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Greek Island Hopping 2008: "The Island Hopper's Bible" | 
 enlarge | Author: Frewin Poffley
Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 40941
Media: Paperback
Edition: Other
Pages: 688
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1841578398
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781841578392
ASIN: 1841578398
Publication Date: January 1, 2008
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Product Description
Now in its 18th edition, this annual favourite is bigger and better than ever. Loved for its distinctive style and honest tell-it-how-it-is commentary; relied on for its comprehensive coverage of all the islands and how best to travel to and between them; and trusted for the accuracy of its material – Greek Island Hopping is the ‘island hopper’s bible’ that readers keep coming back to again and again.
Covers all the islands as well as Athens and all mainland ports.
Island Ratings, colour 3D-view sightseeing maps, 100 colour photographs
Regular online updates available at www.greekislandhopping.com
This is the only guide that describes all known ferries, hydrofoils and tour boats, with over 230 route maps. It shows the location of over 1800 places to stay and provides street maps for most of the smaller islands.
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 Great Book November 18, 2008
W. Cressman (Pennsylvania)
Great summary of ferries and ferry locations in Piraeus. Very helpful touring comments on the Islands and Athens. We bought three tour books of the islands and this was by far the best of the three.
Greek Island September 23, 2008
Cesare Biagi
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a very good guidebook to visit greek island.
It contains a lot of useful information for tourists.
Definitive guide, but be aware of its limitations September 17, 2008
Charles E. Stevens
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Greek Island Hopping is a must-have volume for travelers to the Greek isles: the maps, island descriptions, ferry information, etc. go above and beyond its competitors. I just got back from 2+ weeks in the islands & Athens and used this as my primary companion guide during that time. Sometimes it can come off a bit as too backpacker or party-seeker oriented, but this impression can be deceptive because the guide is nicely balanced with a good deal of information on the history, mythology, and culture of the land as well. It has a wealth of helpful information on Athens, a wise inclusion given that most travelers to the islands will likely throw a few days in Athens into their itineraries as well.
That said, this guide has two significant limitations ... one which manifests itself before you leave for the islands, the other is a problem once you get there. That would be SLEEPING and EATING concerns, respectively. Personally, the lack of hotel information is less of a problem given the wealth of information on the internet from reputable sites these days, but the complete lack of dining information was a large drawback for me. It made the Lonely Planet guide to the islands--which is otherwise inferior to Island Hopping in just about every way--a similarly indispensable resource for that narrow purpose. In the islands, it's very easy to pay a lot for bad food, so having some idea of what places to seek out and which to avoid would be very helpful because the good, the bad, and the ugly are often all located on the same street. It really shouldn't be that hard to list a couple of places for each town or island.
Despite these fairly major drawbacks, I still give this guide 5 stars because the wealth of maps, information, and helpful guidance makes this guide a must-have companion in spite of its warts. I imagine the writers want to avoid making the guide too long, but they really do need to consider adding some eating & sleeping information to compete with the "big names" like Lonely Planet and Frommers.
Island Hopping August 12, 2008
M. Fitzgerald
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a tremendously useful book. It's even the book we dragged around the sites in Athens with us, while the ones with lovely pictures, specifically for Athens, stayed back in our hotel room.
Perfect for a cruise July 21, 2008
Joshua (San Francisco, CA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was the perfect companion for our cruise of the Mediterranean. It had a map of all the major towns of each greek island (I looked at almost every other guide for the Greek Islands and this was the only one that had that). We wanted to explore the islands on our own instead of taking a shore excursion so this was exactly what we were looking for. The maps were detailed enough that we could get around without any problems. It also included Athens which was a huge bonus. It had sections on history and the main sights of each place.
Two possible downsides to the book. 1. The information on lodging was pretty skimpy and the book is definitely geared more towards backpackers (it has information on camp sites which might be useful if you are a backpacker). 2. There really is no section on food so if you depend on your guidebooks to point you in the right direction for this, you're out of luck.
If I was doing my own tour of the Greek Islands, this book would have gotten a 3 or 4 star rating given what it lacked in lodging and food. I would have had to buy another book like Frommer's or Fodor's for the information it was missing. For a cruise, this was exactly what I was looking for.
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