Travel to Syria

Lonely Planet Syria & Lebanon (Lonely Planet Syria and Lebanon)

Format: Paperback
Author: Terry Carter
ReleaseDate: August, 2004
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Rating:

Great guide!
I explored Beirut and Tripoli, and this book provided excellent information on both cities. I used this guide for travels in Lebanon this past summer, fortunately, before the war. I found everything from hotel descriptions to guides on inter-country travel via bus and taxi to be accurate and helpful. Whatever information you could require for travelling through Lebanon and Syria is found here. Overall, a solid and reliable guide to an amazing region.

"As you wish"
It contains excellent information on rarer sites and ruins along with very good historical information about them. "As you wish" is the response to most questions in Syria, making the LP Guide very necessary.

The hotel information was very helpful since good lodging in Syria can be hard to find. The information on the souks is very good for those that like to shop. Finally in the same vain, their food section was very helpful for different budgets.

The LP Guide is more detailed than the new Neos Guide published by Michelin, but unfortunately the maps are awkward to read in the LP guide and the detail maps to some of the less well traveled sites are not very reliable and the directions are poor. (I searched for a specifically described site near Aleppo for over an hour. ) Overall though, it contains very detailed information, which is definately necessary in Syria since one is unable to find such information locally without considerable effort. I would recommend the Neos Guide for an overview and quality maps, and the LP guide for more detailed information. Both guides are necessary for a meaningful and hassle free trip.

Best book for all your travel needs (in Syria, of course!)
I've travelled a lot and I've ever used LP guides. I've just arriving from a travel to Syria. This is one of the best. During my travel in Syria sometimes I had asked to myself: where can I find this, that, those. . . all the answers, the most weird too, are in this book. During my visit to the dead towns (near Aleppo)the guide wared me about wild dogs. So, you can't believe it, I'll find the dog. The guide don't say how can I save my pour legs. . . but this was a my problem not of the book. Is like to have a friend with you who knows everything about this country.

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