Customer Reviews

Let's Go 98 Greece & Turkey (Annual)

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I've been living in Turkey for 18 months now and this is about the worst guidebook I've seen! I've used Lonely Planet and Rough Guide and they've both been good, but borrowed a friends Let's Go for a recent trip to Cyprus. We might as wel have just looked at what interested us once there. While it listed sites, the directions on how to get there were abominable, and we ended up taking a horrendous trip over a mountainous goat track trying to find an abbey that ended up being just off the main road The maps are worse than useless.

If you're looking for a useful guide to Turkey, don't waste your money on this book. Its authors obviously had no real feel for the country or understanding of its history and their suggestions are not of much help. The Lonely Planet guide is far and away the best available.

Just got back from a six week trek and island hop round Greece! I had a wonderful time and couldn't have met my budget and rigorous itinerary without Let's Go's extensive budget hotel and restaurant options. I though the writing style was witty and I knew I could trust the hip nightlife picks for my more debauched nights on the islands!

Let's Go excels in its detailed, sensitive coverage of the Greek isles. I couldn't have made it through without Let's Go's help finding the out-of-the way bargain hotels, connecting from island to island, and figuring out which ancient sites and Byzantine monasteries were worth seeing. Admittedly the Turkey section was a little bit weak, although I loved the Black Sea Coast coverage; the Sinop listings included a few cool bars where I met Turkish college kids, Austrian ski bumbs and American archaeologists. The book could stand to improve its coverage of the neighborhoods of Athens and of Eastern Anatolia, but in terms of budget options and nightlife coverage the other guides don't even compare.