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Syria and Lebanon (Lonely Planet) by: Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Andrew Humphreys List Price: £13.99 Price: £9.71 You Save: £4.28 (31%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 915 EAN: 9781864503333 ISBN: 1864503335 Label: Lonely Planet Publications Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 424 Publication Date: August 01, 2004 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Studio: Lonely Planet Publications Sales Rank: 76968 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: With information from a Middle East expert and Syria connoisseur, this guide offers the lowdown on Syria. It covers such aspects as where to shop, what to buy and how to haggle, and tips for enjoying Damascene coffeehouses, desert monasteries and monumental castles. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Outstanding new edition!The new July 2008 edition recently arrived. I think it's a great advance over previous editions, although I agree with Lara that Syria warrants its own Lonely Planet guide. Many text-boxes and references to more specialist sources of information have been added. Everything has been updated and substandard accommodation deleted. It's very compact, light and easy-to-use - except for the street maps. These seem more difficult to read than ever! Extra plans showing the layout of ruins and of some museums are great. However, the prices given for flights and accommodation are already well out-of-date. Judging by the introductory sections, the guide was completed in about February 2008. Lonely Planet needs to speed-up its printing schedule, although ... Read More: Rating: - Syria and Lebanon guide: some clarificationA post from the authors of the last edition of 'Syria and Lebanon' in response to the review above. We're currently completing the manuscript for the new edition, so the out-of-date content (well over 4-6 years old now!) you've reviewed is being updated (the reason I give our guide 4/5!) We're love Syria, as much as we love Lebanon. We've travelled to both countries myriad times over a decade. However, we weren't commissioned to write Syria for the edition you reviewed. Our commission was to write Lebanon, so the views on Homs/Hama weren't ours, but those of author Andrew Humphreys. Lonely Planet briefs authors to make a connection to the place they're writing about, hence that tendency toward Lebanon you detect in Terry's bio. Read More: Rating:  - Useful - but limitedThis guide was very useful to me while in the country - to tell me a bit about what I was looking at, allow me to plan along the way etc. The maps were generally pretty accurate (except for the location of the post office in Hama - it must simply have moved location, 'cause they were way out!) However, some of the opinions and judgements were highly subjective. This impression was further reinforced when one of the authors announced on the Thorntree forum that she now prefered Homs to Hama - despite a strong feeling the other way being expressed in the current edition. Granted, cities change - but this example does highlight the necessity of going by your own judgement and feeling as much as anything else (I personally love Hama). Of ... Read More: |
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