Crete East

Product Description

This Rother Walking Guide to Crete East presents the hiker with a wide variety of 50 tour recommendations encompassing all regions of the eastern part of the isl&. The selections range from the ”bathing suit walk” to hikes reaching hidden bays, excursions to picturesque villages & secluded monasteries, to tours of the alpine mountain terrain. Special attention has also been paid to the many ancient sites which, especially in Eastern Crete, can be optimally integrated into the walks. Many of the 50 tour recommendations are excellent for families with children or older hikers. Each tour recommendation is described in a detailed & informed manner, & is illustrated with a colour photo as well as a hiking map having the ideal scale of 1:50, 000 or 1:75, 000 & an illustration of the route; there are also 3 overview maps at 1:650, 000, ideal for planning. About this series: Rother Walking Guides were first published in 1920- since then Bergverlag Rother have continued to produce these comprehensive guides to “the finest valley & mountain walks”. Each book has a detailed description of walks, small walking maps & many tips on combining the walks, places of interest, accommodation & public transport; the guides are all in full colour with varying scales & types of cartography
- the walks themselves vary from day-long hikes to mountain & valley walks, with varying levels of ease & difficulty indicated. Small enough to fit in your pocket, comprehensive enough to take you everywhere; the books are printed in paperback but with a polytex-laminated cover, making them extremely durable too.