sea bass and just-picked wild greens at a family-run taverna
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One expert author, 57 days of in-country research, 40 detailed maps
Dedicated Outdoors chapter, guaranteed to get you out of your sunlounger
Content updated daily - visit "lonelyplanet.com" for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights.
Stalk the ghost of the Minotaur in the labyrinthine Palace of Knossos
Stretch out in the sand and count the stars on the free-spirited island of Gavdos
Slam back a raki to the sound of pistol fire as you join the throng at a traditional Anogia wedding
Linger over freshly caught sea bass and just-picked wild greens at a family-run taverna
In This Guide:
One expert author, 57 days of in-country research, 40 detailed maps
Dedicated Outdoors chapter, guaranteed to get you out of your sunlounger
Content updated daily - visit "lonelyplanet.com" for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This one's a terrible Lonely Planet guidebook. We generally prefer the content and style of the 'Lonely Planet' range to the 'Rough Guides' but in this case buying this Crete book was an utter waste - we left ours - a spanking new, 2008 edition at our hotel at the end of the holiday as I felt I didn't want to be responsible for inflicting its awfulness on anyone else by selling it on through the medium of Ebay.
Why's it so bad? Well, Ms Kyriakopoulos, the book's Aussie author, despite having spent a whopping 57 days in total in Crete, allegedly 'researching' the content of the guide (it tells us this on the back cover) obviously hasn't done her homework properly. I can only comment on the section on Iraklion district / northern Crete as that's the place we started - and stopped - using her information, but frankly we found she routinely gets her basic details wrong - opening times of museums, bus routes, locations of shops - again and again, the book proved it unreliableness to us and we soon discarded it as being of no further use.
I haven't encountered anything like this in any of the many other Lonely Planet guides we've owned over the years - the badness of this one is entirely down to Ms Kyriakopoulous' slipshodness, I think. Much of the discrepant info could easily have been confirmed by phone or over the internet before the book went into print; there's no excuse these days for this sort of thing really.
Incidentally, that one star I've awarded this product stands for 'this book is utter pants'
Why's it so bad? Well, Ms Kyriakopoulos, the book's Aussie author, despite having spent a whopping 57 days in total in Crete, allegedly 'researching' the content of the guide (it tells us this on the back cover) obviously hasn't done her homework properly. I can only comment on the section on Iraklion district / northern Crete as that's the place we started - and stopped - using her information, but frankly we found she routinely gets her basic details wrong - opening times of museums, bus routes, locations of shops - again and again, the book proved it unreliableness to us and we soon discarded it as being of no further use.
I haven't encountered anything like this in any of the many other Lonely Planet guides we've owned over the years - the badness of this one is entirely down to Ms Kyriakopoulous' slipshodness, I think. Much of the discrepant info could easily have been confirmed by phone or over the internet before the book went into print; there's no excuse these days for this sort of thing really.
Incidentally, that one star I've awarded this product stands for 'this book is utter pants'
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I can't believe that this book has so little info - nothing about the airports or flights (aparantly most travellers will have come via Athens anyway!!!), and the major resorts are dismissed as tacky, noisy, over-priced and not to be visited if you want to see "the real Crete". If you want to back pack around the mountains and visit endless ruins you might get more out of it than I did but as the majority of us will be going for a couple of weeks and just want to know where it is best to stay, eat and visit on day trips, you will be disappointed as there is no helpful advice.
In short if you are going on holiday to Crete this book is not a good buy and not up to the usual standards of Lonely Planet Guides.
In short if you are going on holiday to Crete this book is not a good buy and not up to the usual standards of Lonely Planet Guides.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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If you are a packpacker then this is the book for you.
However if you are a "normal" person on a week or two's holiday then be prepared to be insulted by the author.
The book does have some interesting information regarding site of historical interest etc, but it is the attitude of the author that makes you want to throw it in the bin. Even the maps in it are not worth the cover price!
Do yourself a favour and spend your money on the rough guide version.
I have used many Lonely planet books in the past, but this one is an insult to the brand name.
However if you are a "normal" person on a week or two's holiday then be prepared to be insulted by the author.
The book does have some interesting information regarding site of historical interest etc, but it is the attitude of the author that makes you want to throw it in the bin. Even the maps in it are not worth the cover price!
Do yourself a favour and spend your money on the rough guide version.
I have used many Lonely planet books in the past, but this one is an insult to the brand name.
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Good handy guide to Crete
Like all other Lonely Planet guide books, you have everything you need to enjoy your holidays in this handy guide to Crete!
Published on 28 Dec 2009 by V. Brondolo
Crete for the virgin traveller
I hope this will prove to be a very useful book. Its size means that it is portable which will prove handy on the island. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2009 by Mr. P. Robertson
The usual inaccuracies
This book contains the usual Lonely Planet attributes of glaring ommissions, inaccuracies, strange recommendations and howling errors. Read more
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