We knew Frommer’s was geared more toward people with a larger travel budget than we had, but we were still disappointed with this guide. It didn’t offer intra-city travel options and most of the museum/sight information was outdated. We missed Rick Steves on this leg of our trip.
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We knew Frommer’s was geared more toward people with a larger travel budget than we had, but we were still disappointed with this guide. It didn’t offer intra-city travel options and most of the museum/sight information was outdated. We missed Rick Steves on this leg of our trip.
This guide is quite complete and could be helpful not only to foreigners planning trips to Greece, but also Greeks who would like to travel around their country. I am Greek myself and I found this book quite informational.
It is very detailed, and prices, descriptions and current state of places seem very up to date.
If you like guides with pretty pictures, this is not for you as there are barely any. But there is detailed information on everything that you would need to know during a trip: where to stay, where to eat, what to see, with tips and prices for all budgets. It is really a great resource for organizing your vacation.
There are of course places and islands not included in the book, but there is a quite large and representational selection of locations across the map that will not leave you unsatisfied.
I will almost certainly buy the book again, as I gave away my first copy, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to visit Greece.
My son and his fiance are going to Greece for their honeymoon so I thought I would get them a guide to study before booking. They found it easy to review and very helpful.
If you haven’t been to Greece before, this is where to start. You’ll want to read most of it before you go to help plan your trip and get you oriented. It has just about everything, although Greece is a dynamic country, and no travel book will be up to date on everything. If you’re looking for a personal touch to traveling Greece, something that connects archaeological sites with mythology and history, you might try this: Oedipus on a Pale Horse: Greek Journey in Search of a Personal Mythology. I was in Greece for ten weeks along a few years ago, and relied heavily on a guidebook, and this is one of the best. Happy travels!
WOW- what a great book!
This book made our trip to Greece in so many ways.
We got great ideas from this book that were accurate and fun. I would recommend it to anyone headed to Greece.
A day trip to Albania was one of the best things we did-suggested in the book.
I have been a long time user of Lonely Planet guidebooks. They’ve navigated me through plenty of countries over the past 15 years, and I’ve always relied on them for the kind of tips and advice you need to
know when visiting a foreign place.
Unfortunately, this edition of the Greece book is not one I can recommend. I used it to travel in Greece for 2 weeks this past May (2009), and it consistently led us astray. We came within 2 minutes of missing a ferry based a critical piece of missing information in the book, ended up eating at some of the worst restaurants in Athens, and were generally disenchanted with the quality of the suggestions provided by the guide for things to see.
Overall, we couldn’t help but feel many of the reviews were stale, and did not reflect the current reality. Certainly this was reflected in the prices, which were off by as much as 100% in some cases. As much as I have enjoyed LP guides in the past, there are better travel books out there for Greece.
I read this from cover to cover but used a competitors guide while in Greece instead because I thought it might be better based on my past experiences using both brands. Also, LP guides tend to be a bit more roughing it in recommendations (I am too old for that) but, that was not an issue.
I kind of wish I had brought this one or the National Geographic Greece guide which would have been fine and a bit thiner.
I really like the Lonely Planet travel guides. They really try to cover all the basics and then give you tips for off the beaten track. This edition is a 2006 so prices are not even close, but I still got websites to check out current prices.
I wanted an overview of Greece so I could start planning where I wanted to go and this guide certainly does that. It also has lots of maps for each region.
I highly recommend this Lonely Planet Guide to Greece.
My husband and I have been to Greece 3 times using our 4th edition LP Greece. The maps are excellent; we’ve gotten exactly where we need to go. We read about the different islands, appear at the port w/our luggage, and take whatever boat is going next to a particular group, i.e. Cyclades, and read about the various other stops on the way. The book is not designed to be a travel agent by doing all the work for you. It is a guidebook, and some specific info should be found elsewhere (such as the internet) in trip planning. We use the internet sites listed in LP, esp. the hotel sites, so we have an idea of the author’s grading scale. We found plenty of great suggestions regarding places to stay and eat, and if other reviewers felt that info was lacking, the LP would have to be 6 inches thick! While some towns have a 100 places to stay, it is not necessary to list every place in LP. We use the LP reviews as a guideline; we compare the author’s opinion by what we actually found. After all, one person’s dungeon is another’s castle (& vice versa). The hints, tips,& warnings (esp. about taxis!) were a great help. We’re buying the newest editon for our 4th trip as our poor old book is so worn and unreadable.
This seems to be a very thorough and complete guidebook to all of Greece and the Greek Islands, all in one volume. Kudos to Lonely Planet for not dividing the country into two volumes, requiring you to buy two books at twice the price, and then lug two books around to cover your trip. The only downside is the lack of photographic illustration, except for two small insert sections of color photos, which almost look like stock shots from the tourist office. More illustrations located near the subjects being described would be a definite help.