Crete Travel Guide [Paperback]

Globetrotter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1996 | Series: Globetrotter Travel Guide

Designed for the visitor wanting to experience the best of Crete in a limited time period, this travel guide is written with the first-time visitor in mind. It recommends worthwhile sights and places of interest to visit with a three-star grading; advises on where to stay, eat and shop, and suggests enjoyable excursions from major centres and the best way to travel around.;An introduction profiles Crete's history, people, places and wildlife, government and economy. This is followed by descriptions of what to see and do in the popular tourist regions. The text contains travel tips, information panels, maps and charts which should enable visitors to make the most of the time available.

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Language Notes

Text: English, French, German --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Practical, informative and user-friendly, the Globetrotter Travel Guide to Crete highlights the major places of interest, describing their principal attractions and offering sound suggestions on where to tour, stay, eat, shop and relax. This guide is ideal for the first-time visitor and includes over 30 full color area maps, town plans and locator maps, over 75 full color photographs and a full size pull out map. (5 x 7, 128 pages, maps, color photos, pull out travel map)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Globetrotter; 1st edition (April 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853684201
• ISBN-13: 978-1853684203
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,199,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly Done...The Perfect Traveler's Guide to Crete, August 30, 1999

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[e-mail] or Melissa Moonshadow (Dallas, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crete Travel Pack (Paperback)

In preparation for my month in Crete recently, I bought three books...Globetrotter's Travel Pack/Crete, Berlitz's Greek Cassette Pack with Phrase Book and Wicked Greek for the Traveler and out of the three the one that proved most comprehensive and valuable was Globetrotter's Travel Pack. Nick Hanna does not fail the traveler in any aspect of his descriptions...from what sights to see, to accomodations, to where to find a great meal. I stayed with an American friend who has lived in the village of Kiparissos, outside of Chania, for 12 years (and who is considered to be horiata or native) and we were always, genuinely delighted and amazed at the detail Mr. Hanna provided as we adventured around the island of Crete doing the tourist trail with this lovely little book and map in hand.

Outside of the ocasional typo or incorrect telephone number (not unusual for Crete) Globetrotter and Mr. Hanna do a superb job of presenting Crete to the traveler on a silver platter. Bravo!!!!

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars small guide to a big island, June 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Crete Travel Pack (Paperback)

I bought the first edition in 1996 and have been using it regularly since. Well researched on out of the way places - it's one of the few english-language guides to mention the two tavernas at the tiny Ayios Ghiorgios along the coast from Ayia Ghalini on the south coast, although you can walk it in 30-40 min rather than the 2hrs quoted if you ask the locals the way. Logical layout, decent maps, sensible advice, and not too much history and politics, which just adds bulk to so many guides. On the other hand, just enough about people and customs to be genuinley useful as a starter if you want to move from the north coast tourist strip. I bought the map separately and I don't recommend it. There are 4 decent scale (1:79,000) maps of the Chania, Rethymnon, Iraklio and Lassithi areas available locally. Highly recommended for a first-time visitor.