- Paperback: 656 pages
- Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd; 4th Revised edition edition (28 Feb 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1858288673
- ISBN-13: 978-1858288673
- Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.9 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,096,173 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sunday Times, 11 March 2000, London, UK
Best guidebook.
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The most comprehensive island-hopper's handbook. Detailed coverage of all the island groups from the Sporades to the remote outcrops of the Dodecanese. Listings of the best places to stay, eat and drink, from the resorts of Corfu to unspoiled hilltop villages. Practical details on ferries and hydrofoils, and how to get the most secluded spots. Informed background on history, music, wildlife and mythology.
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It's two thousand miles or more from the UK and Ireland to the Greek islands, so for most visitors flying is the only viable option. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
It's two thousand miles or more from the UK and Ireland to the Greek islands, so for most visitors flying is the only viable option. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointing addition to the Rough Guide series,
By rkmmorris@hotmail.com (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Greek Islands: The Rough Guide (Rough Guide to Greek Islands) (Paperback)
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'
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but a bit superficial,
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Greek Islands (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
Not really enough detail on each island. Better than the "whole-of-Greece" books though I would like to see a section on Athens added. Even though Athens is not an island (obviously) almost everyone has to pass through it to get to the islands at some point so a short section would be a useful addition.
Woof ! Xxx
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply the best!,
By kingswick2000@btinternet.com (Cambridge, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Greek Islands: The Rough Guide (Rough Guide to Greek Islands) (Paperback)
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.
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