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Hunter Travel Guides Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call (Cruising the Mediterranean)

This is a thorough update for this cruising season, with extensive details on every vessel travelling in the Med. The author, a cruising veteran, covers all facts from level of service, cabin size, decor and layout, to ship amenities, passenger/crew ratio and dining options. Sailing routes are reviewed candidly, and the pitfalls and bonuses of each are given, making you an educated cruise traveller. Port profiles are tailored to the cruising visitor – taxi tours, dockside phones, the best shops, plus a list of operators who are familiar with cruise schedules and will get you back to your ship on time. You’ll find walking tours and out-of-town attractions keyed to detailed maps. The coverage includes Portugal, Spain, France, Monaco, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Black Sea, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and the Atlantic Isles of the Canaries, Madeira and the Azores.

Rating: (out of 3 reviews)

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#1 written by K. D. Sitter 1 year ago

Review by K. D. Sitter for Hunter Travel Guides Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call (Cruising the Mediterranean)
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With sufficient details and descriptions to seem to be on board and in ports of calls, the Hunter Guide provides a great amount of information to prepare for a cruise or to enjoy “being there” without going. With little sense of bias, practical information and comparisons are presented and 50 ports of call are introduced. I anticipate a much better cruise because of this book!

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#2 written by Phillip I. Good 1 year ago

Review by Phillip I. Good for Hunter Travel Guides Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call (Cruising the Mediterranean)
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Pages 1-134 contain rapidly outdated information–best got off the web on what cruise lines go where.Larry Ludmer then fails to deliver on his promise (p152, Cruising the Med) to indicate the location of each port and give some information on getting there. Two examples: Larry please tell us how equipped with a Eurail pass, one gets
1) from the Venice train station to the cruise terminal,
2) from Livorno cruise terminal to Florence??

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#3 written by kb6 1 year ago

Review by kb6 for Hunter Travel Guides Cruising the Mediterranean: A Guide to the Ports of Call (Cruising the Mediterranean)
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While I have to agree with the previous reviewer that the Ship Itineraries section of this book could easily have been dipensed with, I did find some value in this book, taken as it was. The most major ports have a map (not detailed) that gives you some idea of the locations of major sites of interest in relation to each other. I did find this helpful in planning what it was reasonable to expect to be able to get to. It gives an opinion on what ports are best explored on your own, and which are best seen through a purchased excursion. It also gives some tips on getting around; but these are not always consistently detailed for each location. “Highlights Tours” are provided for those ports that you would want to explore yourself.

I found reading this book to be like sitting down and having a conversation with someone who knows these ports…not always detailed enough, or consistent in information, but interesting mostly because it gives you a bit of an opinion on which to base choices and some information that I didn’t get elsewhere about the ports that I visited.

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