TravelDK book (tomp 10 ATHENS)
I bought this travel book on the basis that it was a cheap alternative to Lonley Planet and on brief flick through, had lovely pictures and a pocket size map.
First impressions - brilliant. The top 10 Athens book was just that, the obvious were detailed and written concisely and straightforwardly for those not akin to all that travel bumpkin malark. Its so easy to follow.
It would have benefited with more pictures and bigger ones, however its lack of photos was compensated for with a lot of info about the thousands of cafe's, shops and ruins dotted about ATHENS.
Each area is sub-texted with reviews in that area and even better the author has added her own 'things to do' chronological guide starting off with cafes for breakfast or brunch, museams in the day, market strolls in the afternoon and tavernas to eat and drink in the evenings.
It really helped us plan our own trips daily.
My negatives? well even though the book was 're-printed' in 2010 and we went to Athens in March 2011, some of the places we visited on the information of the guide was a) Changed b) not as expected or C) Completely wrong and false!
Now if you re-print something surely you should check the info given was still valid? One place we visited wasn't even there any more when we got there. And what really annoyed me was the information on the sites. Make sure you check with a tourist shop if you can find one than stick to the details on this book. We went to the National Archaeological Museum near Exarchia, Athens. The guide told us it was open till 8. it was actually closed by 3pm! and on most days aside from Mondays.