
Syria and Lebanon Handbook
The Travel Guide
Ivan Mannheim(Author)
Footprint Handbooks (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
680 pages
978-1-900949-90-3 (ISBN)
Description
This guide to Syria and Lebanon covers the latest developments in this fast-changing region. The handbook features comprehensive background material on history, religion, culture and politics, including a useful illustrated glossary of architectural terms, detailed practical travel information - with tips on getting visas; hotels and restaurants to suit all budgets; where and when to change money; how to phone home or access the internet; and the best public transport options. The route descriptions allow the visitor to explore the winding back-roads of Mount Lebanon or rarely visited areas such as Syria's Jebel Ansariye mountains. Also included is a special section on the overland routes from Europe to the Middle East.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bath
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Footprint Travel Guides
Illustrations
colour photographs, 55 b&w maps, colour maps
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 125 mm
Weight
597 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-900949-90-3 (9781900949903)
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Person
Ivan Mannheim Ivan has a geography degree from the London School of Oriental and African Studies. This involved long periods of travel in Asia and the Middle East.
Content
A foot in the door; essentials; Syria; Damascus and around; South of Damascus; Palmyra; Orontes Valley; the Coast and the Jebel Ansariye; Aleppo; around Aleppo - dead cities; Eyphrates River and the Jezira; Lebanon; Beirut; Coast of Beirut; Mount Lebanon; South Lebanon; Chouf Mountains; Bekaa Valley; background; footnotes.