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Title: Blue Guide Crete, Seventh Edition
ISBN: 0393321347
Author:
Pat Cameron
Publicate Date: 2003-06
Publish: 2003-06
List Price: $29.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: The Ultimate Companion for Visiting Crete
This is the official textbook for the 3-year degree course on Crete and ultimate reference work! Initial attempts to read the book were soundly repulsed by the sheer breadth and depth of the information presented. However, for mainlining Crete straight into the arteries, I picked up a Mediterraneo Editions guide to Crete by Stella Kalogeraki and read it cover to cover. This latter contains lots of colour pictures and is easy to absorb. For actually visiting towns and archological sites on the island, I carried the blue guide with me, and used it as a reference text. It is packed with detailed information, although some of it is out of date; for example, the "lone palm tree" in the Venetian Fortress at Rethymnon is now dead. It is, as John Cleese would say, a late palm tree.
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2: Not really practical for a short visit to Crete
First off, this book is written for an British audience so it's not quite right for a U.S. audience.. I found the book a little too verbose and not something i carried around with me. It is full of information about Crete but not really for use 'on the go' during my 3 day stay.
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3: Indispensible for the island
We used this guide at the exclusion of several other guides on Greece/Crete. We found it indispensible. Not only for the cities, beaches, towns, foods, and general area, but for a piece by piece exhibit guide for the Museum (they don't give you any informational handouts at the Museum in Iraklion), but for the MANY ruins, monasteries and historical sites throughout Crete. This was the single best guide we had for Crete. Highly recommended.
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4: Blue Guide Crete, 7th ed.
This guide gives the information you need to know about traveling in Crete: history, current information, food and lodging.
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