Product Description

Make the most of your time with Rough Guide DIRECTIONS Malta & Gozo. Slim, stylish and pocketable, the guide is an up-to-date, authoritative and user-friendly companion to these beautiful islands. Full-colour and richly illustrated throughout, the guide highlights the best the islands have on offer from spectacular architecture to fascinating historical and archaeological sites– giving you inspiration for things to do, 24 hours a day. You’ll find accurate information on the top attractions from the fortified town of Valletta to neolithic temples, as well as the best in walks, breathtaking natural landscapes, coastline and wildlife. The guide features up-to-date listings of all the hottest new places to stay, eat, drink, club and shop to suit all budgets, and comes complete with comprehensive maps to help you find your way around.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93380 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Victor Borg has a well established background in travel writing having been published in Malta, the UK and the USA. He is a regular columnist for the Maltese daily paper, Malta Today.

Customer Reviews

Don't waste your money
I had high hopes for this book. The problems I found were;

There were limited hotels listed in the book (No Le Meridien St Julian's, a well known brand surely?)

There were no detailed island wide maps. A big problem if you had hired a car. What maps there were were confusing.

The biggest failure was in the shopping area. If you look up "shopping in St Julians" (a major resort)the index refers you to page 78. Page 78 has but one shop in St Julian's and that is a bakery!! Similarly for the capital Valletta. The guide lists 2 book shops, a gold shop and a shop selling religious items. No mention of any malls or designer shops of which there are many.

The details on the bus routes woefully inadequate.

To summarise, I thought this was a waste of money.

...and...
A standard 'Rough Guide' layout with poor maps and descriptions of areas what cover the authors pet subjects in detail ommitting others which might be useful.

Sections at the front of the book in the 'ideas' section are, as ever, useful if you are planning a short break. However, as the above reviewer indicates, the selection of hotels presented is samll and descriptions are sketchy. Better to review these via an online hotel or 'trip advising' site.

Overall: Useful, but leaves me wishing I'd bought the lonley planet guide instead.