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The Rough Guide to Cyprus 6 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

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This comprehensive guide is a big book for such a small country. Still, it manages to keep things interesting and relevent. The sections covering the country's historical background were especially enlightening. The recommendations are good for the most part (I would skip Palea Enklistra, personally) and the descriptions accurate. Cyprus is a great destination. If you're headed there and want to do some exploration away from the resorts - this is definately a book I would recommend.

The Rough Guide to Cyprus is very detailed, providing a much appreciated history of the island, its cultures and politics. Having read a great deal of Cyprus before, I was impressed with the information presented and must write that I learned a great deal from the book. However, at times the tone of the book was unduly opinionated and critical in it review of certain sites, architecture. While I truly appreciate warnings about tourist traps and unrewarding diversions, I did not get the impression that the writer(s) really enjoyed anything much on Cyprus. Now that I have visited, I have to say that the guide would benefit from a more enthusiastic presentation of the island; get the reader excited about visiting the place. Too often, the tone was the equivalent to a Blue Blooded snob's description of a barnyard dance. Not having seen the Lonely Planet Cyprus guide, I still recommend this Rough Guide for its detail and generally good recommendations, but "where's the love?"