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Summary: A first-class travel guide
Review: Published by the premier travel guide publisher Lonely Planet, Croatia is a thorough, enjoyable, and superbly presented 320-page portable pocket guide to the richness and diversity of a great European nation steeped in history, culture, and ancient traditions. Profusely filled with maps, region-by-region listings of the best hotels, great touring sites, straightforward orientation material, and much, much more, Croatia is a first-class travel guide highly recommended for anyone visiting for reasons of business or recreation.
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Summary: Uncomplete and dated
Review: Shortly: this is the worst ever Lonely Planet Guide that I bought. I have just returned home from Croatia and this book didn't help me at all. I could have had a 5-pound stone in my pocket and it could have helped me more.Explained: the book is absolutely incomplete because it simply doesn't cover the north half of the country (about half the territory of Croatia). It misses towns like Sisak, Virovitica, Cakovec and it doesn't contain anything about the Osijek castle. I don't know why the writer ignored this part of the country, I suppose she might have liked the beautiful sea-shore better but this doesn't make an excuse at all. Then: it ignores some significant towns near the Bosnian border, like Knin and Sinj, I know these places aren't the most likeable ones but they have a historical significance - these were the cities most affected by the civil war and these places are a part of Croatian history and quite an important one. Moreover: even though she spent most of her time on the shore, what about Novi Vinodolski, Senj, Karlobag, Umag, Porec and the inner Istria? These places are worth discovering and there isn't a single word about them in the book. It is dated, because it doesn't contain up-to-date information about the country. For example: if you drive a car (having a picnic in the countryside) or walking around you should be prepared for mine fields - there are still many of them in the country. These fields aren't on the map and they are near main roads, too. The section on driving is incomplete in another aspects, too. There are also other failures and mistakes that I don't want to list, it would be too long to fit into a review. So I don't suggest anyone buying this book. Try something else. This time Lonely Planet is your worst choice.
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Summary: review of the history section
Review: The lonely planet travel guide book for Croatia is a very good guide about Croatia but as a lesson on Croatian history the book is sadly lacking. A few examples to illustrate my point: a) In the history section it states "Croation nationalists were rather miffed that Belgrade was made capital of the union, and assassinated King Alexander in 1934 in protest" This comment is so absurd, why didn't the author write that it was a Macedonian that killed the King and that the real reason that the people were feeling miffed was the dictatorship imposed by the King years earlier. b) the author suggests that Croatia has an atrocious human rights record - this is complete distortion of the facts as afghanistan and burma are countries with atrocious human rights records. If this was so true would croatia in the early 90's have had most of the bosnian refugees? It definately did more so than France and Germany. As you can see the facts have been distorted and they do nothing to add value to the book and only cause hurt to the Croatian people who feel that they seem to be blamed for all the suffering in the former Yugoslavia. Thankyou i hope you take my comments on board.
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Summary: review of the history section
Review: This book is a wonderful help to anyone planning a trip to Croatia or as guide book while you are in Croatia. The cultural lessons were a big help to me in grapsing an understanding of the Croatian people. If you're going to Croatia or just researching it this is a great book.
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Summary: Great Guide!!
Review: This book is a wonderful help to anyone planning a trip to Croatia or as guide book while you are in Croatia. The cultural lessons were a big help to me in grapsing an understanding of the Croatian people. If you're going to Croatia or just researching it this is a great book.
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