内容简介
From Crete's beaches, lovely towns, ancient sites towatersports, mountains walks and traditional music, it's all foundin this new Crete Berlitz Pocket Guide - a new edition to thebest-selling Berlitz Pocket Guide range. Fully revised and updated,featuring stunning new cover designs and freshly revised pagelayouts, this handy guide is packed with all the information youneed for your trip. Clear colour-coded sections enable you tolocate the information you need easily, with sections on history,where to go, what to do, eating out, handy travel tips, hotels restaurants and other insightful features, allowing you tomake the most of your leisure time. Written by a local expert, thisguide offers comprehensive coverage of Crete's attractions,identifying the top 10 sights Crete has to offer, as well ashighlighting the island's best shopping, sports, entertainment andchildren's activities. Shopaholics are well catered for with adedicated section on shopping, with advice on the best places tofind textiles, leather, clothing, edibles, art and icons, potteryand ceramics, jewellery and much more. An 'Eating Out' sectionprovides information on where to go and what the local specialitiesare. For those wishing to explore beyond the island, a detailedexcursion to the beautiful island of Santorini is recommended, withsuggested visits to Fira, aa, Purgos and AkrotAiri. Insightfulcultural advice on Minoans and the Cretan Renaissance gives you adeeper understanding of the island's heritage. Accommodation forall budgets is also recommended, along with an A-Z of practicaltravel tips covering currency, health and medical care, languagetips, translations and how to get around, supported with detailedmapping to aid orientation. Street plans of Iraklio and Hania arealso included in this guide. Colour photography throughout the bookprovides a highly visual introduction to Crete and thecomprehensive information inside helps travellers get to the heartof the destination - making this guide truly a pleasure to readbefore, during and after your visit. Small in size and big oncontent, this guide actually fits into a pocket - perfect for aweekend or longer trip away.