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Malta and Gozo (Lonely Planet Country Guide) by: Carolyn Bain List Price: £9.99 City Travel Guides Price: £6.99 You Save: £3.00 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 914.585044 EAN: 9781741045406 ISBN: 1741045401 Label: Lonely Planet Publications Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: April 01, 2007 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Studio: Lonely Planet Publications Sales Rank: 9457 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: In-depth history and culture information, and detailed chapters on art and food. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Totally unnecessary LP guideI wonder where LP will set its own limit on the destinations they cover. Being excellent and nr.1 in guidebooks of unexplored, less known or not well organized places, they also have written books about places like Malta (and The Canary Islands) where one can go easy on your own without a guidebook like this one. About Malta there are numerous guidebooks with detailled descriptions of the places, and that is what people ever need to visit Malta. Most people will be there in some sort of package tour already anyway. Once there the locals speak english and the island is so well organized you do not need a LP to find out what to do, how to get around etc. The tourist office is also extremely well providing brochures, maps of everything you ... Read More: Rating: - Reasonable but long windedThis guide gives you an excellent read on the history and culture of Malta and Gozo. But I personally found it a bit long winded and short on easy to access practical information, for quick access to on the move. Rating:  - Another fine Lonely Planet offeringI bought this for a recent trip to Malta, and once again have been impressed by the quality and content of the Lonely Planet guide for the area. Although Malta doesn’t have a huge amount to offer, this guide details all you could want to know from history, geography, sites, where to stay, scuba diving and general travel advice. That said I was also encouraged that the book doesn’t try to oversell the sites which really irritates me in many travel guides. Some of the advice about which things to do and which not to do are absolutely spot on, particularly re which catacombs to visit in Rabat. One place I really recommend going to is Marsaxlokk a small fishing village in the south-east corner of the island. The maps are ... Read More: |
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