Travel to Greece

Greece, Athens, & the Mainland (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Format: Paperback
Author: Michele Crawford
ReleaseDate: 31 January, 2003
Publisher: DK Travel
Rating:

Greece mainland review
We traveled throughout Peloponesia extensively, and in each city we visited, the book was right on about what we could expect to see and learn about. Here Eyewitness hit its stride. My regret is only that the Athens city detailed maps were rather awkward to deal with -- particularly when one does not exactly know how to pronounce the names of streets, etc. As always, the practical information was current. .

Another beautiful, classy, picture journey!
The book takes you on a cultural journey through Greece and its history. This is another portable, soft cover, coffee-table book with the same high standards as the one on the the Greek islands! It is beautifully crafted, with exquisite pictures, maps and diagrams of ancient buildings and modern towns. If you haven't visited Greece, it's a motivator. If you have, it brings back wonderful memories. This book is a broad sweep, you will need supplemental information, but it is unique in providing a visual overview of a beautiful and enchanting land! It is particularly nice that with the exception of the cultural history part, this book is basically not redundant with the Island book, covering the mainland as the title indicates.
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Great overview, but you'll need a more detailed guide
Personally I think this is a great book to use while making preliminary travel plans because it's very difficult to decide where to go if you can't see pictures of it first. The colorful photos and diagrams found in the DK travel books are a big plus for some and a major detraction for others. Then once you narrow down your choices you'll want a more comprehensive travel guide, such as the Lonely Planet guides, which contain better maps, travel information, hotels, etc, but which have very few photos. I'm holding off on giving this book 5 stars because it lacks that kind of detail. However, I still pull it off my shelf frequently when I want to look up someplace on the Greek mainland I have not visited before. .

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