Stephen Brewer

This book contains a good deal of information on sites, restaurants, and hotels for many cities in England and Scotland. I found the historical information also useful. There are some suggested itineraries for trips of different durations. I would have liked a map outlining the railways. There is some information on train trips and some helpful information on how to get the best deals on transportation. I found the book helpful but it lacks the sense of humor you would have in a Rick Steve's book.… (meer)

This is a travel guide that should be able to fulfill all your needs for information on what to do, how to do, where to go, where to eat, where to sleep, etc... when you are visiting Greece. The authors did a magnificent job putting together this excellent travel guide.

The book is structured in sixteen chapters, going from an overview of what is the best of Greece, passing over the best Itineraries for different time length travels and covering different cities and regions, like Athens, Saronic Gulf Islands, Peloponnese, Crete, Cyclades, Rhodes and the Dodecanese, Northeastern Aegean Islands, Sporades, Northern Greece, Central and Western Greece, Corfu and Ionian Islands. Then there is a chapter covering Greece's History and Culture, Special Interest Trips and finally The Savvy Traveler.
Each chapter has maps, as well as top tips, best places to eat, best places to drink and best places to shop, costs for attractions, hours of operations, etc.
I have never been to Greece, and this guide was an excellent way of awakening my desire to go there. It is full of magnificent photos and so rich in detail that I felt that I had already visited most of the places. Definitely I will include Greece in my plans for future travels.

This is an outstanding result for a combined effort from two different authors and it was published by Frommer's in March 2011. This is a must have book for those who are serious about planing their trips and also for those who want to remember details on previous travels, while wishing they can return to Greece some day in the future.

Amazon.com was kind enough to provide this book for me through their Vine Program for reviewing and I was not request to provide a positive review. Opinions expressed here are my own.
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I used this book for my April trip to England. I planned 4 or 5 day trips (York, Windsor, Canterbury, Dover, Stratford on Avon, Greenwich) using this book and thought most were spot on. The only exception to that would be Dover. I thought the information provided was a bit misleading. On page 79, under the getting around section it states the castle is an easy walk from the train station. To the bottom of the hill, perhaps, but it is not an easy walk up to the castle for most people. As it states on page 81 under the start walking section, it states it's about a mile uphill from the station to the castle. That's a much more accurate picture than the information on page 79. I was also disappointed by the town itself. We were there on a Sunday, so there were alot of stores closed, but it seems a bit of a depressed area unlike the other towns we had visited on our trip. The castle itself was fascinating, but having received poor directions from the Tourist Info Centre, the lack of street signs and directional signs, it was a bit of an ordeal to find. It was a disappointing end to our day trips. A better addition to the book would have been Portsmouth. We did that trip on our own since it's not included in the book, and it's a much nicer town. It's an easy walk from the train station to the Naval Yards and the historical ships, the Spinaker, which was great, and a lovely shopping area. On the whole, this was a very useful book, although we didn't use it for all towns, the ones we did use it for was quite handy, with the exception of Dover.… (meer)