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.Turkey From Bursa To Hatay
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by: Bernard Mcdonagh

December 13, 1989
Too short on practical details, won't help you to plan your own trip. I successfully planned my own trips in a few countries of the world with guide books and Internet, reserved my own hotels, pinpointed goals. This book does not help at all. It's more than a reading book (rather interesting one) than a travel guide. It does not tell you different ways to get places, how long a trip from usual gateways (Istanbul) can take, does not list your options (ferry, hydrofoil, bus, train). If I was writing such book I'd even provide sample timetables so the reader would know how often approximately the ferries or buses go. But this book is totally bent on history like history is all that is in Turkey. No beaches, no sports. So I have to hire a tour operator ... Read More:
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.Blue Guide Florence
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by: Alta Macadam

November 17, 1988
Too short on practical details, won't help you to plan your own trip. I successfully planned my own trips in a few countries of the world with guide books and Internet, reserved my own hotels, pinpointed goals. This book does not help at all. It's more than a reading book (rather interesting one) than a travel guide. It does not tell you different ways to get places, how long a trip from usual gateways (Istanbul) can take, does not list your options (ferry, hydrofoil, bus, train). If I was writing such book I'd even provide sample timetables so the reader would know how often approximately the ferries or buses go. But this book is totally bent on history like history is all that is in Turkey. No beaches, no sports. So I have to hire a tour operator ... Read More:
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.Blue Guide Israel And The Palestinian Territories
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by: Kay Prag

June 27, 2002
I purchased this book (based on very positive experience with the Blue Guide to Germany) and was disappointed. I advise you to look elsewhere, keeping the following information in mind. If I had browsed in a bookstore first, I would not have bought it.

The book is very well-organized and is a convenient size for travelling around with. The maps in it are good, but there should be more regional maps with more details, such as distances.

This book is very heavy on archeological information; the cover describes author Kay Prag as "an expert in the archaeology of the Near East" -- if you are looking for that, this book should meet that need. It also gives A LOT of historical background for SOME places.

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.Blue Guides Czech And Slovak Republics
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by: Michael Jacobs

August 13, 1999
I purchased this book (based on very positive experience with the Blue Guide to Germany) and was disappointed. I advise you to look elsewhere, keeping the following information in mind. If I had browsed in a bookstore first, I would not have bought it.

The book is very well-organized and is a convenient size for travelling around with. The maps in it are good, but there should be more regional maps with more details, such as distances.

This book is very heavy on archeological information; the cover describes author Kay Prag as "an expert in the archaeology of the Near East" -- if you are looking for that, this book should meet that need. It also gives A LOT of historical background for SOME places.

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.Blue Guide Thailand New Edition
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by: John Villiers

August 08, 1997
I purchased this book (based on very positive experience with the Blue Guide to Germany) and was disappointed. I advise you to look elsewhere, keeping the following information in mind. If I had browsed in a bookstore first, I would not have bought it.

The book is very well-organized and is a convenient size for travelling around with. The maps in it are good, but there should be more regional maps with more details, such as distances.

This book is very heavy on archeological information; the cover describes author Kay Prag as "an expert in the archaeology of the Near East" -- if you are looking for that, this book should meet that need. It also gives A LOT of historical background for SOME places.

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.Corisca Blue Guide
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by: Roland Gant

October 05, 1987
I purchased this book (based on very positive experience with the Blue Guide to Germany) and was disappointed. I advise you to look elsewhere, keeping the following information in mind. If I had browsed in a bookstore first, I would not have bought it.

The book is very well-organized and is a convenient size for travelling around with. The maps in it are good, but there should be more regional maps with more details, such as distances.

This book is very heavy on archeological information; the cover describes author Kay Prag as "an expert in the archaeology of the Near East" -- if you are looking for that, this book should meet that need. It also gives A LOT of historical background for SOME places.

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.Blue Guide City Guide Athens
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by: Robin Barber

August 29, 2002
I purchased this book (based on very positive experience with the Blue Guide to Germany) and was disappointed. I advise you to look elsewhere, keeping the following information in mind. If I had browsed in a bookstore first, I would not have bought it.

The book is very well-organized and is a convenient size for travelling around with. The maps in it are good, but there should be more regional maps with more details, such as distances.

This book is very heavy on archeological information; the cover describes author Kay Prag as "an expert in the archaeology of the Near East" -- if you are looking for that, this book should meet that need. It also gives A LOT of historical background for SOME places.

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.Blue Guide Tuscany
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by: Alta Macadam

May 02, 1996
If you really want to see Tuscany, this it: this book will take you to places you wouldn't find any other way, from charming villages that are way off the beaten track, down colorful streets and staircases to hidden piazzi that you would have walked right past, into courtyards, and out to ancient country churches with masterpieces on the altar. The Blue Guide to Tuscany is 510 pages long, plus two indexes: the author, Alta Macadam, has apparently combed every city, town and hamlet in Tuscany, traveled every road and lane, wangled her way into every locked church and described its treasures, and surveyed every provincial museum. She includes practically everything of any interest at all in the entire province of Tuscany, including the provenance of every ... Read More:
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.Blue Guide: Turkey
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by: Bernard Mcdonagh

March 31, 1995
If you really want to see Tuscany, this it: this book will take you to places you wouldn't find any other way, from charming villages that are way off the beaten track, down colorful streets and staircases to hidden piazzi that you would have walked right past, into courtyards, and out to ancient country churches with masterpieces on the altar. The Blue Guide to Tuscany is 510 pages long, plus two indexes: the author, Alta Macadam, has apparently combed every city, town and hamlet in Tuscany, traveled every road and lane, wangled her way into every locked church and described its treasures, and surveyed every provincial museum. She includes practically everything of any interest at all in the entire province of Tuscany, including the provenance of every ... Read More:
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.Blue Guide Turkey
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by: Bernard Mcdonagh

July 06, 1995
Too short on practical details, won't help you to plan your own trip. I successfully planned my own trips in a few countries of the world with guide books and Internet, reserved my own hotels, pinpointed goals. This book does not help at all. It's more than a reading book (rather interesting one) than a travel guide. It does not tell you different ways to get places, how long a trip from usual gateways (Istanbul) can take, does not list your options (ferry, hydrofoil, bus, train). If I was writing such book I'd even provide sample timetables so the reader would know how often approximately the ferries or buses go. But this book is totally bent on history like history is all that is in Turkey. No beaches, no sports. So I have to hire a tour operator anyway and then what's ... Read More:
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