Lonely Planet guide to Crete - 2008 edition

---

Product Description

Discover Crete

Stalk the ghost of the Minotaur in the labyrinthine Palace of Knossos

Stretch out in the sand and count the stars on the free-spirited island of Gavdos

Slam back a raki to the sound of pistol fire as you join the throng at a traditional Anogia wedding

Linger over freshly caught sea bass and just-picked wild greens at a family-run taverna

In This Guide:

One expert author, 57 days of in-country research, 40 detailed maps

Dedicated Outdoors chapter, guaranteed to get you out of your sunlounger

Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler insights.

---

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #260700 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 252 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781741045727
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
• Click here to view our Condition Guide and Shipping Prices

Review
"...Lonely Planet for honesty, history, irreverence and budget."
-- Esquire Magazine

…Lonely Planet for honesty, history, irreverence and budget.' --Esquire

From the Publisher
Who We Are
At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travelers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large.

What We Do
* We offer travelers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages.
* We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are.
*We update our guidebooks by visiting thousands of places in person to get the details right and tell it as it is.
* We always offer the trusted filter for those who are curious, open minded and independent.
* We challenge our growing community of travelers; leading debate and discussion about travel and the world.
* We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travelers; not clouded by any other motive.

What We Believe
We believe that travel leads to a deeper cultural understanding and compassion and therefore a better world.

---

Customer Reviews

It was great for me.

Let me start by saying I have been to Crete before.

I bought the book, rented a car and drove around Crete in 2005 using this guide only with the objective of looking for value for money accomodation and places of interest to me for this trip ie. beaches on the south west: Paleohora, Elafonissi, Plakias etc. The accommodation I stayed at was picked from the book and was superb. The prices (in 2005) were completely accurate. I am not a backpacker (such as the previous reviewer) and I had different aims from the guide and had a different experience. (Other guides are more informative if you are looking for more culural experiences). For me, I can't wait for the next edition to come out to plan my next trip to this beautiful place.

Little more than a tourist guide
The book is just a little more than a turist guide. Maybe it can be usefull when making a tour with a small suitcase and a credit card, but backpackers and budget travelers shouldn't lean too much on it. Do your own research when planning the trip and talk to your kind of travelers on the trip. I guess the author did't do any researhes on her own but just copying the previous text. Maybe just some prices that are different than in the previous edition.
Manos hotel in Chania is (let say) recomended by the book and it advertises that in the street proudly. When i asked for the room the price was double than written in the book and not negotiable. The hotel was dirty and the owner arogant. This was just one of my experiences on the trip that don't fit into the guide. But O.K. this can happen. The problem are missing information. For instance that you can sleep half price in the turk part of the historic centre of Chania etc.
Overall: It is O.K. to have a guide on a trip but after visiting Nepal, India and Turkey with Lonely Planet is this one quite a dissapointment to me.

A helpful guide
I appreciate the Lonely Planet format which makes finding recommended food and lodging easy to refer. I also appreciated the detailed boxes on agrotourism, wineries, and the island's other cultural and geographic features. The "our pick" notations were helpful and the selections excellent and accurate for the places I visited with my wife (Chania Prefecture, Iraklion, and Elafonisi). The writer's/editors' love of Crete come through in the writing, steering you away from tourist traps and towards a more enriching Cretan experience. They seem to know the island better than most other mainstream travel guide publishers that I have read (possible exception of Rough Guide). My only suggestion for improvement would be to provide some more background detail/history for certain sites and cities than the brief description in each section currently provide. Overall, the LP Crete guide is a very helpful traveling companion for either a brief or extended trip.