Lonely Planet Syria (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) by Andrew Humphreys and Damien Simonis

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Lonely Planet Syria (Lonely Planet Travel Guides) by Andrew Humphreys and Damien Simonis
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Features

Paperback: 312 pages

Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications October 1999

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0864427476

ISBN-13: 978-0864427472

Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces

Book Description

Discover all of Syria's myriad charms - explore magnificent Crusader castles and ancient ruins, treasure hunt in labyrinthine souqs and people-watch in Damascene coffeehouses - with this excellent guide.

52 detailed maps, plus a full-colour country map
the lowdown on where to eat and stay for all budgets
illustrated guides to shopping in the souqs and steaming in the hammams (bathhouses)
all you need to know about the major sights, from ancient Palmyra to the old houses of Damascus
useful language chapter with Arabic alphabet, numerals and script

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Syria & Lebanon (Multi Country Guide) (Paperback) LP, like all guidebooks, varies in quality depending on the author. While this guide on Syria/Lebanon isn't the worst, it could be much better. The main problem is that it is extremely limited in its scope. Both Syria and Lebanon, but Syria in particular, have literaly hundreds of sites to see, but you wouldn't know it with this LP. It only gives you the most popular sites and then a few it claims are "off-the-beaten-track" but really aren't. It misses some of Syria's best out of the way castles and ruins. Great stuff that if you only relied on LP, which promotes teh beaten backpacker track, you would never find. I would give it a 1-star, but it is saved by the hotel recommendations. Syria is a place where knowing what hotels to hit up can be hard, and LP does a good job giving you affordable ones that are tourist-tested. Still, though, the guide lacks any real historical or cultural insight and really only gives the illusion of leading you down the "road-less traveled." I lived in Syria for a year and tried to take in as much as possible and thus found myself sifting through numerous guides. The one I found to be the best was Footprints, but they haven't published an updated version since 2001. The new Bradt is quite promising, but if you really want to know what Syria has to offer, you need "Monuments of Syria" by Ross Burns. It doesn't have many glossy pictures, but it does have every single cultural and archaeological site worth seeing in this great country. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)

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