Frommer's Athens and the Greek Islands
Book - 2017
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New York City, New York :
Frommer Media LLC
[2017]-
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781628875492
- List of Maps
- About the Author
- 1. The Best of Athens & the Greek Islands
- 2. Greece in Context
- A Look at the Past
- Dateline
- The Arts in Greece
- The Gods & Goddesses
- Greek Food & Drink
- When to Go
- Orthodox Easter & Holy Week
- 3. Suggested Greece Itineraries
- The Best of Ancient Greece
- Holy Places
- Sun & Scenery
- Greece for Families
- Crete in 10 Days
- 4. Athens
- Essentials
- Where to Stay in Athens
- Where to Eat in Athens
- Exploring Athens
- The Frieze Fracas
- The Vision of Pericles
- City of Enlightenment
- Lord Byron's Athens
- A City Transformed
- Organized Tours
- Hit the Beach
- Athens Shopping
- Nightlife & Entertainment
- 5. Around Athens
- Strategies for Seeing the Ancient Sites
- The Peloponnese
- The Nemean Games: Born in Legend
- The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat
- Delphi
- The Meteora
- Island Escapes Near Athens
- Aphaia, the Vanishing Goddess
- She Swore Like a Sailor!
- 6. The Cyclades
- Mykonos
- Test the Winds
- Tinos
- Naxos
- Paros
- The Paros Antidote: Antiparos
- Sifnos
- The Golden Years
- A Baker's Dozen
- Santorini
- A Caldera is Born
- Cycladic Architecture
- Walking the Caldera Path
- A Taste of Santorini Wines
- Folegandros
- Milos
- 7. The Dodecanese
- Rhodes (Rodos)
- Where to Spend Time Out Of The Sun
- A Driving Tour of Rhodes's West Coast
- Escape to Halki
- Symi
- Kos
- Hippocrates Under the Plane Tree
- Patmos
- The Star Saint of Patmos
- 8. Crete
- Essentials
- Iraklion
- El Greco: Crete's Star Artist
- Crete's Romeo & Juliet
- An Ancient Tate Of Woe
- Agios Nikolaos
- Rethymnon
- Chania
- Hiking the Samaria Gorge
- Crete's Rebel Hero
- 9. The Sporades
- Skiathos
- Skopelos
- Pirates of the Aegean
- Carnival Madness
- Alonissos
- The Mediterranean Monk Seal
- Skyros
- A Pagan Custom Preserved in Skyros
- 10. The Northern Aegean Islands
- Lesbos
- Chios
- Samos
- 11. The Ionian Islands
- Corfu
- Kefalonia
- 12. Planning Your Trip to Greece
- Getting There
- Getting Around
- Tips on Accommodations
- Minding Your Local Manners
- Tours/Special-Interest Trips
- Three Warnings About Debit & Credit Cards
- Useful Words & Phrases
- Index