Blue Guide Israel and the Palestinian Territories (Blue Guides) |
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Kay Prag
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Pages: 480 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0713648449
Pub: Blue Guides
Pub date: 2003-02-03
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 191712
Reader Reviews:
Excellent and Indispensable (1/1 people found this helpful)
Because Jerusalem is one of the great historical cities of the world, the author of the Blue Guide to Israel and the Palestinian Territories rightly devotes half the book to its treasures. The rest of the country is similarly treated with due regard to historical and cultural interest -- for example a goodly amount of coverage is given to the old city of Jaffa adjacent to which the modern and lively (if historically less interesting) Tel Aviv has sprung up, and the same is true of other places rich in associations such as Bethlehem, Haifa, Acre, Megiddo, Hebron and the Horns of Hattin. The book is well-informed, lucid and reliable throughout, and the maps and plans are excellent. For anyone making a serious journey to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, this is a book you cannot do without.
Out of date and unbalanced. (0/4 people found this helpful)
I was severely disappointed with this guide. Around half of the book is taken up by Jerusalem, leaving only cursory coverage of, for example, Tel Aviv or the Negev. Furthermore, Israeli friends told me that several places listed in the text were just too dangerous to visit.
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