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Rough Guide To Syria (Paperback)

by Andrew Beattie (Author)
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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Rough Guides; 1st edition (1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1858283310
  • ISBN-13: 978-1858283319
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 14 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 270,455 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Providing accounts of all the monuments with practical details on transport and where to stay, food and restaurants, travel and security, beaches and hiking, markets, bargaining and crafts. Includes colour photographs and maps. In the ROUGH GUIDE series.

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars extremely useful accurate guide, 12 April 1999
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The Syria edition is typical of the Rough Guides - extremely useful accurate information presented in an easy to use and carry format at a very reasonable price. The historical information, especially of the earliest periods, is rather thin, but those with a passion for archaeology do not need the Rough Guide to fill them in on this, and the historical entries on sites do at least form an aide-memoire. It's function is otherwise. Instead it majors on good pithy summaries of where (and where not) to eat and sleep, how to get around, and valuable advice on how to behave and what to expect. Even on a package tour where I had no need to know the availability of hotels or restaurants I still found it a valuable companion. I often find the Rough Guides err on the side of caution with regard to the likelihood of theft and unpleasant approaches, especially when it comes to women travellers, and the Syria edition is no exception. However it is probably better so. I would have appreciated a down to earth warning that, outside hotels, western-style toilets are unknown, the squat style being found even at the airport. Also that the food is so boring and repetitive as to be almost inedible after three or four days, even the best hotels offer little choice on menus, and desserts are either local concoctions too sweet to eat or non-existent. For these reasons I have witheld a five star rating. Combine it with Ross Burns' Monuments of Syria for the heavy historical details, and you will nedd nothing else to visit Syria.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive, 10 Nov 2003
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This review is from: Syria (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)
having compared rough guide and lonely planet, and ideed road tested both, theres realylittle between them as regards syria,its a small country witha lot of archeological sites, so both cover almost identical territory.
the biggest downfall with this guide is the coverage of eateries, especially as regards damascus.interestingly someof the reccomended restraunts here are in fact rip-off buffets which lonely planet warns to avaoid at all costs, with which i would fully agree.
initially i was somewhat sceptical of the number of iste plans and layout maps of the various museums, but rather than padding they actually did proove useful, as the museums are incredibly badly organised.
possibly a little more objectivity would be nice, but guidebooks all seem to suffer in this respect, and certainly it is possible to read between the lines on occasion.
not the strongest rough guide but a pretty comprehensive coverage of syria as long as you dont follow the eating suggestions to closely.
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