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Whether you want to explore the Acropolis of Athens, watch the sunset in Santorini, or party in Mykonos, the local Fodor's travel experts in Greece are here to help! Fodor's Essential Greece guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos. Fodor's "Essential" guides have been named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!
Fodor's Essential Greece travel guide includes:
AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and do MULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your time MORE THAN 30 DETAILED MAPS to help you navigate confidently COLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust! HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, activities, and more PHOTO-FILLED "BEST OF" FEATURES on "Best Beaches in Greece," "What to Buy," and more TRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and money HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, art, architecture, cuisine, and more SPECIAL FEATURES on "The Acropolis: Ascent to Glory," "What to Eat and Drink," "Greece's Gods and Heroes," "The March of Greek History" "The Meteora Monasteries," and more LOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gems GREEK-LANGUAGE PRIMER with useful words and essential phrases UP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Athens, the Acropolis, Delphi, Attica, Santorini, Mykonos, Milos, Crete, Corfu, Rhodes, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, the Peloponnese, Meteora, the Dodecanese, the Ionian Islands, Delos, Folegandros, the Cyclades, Patmos, Hydra, Skopelos, Naxos, Paros, Antiparos, Kos, the Northern Aegean Islands, Heraklion, Greek mythology, Palace of Knossos, the best beaches in Greece, and more.Planning on visiting Europe? Check out Fodor's Essential Italy and Essential Croatia .
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Table of Contents
1 Experience Greece | p. 8 |
Ultimate Experiences | p. 10 |
What's Where | p. 18 |
Greece Today | p. 22 |
Greece's Best Beaches | p. 24 |
What to Eat and Drink | p. 26 |
Under the Radar | p. 28 |
The Most Beautiful | |
Cities and Towns | p. 30 |
Cruising in Greece | p. 32 |
What to Read and Watch | p. 36 |
Greece With Kids | p. 38 |
2 Travel Smart Greece | p. 39 |
Know Before You Go | p. 40 |
Getting Here and Around | p. 42 |
Essentials | p. 55 |
Contacts | p. 69 |
Great Itineraries | p. 74 |
Helpful Greek Phrases | p. 77 |
On the Calendar | p. 84 |
3 Athens 8? | |
Welcome to Athens 8.8 | |
Planning | p. 92 |
The Acropolis, Makriyianni, and Koukaki | p. 105 |
Plaka and Anafiotika | p. 124 |
Monastiraki and Psirri | p. 134 |
Thissio | p. 141 |
Syntagma | p. 143 |
Gazi-Kerameikos | p. 154 |
Kolonaki | p. 156 |
Exarchia | p. 168 |
Omonia and Metaxourgeio | p. 171 |
Pangrati | p. 174 |
Ilisia | p. 177 |
Neos Kosmos | p. 179 |
Piraeus | p. 180 |
4 The Saronic Gulf Islands | p. 181 |
Welcome to the Saronic Gulf Islands | p. 182 |
Planning | p. 185 |
Aegina | p. 188 |
Hydra | p. 199 |
Spetses | p. 213 |
5 The Sporades | |
Welcome to the Sporades | p. 224 |
Planning | p. 227 |
Skiathos | p. 230 |
Skopelos | p. 239 |
Skyros | p. 247 |
6 Ionian Islands | p. 257 |
Welcome to the Ionian Islands | p. 258 |
Planning | p. 260 |
Corfu | p. 264 |
Kefalonia | p. 290 |
Zakynthos | p. 306 |
7 Northern Cyclades | |
Welcome to the Northern Cyclades | p. 320 |
Planning | p. 323 |
Tinos | p. 326 |
Syros | p. 338 |
Mykonos | p. 346 |
Delos | p. 369 |
8 Southern Cyclades | p. 379 |
Welcome to the Southern Cyclades | p. 380 |
Planning | p. 383 |
Paros | p. 386 |
Antiparos | p. 398 |
Naxos | p. 400 |
Milos | p. 415 |
Folegandros | p. 422 |
Santorini (Thira) | p. 426 |
9 Crete | p. 447 |
Welcome to Crete | p. 448 |
Planning | p. 451 |
Heraklion | p. 455 |
Knossos | p. 464 |
Lasithi Plateau | p. 466 |
Ayios Nikolaos | p. 467 |
Elounda | p. 470 |
Vai | p. 472 |
Vori | p. 473 |
Palace of Phaistos | p. 473 |
Matala | p. 476 |
Arkadi | p. 478 |
Rethymnon | p. 479 |
Vrisses | p. 485 |
Chania | p. 485 |
10 Rhodes and The Dodecanese | p. 493 |
Welcome to Rhodes and the Dodecanese | p. 494 |
Planning | p. 497 |
Rhodes | p. 500 |
Symi | p. 525 |
Kos | p. 533 |
Patmos | p. 541 |
The Acropolis: Ascent to Glory | p. 106 |
Greek by Design | p. 165 |
Eat Like a Greek | p. 204 |
Greece's Gods and Heroes | p. 373 |
Nectar of the Gods | p. 481 |
The March of Greek History | p. 505 |
Nearer to Heaven: | |
The Meteora Monasteries | p. 654 |
11 The Northern Aegean Islands | p. 547 |
Welcome to the Northern Aegean Islands | p. 548 |
Planning | p. 551 |
Lesvos | p. 554 |
Chios | p. 566 |
Samos | p. 576 |
12 Attica and Delphi | p. 585 |
Welcome to Attica and Delphi | p. 586 |
Planning | p. 589 |
Glyfada | p. 591 |
Vouliagmeni | p. 597 |
Sounion | p. 601 |
Lavrion | p. 605 |
Marathon & the East Coast | p. 606 |
Mt. Parnitha | p. 609 |
Monastery of Daphni | p. 612 |
Eleusis | p. 612 |
Osios Loukas | p. 613 |
Arachova | p. 615 |
Delphi | p. 619 |
Galaxidi | p. 624 |
13 Epirus and Thessaly | p. 629 |
Welcome to Epirus and Thessaly | p. 630 |
Planning | p. 633 |
Ioannina | p. 636 |
Zagorohoria Region | p. 644 |
Metsovo | p. 647 |
Dodona | p. 650 |
Kalambaka | p. 651 |
Meteora | p. 662 |
Volos | p. 662 |
14 Thessaloniki and Central Macedonia | p. 665 |
Welcome to Thessaloniki and Central Macedonia | p. 666 |
Planning | p. 669 |
Thessaloniki | p. 674 |
Pella | p. 690 |
Vergina | p. 691 |
Dion | p. 694 |
Mount Olympus | p. 696 |
Ouranoupolis | p. 698 |
Mt. Athos | p. 701 |
15 The Peloponnese | p. 703 |
Welcome to the Peloponnese | p. 704 |
Planning | p. 707 |
Ancient Corinth | p. 711 |
Epidaurus | p. 714 |
Nafplion | p. 715 |
Tiryns | p. 725 |
Argos | p. 726 |
Mycenae | p. 727 |
Ancient Nemea | p. 729 |
Tripoli | p. 730 |
Vouraikos Gorge | p. 732 |
Patras | p. 734 |
Lousios Gorge | p. 737 |
Temple of Apollo at Bassae | p. 739 |
Olympia | p. 740 |
Ancient Messene | p. 744 |
Pylos | p. 745 |
Methoni | p. 746 |
Kalamata | p. 747 |
Kardamyli | p. 749 |
Areopolis | p. 756 |
Gerolimenas | p. 758 |
Gythion | p. 759 |
Monemvasia | p. 760 |
Sparta | p. 763 |
Mystras | p. 766 |
Index | p. 769 |
About Our Writers | p. 783 |
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