The Med Guide: A Practical Travel Guide to the ...

DIVThe Mediterranean, its ports and islands--a practical guide for independent travelers using boats and ferries. This is an entirely new kind of guide based not on countries but on a sea, its islands and the places the routes across it connect to. Includes all Mediterranean countries with ferry connections: Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, Gibraltar, France, Italy, Croatia, Albania, and Malta. Route plans, ferry timetables, historical background, places to stay, and places to eat are featured for all budgets.br/divDIVIntroduction Part 1: Planning - The Routes Part 2: Countries of the Mediterranean: Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, Gibraltar, France, Italy, Croatia, Albania, Malta Part 3: The Aegean: Athens, Thessalonika, Istanbul, Ayvalik, Lesbos, Ismir, Cesme, Chios, Kusadasi and Ephesus, Samos, Patmos, Kalymnos, Bodrum, Kos, Marmaris, Rhodes, Crete Part 4: The Eastern Mediterranean: Alanya, Cyprus, Beirut and excursions, Haifa, Port Said, Alexandria and excursions to Cairo Part 5: The Adriatic: Patras, Corfu, Bari Brindisi, Ancona, Durres, Dubrovnik, Bar, Split, Pula, Piran, Trieste, Venice Part 6: The Tyrrenhian Sea: Genoa, Marseilles, Corsica, Sardinia, Civatevecchia and Rome, Sicily, Malta, Tunis Part 7: The Western Mediterranean: Barcelona, Balearic Islands, Cadiz, Almeria, Malaga, Melila, Ceuta, Tanger Appendices: Useful words and phrases; Websitesbr/divDIVExcellent handbooks --iThe Bookseller/i(UK)br/divDIVbJon Gorvett/bis the Turkey corespondent foriThe Boston Globe/iand a regular contributor to theiWashington Report on Middle East Affairs/i. He is co-author of the award-winningiTime Out Guide to Istanbul./ibr/divDIVIntroductionbrWith two and a half million square kilometers of water, several major sub-seas and thousands of islands--not to mention millions of kilometers of coast--the Mediterranean is a big place for one book to cover. It's also, of cou