Providing accounts of all the monuments with practical details on transport and where to stay, food and restaurants, travel and security, beaches and hiking, markets, bargaining and crafts. Includes colour photographs and maps. In the ROUGH GUIDE series.
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Andrew Beattie specialises in and teaches Middle Eastern geopolitics. Tim Pepper has co-written books on Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Republics as well as travelling the world extensively.
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Criticism of this Book as Culturally Insensitive is Off-Base,
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This review is from: Syria: The Rough Guide (Rough Guides) (Paperback)
I feel compelled to correct the unsubstantiated & unreasonable claim in another review that the authors of this guide have in any way disparaged the Syrian people or their culture. This is a quite useful book in almost all respects (chock full of maps, even for many out-of-the-way destinations). Typical of this guide's attitude: "Remember that most Syrians are unfailingly honest and courteous, and you shouldn't let a cautious outlook spoil your trip, or be tempted to read anything sinister into the genuine offers of hospitality you receive." The Rough Guide to Syria has been put together with a lot of care, and while it may not be the ne plus ultra, it is reliable, informative, and particularly strong in giving significant coverage to places throughout Syria.
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best book on Syria,
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This is the best book on Syria that I have (I've three others). It is so thorough that my tour guide wanted to purchase it from me at the end of our trip (a month long one). I'm sending him his own. There is "political" information in it that our guide was not aware of (e.g. the massacre at Hama). The writing style, often "tongue in cheek" made the text interesting to read. But, for me, its strength is its commentary on contemporary Syrian life, politics, culture. etc.
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Excellent book with lots of information,
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This review is from: Syria: The Rough Guide (Rough Guides) (Paperback)
Excellent guide. It starts with a section about health, visa, currency, local transport, etc. The actual guide is a 'walkthrough', like: "When you exit the mosque, you will see on your left..." It contains maps of major cities, covering restaurants and hotels too (with price indication!) Detailled maps for places of interest. Background info on persons, political issues and history.
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The simplest way of getting to Syria from Britain and Ireland is to fly, with two airlines, Syrianair and the British Airways subsidiary British Mediterranean (BMed), operating direct scheduled flights to Syria from London Heathrow. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
handicraft souk, microbus station, frequent microbuses, handicrafts souk, southern bus station, citadel mound, cardo maximus, tower tombs, mandate era, service taxis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old City, Middle East, Straight Street, New City, Umayyad Mosque, Hedjaz Station, Dead Cities, Crac des Chevaliers, Baron Street, Golan Heights, Azem Palace, New York, Cham Palace, Hamidiye Souk, National Museum, Qouwatly Street, Great Mosque, Baramkeh Terminal, Blue Beach, New Zealand, Jdeide Quarter, Bronze Age, Ramadan Ave, Deir Semaan, Dura Europos Browse Sample Pages:
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The simplest way of getting to Syria from Britain and Ireland is to fly, with two airlines, Syrianair and the British Airways subsidiary British Mediterranean (BMed), operating direct scheduled flights to Syria from London Heathrow. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
handicraft souk, microbus station, frequent microbuses, handicrafts souk, southern bus station, citadel mound, cardo maximus, tower tombs, mandate era, service taxis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old City, Middle East, Straight Street, New City, Umayyad Mosque, Hedjaz Station, Dead Cities, Crac des Chevaliers, Baron Street, Golan Heights, Azem Palace, New York, Cham Palace, Hamidiye Souk, National Museum, Qouwatly Street, Great Mosque, Baramkeh Terminal, Blue Beach, New Zealand, Jdeide Quarter, Bronze Age, Ramadan Ave, Deir Semaan, Dura Europos Browse Sample Pages:
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