I would have been lost without it
Now don\'t get me wrong I am not really a travel snob but I have begun to run out of ideas for city breaks from Heathrow & normally I find the Lonely Planet Guides just a bit too worthy ( well thats after you get past that gory opening chapter they all have about the dangers of contracting a nasty little rash/fungus/buboe) . Meanwhile BA to Yerevan just about adds up to a long weekend jaunt. But you don\'t really want to know about that you want to know about the guidebook
All the other reviewers are right I\'m sure- there are loads of errors in the book & they do say go to tricky far flung provinces
with reckless abandon BUT for Yerevan its pretty good. Pretty good in a 2 or 3 years out of date sort of a way & now there haven been lots of improvements in the city. Pretty good in a there is no other map of Yerevan available easily sort of way either. And finally pretty good in that the Bradt guide is tiny on Armenia & there really are no other sensible guides published. I gather there is a new Bradt guide due (I met the guide for the author)& thjings have changed quickly in Armenia so this would not be too soon
In summary- you are much best served by taking a book with you & right now this is the best there is. Do go to Yerevan & take some trips out into the country before the next generation of guidebooks come out because then the place will fill up with tourists & it won\'t be nearly as much fun.
Now don\'t get me wrong I am not really a travel snob but I have begun to run out of ideas for city breaks from Heathrow & normally I find the Lonely Planet Guides just a bit too worthy ( well thats after you get past that gory opening chapter they all have about the dangers of contracting a nasty little rash/fungus/buboe) . Meanwhile BA to Yerevan just about adds up to a long weekend jaunt. But you don\'t really want to know about that you want to know about the guidebook
All the other reviewers are right I\'m sure- there are loads of errors in the book & they do say go to tricky far flung provinces
with reckless abandon BUT for Yerevan its pretty good. Pretty good in a 2 or 3 years out of date sort of a way & now there haven been lots of improvements in the city. Pretty good in a there is no other map of Yerevan available easily sort of way either. And finally pretty good in that the Bradt guide is tiny on Armenia & there really are no other sensible guides published. I gather there is a new Bradt guide due (I met the guide for the author)& thjings have changed quickly in Armenia so this would not be too soon
In summary- you are much best served by taking a book with you & right now this is the best there is. Do go to Yerevan & take some trips out into the country before the next generation of guidebooks come out because then the place will fill up with tourists & it won\'t be nearly as much fun.
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