Product Description

complete coverage of the region's ancient Greek sites, including five UNESCO world heritage areas - tips for exploring the Peloponnese's natural splendours & secluded beaches - from Kalamata olives to kalamaria, & retsina to raki - the pick of places to eat & drink - user-friendly language section with phonetic pronunciation

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #503014 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Synopsis
complete coverage of the region's ancient Greek sites, including five UNESCO world heritage areas - tips for exploring the Peloponnese's natural splendours & secluded beaches - from Kalamata olives to kalamaria, & retsina to raki - the pick of places to eat & drink - user-friendly language section with phonetic pronunciation

Customer Reviews

A very disappointing purchase
A very disappointing purchase

This so called guide to the Peloponnese is 224 pages long.

Of these 224 pages you are treated to -

Fist 80 Pages - General Info about Greece
Next 15 Pages - Athens....Having just returned from Greece I can confirm that Athens hasn't moved and is not located in the Peloponnese
Last 20 pages - Language Index etc.

This leaves a grand total of 109 pages on this wonderful region of Greece, less than half the book. The information contained in these 109 pages is very shallow and I suspect it has just been lifted wholesale from a Lonely Planet guide to the whole of Greece. We found more detailed information in the Rough Guide to Greece whose section on the region is 130 pages long and contains far more text on each page.

At best this is a lazy effort trading on the Lonely Planets reputation, at worst its a straight out con.

If you can, go and visit the Peloponnese, it's wonderful, but don't take this book.