Berlitz Pocket Guide Rhodes is a concise, full-colour travel guide that gives you reliable, user-friendly detail alongside vivid photography. Rhodes is a fascinating island with a diverse cultural heritage, the largest in Greece's Dodecanese, & only 10 nautical miles from the Turkish coast. We guide you round the entire isl&, from the spectacle of Rhodes Old Town, with its immense citadel & three natural harbours, to its Knights' castles & beautiful beaches. Handy maps on the cover help you get around. To inspire you, the book offers a rundown of Rhodes' Top 10 Attractions, followed by an itinerary for a Perfect Tour. The What to Do chapter offers a selection of ways to spend your spare time, from nightlife & shopping to sports. The book provides all the essential background information, including an overview of the island's history, local wine, & ideas for excursions to neighbouring islands & Turkey. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels & restaurants in Rhodes & an A-Z of all the practical information you'll need. ...

Rhodes on a clear, indexed map with topographic & tourist information, printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper. The map is published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project. Topography is shown by altitude & bathymetric colouring with contours & spot heights. Road network shows local roads & tracks, gives driving distances on main & secondary roads & locations of petrol stations. Ferry routes are also marked. A separate inset shows ferry connections to the nearby coast of Turkey & the islands of Simi & Tilos. The map highlights various places of interest including churches, monasteries & castles, archaeological sites, beaches, golf courses, etc. Names of towns & villages are given in both scripts; geographical features & places of interest are in Latin alphabet only. The map has both a UTM grid & a latitude & longitude grid at intervals of 5’. Map legend

Includes:: English.*” World Mapping Project”* is an extensive series of maps at varying scales, aiming to provide coverage of countries & regions worldwide using clear, well presented cartography with both topographic & tourist information.

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Rhodes at 1:75, 000 on a contoured, GPS compatible hiking map published by Terrain Cartography group & printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant Polyart plastic paper, with extensive tourist information. Topography is very well presented by contours, enhanced by spot heights, subtle relief shading & additional altitude colouring. Contour interval, unless indicated below to the contrary, is 20m. National parks & other protected areas are marked. All place names are shown in both Greek & Latin alphabet. The maps have a UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude margin ticks. Hiking trails are graded between main routes & narrow trails. A wide range of symbols indicate various places of interest & recreational facilities, with main sights clearly highlighted. Most titles distinguish between sandy & pebble beaches; some also indicate beaches with natural shade and/or the type of sea bed. Road network is very clearly graded according to width & the type of surface, distinguishing between good & rough dirt roads. Distances are marked on most small local roads, as well as locations of petrol stations and/or tyre repair workshops. Scenic routes are highlighted. Each map also shows which ports are served by ferry services.* Map legend & all the text include English.** In this title:* contours are at 100m intervals. The whole of the reverse side is taken up by two large street plans: Rhodes Town at 1:9, 000, plus very detailed enlargement of the Old Town area within the city walls at 1:3, 500. Both highlight various places of interest & a accompanied by lists: the main one of hotels banks & foreign consulates, the Old Town by hotels, restaurants, cafes & bars, & public buildings. ...

The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which

Includes:: Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases,

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Rhodes with Symi & Chalki in the Mc Gilchrist’s Greek Islands series focuses primarily on cultural tourism for the visitor who wishes to understand more about the art, history & architecture of the islands. The series contains no photographs, but has specially drawn maps for each island (66 in total) & site plans for every major site (57 in total), together with thoroughly comprehensive textual information. Each guide also recommends a small number of places to stay & eat selected for their simplicity & unpretentiousness. ...

In this booklet Jill Dudley describes the legends of Helios (the sun-god), & explains what the Colossus was & why it was erected & what happened to it. She takes the reader to the ancient sanctuary of Apollo Pythias above Rhodes town, & the temple of Athena at Lyndos. It is as the back cover of the booklet says: all you need to know about the island`s myths, legends & its gods. ...

This book depicts the military history of Southern Rhodesia from the first resistance to colonial rule, through the period of UDI (unilateral declaration of independence) by the Smith government to the Lancaster House agreement that transferred power. There are vivid accounts of the operations against the `guerillas` by the security forces & the intensity of the fighting will surprise readers. Atrocities were undoubtedly committed by both sides but equally the protagonists were playing for very high stakes.rnrn But this is more than just a book on military operations. It provides expert analysis of the historical situation & examines events up to the present day, including Mugabe`s operations against rival tribes & white farmers.rnrn For a thorough work on its subject this book cannot be bettered. Essential reading for those wishing to learn more about a counter-insurgency campaign. The ingenuity of the Rhodesian military fighting against overwhelming odds & restricted by sanctions is impressive but the outcome culminating in the Lancaster House Agreement was inevitable. ...

Rhon on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible cycling map at 1:75, 000 from the ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club
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A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Rhondda & Merthyr Tydfil. Edition A2 with minor changes; Publication date March 2012 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & campsites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Laminated waterproof edition of a detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Rhondda & Merthyr Tydfil. Copyright date: 2005 Revised for selected change: 2005 Edition: A2
- folded laminated paper About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & campsites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.


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