Find Your Way Home--Bestselling Sat Navs
Plan ahead and avoid traffic jams with one of our bestselling sat navs from top brands including TomTom and Garmin. We also stock a great range of up-to-date and fully-routable maps for your device, including popular destinations such as France, Portugal, North America and Scotland.
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Product details
|
Product Description
Product Description
Pocket-sized and in full colour, this guide describes eight car tours in western Crete, highlighting places where you can stop for a walk or just a stroll to a lovely picnic setting. There are accompanying fold-out touring maps covering the whole of the island.But the major part of the book is devoted to 31 main walks and their many variations, all illustrated with large-scale topographical maps (1:50,000). Mountains rearing straight up from the sea, deep wooded gorges, ravines and valleys and yet more glorious mountains, standing proud and acting as a magnet to the eye and the imagination - that's western Crete, or real Crete, as some would say.Its strong, dramatic scenery and colours create sweeping landscapes of this harsh but beautiful countryside that has been the backdrop for heroic deeds, ancient civilisations and constant intrigue for thousands of years, and the home of obdurate, tough people made so by their labours on the land and their experiences. Western Crete is real hikers' territory, and this book, the first-ever walking guide to Crete, in print for decades, describes all the best routes. Also included are plans of Hania and Rethimnon and bus timetables (most of the walks are accessible by bus). A unique on-line update service keeps readers abreast of all route changes since publication, and GPS tracks can be downloaded for many of the walking routes.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Useful walking guide for first-time visitor (like me),
By H. Beentje "Henk Beentje" (Kew, England) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Western Crete: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes) (Paperback)
I bought three walking guides for a recent visit to Western Crete, and this was the nicest one: clear maps, good selection of walks of various lengths and in different kinds of terrain, nice mixture of the popular and the more quiet country lanes. We did five of the 31 included walks and found the descriptions clear and useful. The times that we went astray it was from not reading the instructions clearly enough, but hey, getting lost can be good fun too - though it was rather prickly!
I think this just beats the Hirner/Murbock walking guide, though that is pretty good too; and the Wilson White Mountains guide, which seems more geared towards the trekking community. Only drawback - the book has helpful bus timetables in the back. Don't believe these, because you will stand by the stasi for a long time - they are quite out of date. Get the current months' timetable from Chania bus station, and you'll be OK!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent guide for walks or car tours,
By
This review is from: Western Crete: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes) (Paperback)
As well as describing the popular gorge walks and excursions, this book also takes you well off the beaten track into lovely alternative landscapes. We did many wonderful walks in solitude - unlike the Samaria Gorge walk! An enjoyable different guide that encourages you to explore on your own.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mountainous regions and spectacular gorges,
This review is from: Western Crete: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes) (Paperback)
This book offers the reader a rich variety of landscape to marvel at and explore. The main walks include mountain treks, spectacualar gorges, and coastal walks, and through archaeological sites. Most walks are accessable by public transport from Chania (at least that was the case when we were there last June). However the car tours also offer a great deal of exploration. This book is a must have for all those visiting Western Crete.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
