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Greece Athens & the Mainland (Eyewitness Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dk Publishing
Publisher: DK Travel
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 20456
Media: Vinyl Bound
Edition: Revised Updated
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 4.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0756626366
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9780756626365
ASIN: 0756626366
Publication Date: January 15, 2007
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 Great photos, not so much of a tour book May 18, 2007
maria
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book has great photos. I always enjoy looking at DK Publishing's books - they are so pretty. However, if you are looking for a true travel guide, this is not the book.
 Nice pictures, but not enough information August 2, 2007
SuperSchtroumpf (Lyon, France)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I usually use Lonely Planet and Green Guide (Guide Vert) but I read a lot of negative reviews about LP, so I gave Eyewitness a try. The photos and diagrams were fantastic - they really helped me make some choices about what to see compared to LP. And I particularly appreciated the diagrams of how many of the ancient sites such as Corinth, Delphi, and Olympia used to look, because you need some help when you see these ruins. Neither LP or Green Guide had these consistently.
My main problem was that it didn't have a lot of useful information, or if it did it was hard to find. The book's organization isn't too good - for a given site or city it has information about the city in terms of tourism or practical all over the place. Green Guide has much better practical maps, which are in color and cover a larger geographic area. Eyewitness is great when you get to the site you want to see, but it is not so useful to find the sites.
Also, compared to LP and Green Guide it has a lot less historical and explanatory information. And in terms of total number of places covered, I have the impression that Eyewitness has less than others. There's a price for nice, glossy photos.
Finally, not that it's critical, but my binding broke within a day, though the book cover mostly kept the book together.
I think I will only buy Eyewitness again in special circumstances.
Good tourbook June 8, 2007
Leo V. Romabiles (usa)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The tourbook is organized very well with history, maps, restaurants, hotels, etc and the colored pictures are excellent. The size makes an ideal companion when travelling.
Greece Athens & the Mainland March 15, 2007
H. Clark (Biloxi, MS USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just love the DK Travel books. Very informative, in details with history information, beautiful pictures, easy to read and handy-size to carry along.
 DK guidebooks are travel "bibles" February 26, 2007
P. Miller (Australia)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
Just the right size and full of relevant information, maps and pictures to study before and during a trip. Don't leave home without one!
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