List of Maps | p. vii |
What's New in Greece | p. 1 |
The Best of Greece | p. 6 |
The Best Travel Experiences | p. 6 |
The Best of Ancient Greece | p. 7 |
The Best of Byzantine & Medieval Greece | p. 10 |
The Best Beaches | p. 10 |
The Best Scenic Villages & Towns | p. 11 |
The Best Islands | p. 13 |
The Best Places to Get Away from It All | p. 14 |
The Best Museums | p. 14 |
The Best of Greece's Religious Treasures | p. 15 |
The Best Resorts & Hotels | p. 16 |
The Best Restaurants | p. 17 |
The Best Nightlife | p. 18 |
The Best Natural Wonders | p. 19 |
The Best Shopping | p. 19 |
Planning Your Trip to Greece | p. 22 |
The Regions in Brief | p. 22 |
Greece on the Web | p. 25 |
Security in Greece: Red Alert | p. 26 |
Visitor Information | p. 27 |
Entry Requirements & Customs | p. 27 |
Money | p. 30 |
When to Go | p. 34 |
Greece Calendar of Events | p. 36 |
Travel Insurance | p. 40 |
Health & Safety | p. 42 |
Specialized Travel Resources | p. 44 |
Frommers.com: The Complete Travel Resource | p. 49 |
Getting There | p. 49 |
Escorted General-Interest Tours | p. 54 |
Special-Interest Trips | p. 55 |
Getting Around Greece | p. 59 |
Taxi Tips | p. 68 |
Tips on Accommodations | p. 69 |
Tips on Dining | p. 73 |
Fast Facts: Greece | p. 73 |
Olympics 2004: The Summer Games in Athens | p. 83 |
Security & Crime | p. 84 |
Sources of Information | p. 84 |
Venues & Events | p. 85 |
Getting Tickets | p. 85 |
SARS & Health Concerns | p. 85 |
Olympics Mascot | p. 88 |
Accommodations During the Games | p. 89 |
Handicapped Accessibility | p. 89 |
Dining During the Games | p. 91 |
Transportation During the Games | p. 91 |
The Cultural Olympiad/Olympic Arts Festival | p. 92 |
The Paralympic Games | p. 92 |
Cruising the Greek Islands | p. 94 |
Choosing the Right Cruise for You | p. 94 |
Calculating the Cost | p. 96 |
Booking Your Cruise | p. 97 |
Cruise Preparation Practicalities | p. 100 |
Embarkation | p. 102 |
Dealing with Seasickness | p. 103 |
End-of-Cruise Procedures | p. 104 |
The Cruise Lines & Their Ships | p. 105 |
Ships Visiting Greece on Longer Mediterranean Itineraries | p. 118 |
Best Shore Excursions in the Ports of Call: Greece | p. 120 |
Best Shore Excursions in the Ports of Call: Turkey | p. 124 |
Settling into Athens | p. 126 |
Orientation | p. 127 |
Neighborhoods in Brief | p. 138 |
Getting Around | p. 142 |
Athens's Metro Finally Gets Moving | p. 143 |
Fast Facts: Athens | p. 145 |
Where to Stay | p. 150 |
Where to Dine | p. 161 |
Quick Bites in Syntagma | p. 167 |
Exploring Athens | p. 173 |
The Top Attractions | p. 176 |
More Museums & Galleries | p. 186 |
Ancient Monuments | p. 188 |
Historic Buildings | p. 189 |
Churches & Synagogues | p. 189 |
Parks & Gardens | p. 190 |
Especially for Kids | p. 192 |
Organized Tours | p. 193 |
Spectator Sports | p. 194 |
Shopping | p. 194 |
Athens After Dark | p. 199 |
Ticket Information for the Athens, Lycabettus & Epidaurus Festivals | p. 199 |
Piraeus: A Jumping-Off Point to the Islands | p. 204 |
Day Trips from Athens | p. 209 |
The Saronic Gulf Islands | p. 217 |
Aegina | p. 218 |
Strategies for Seeing the Islands | p. 220 |
Poros | p. 224 |
Hydra (Idra) | p. 227 |
Spetses | p. 232 |
The Peloponnese | p. 238 |
Corinth | p. 241 |
Nafplion | p. 246 |
Mycenae | p. 255 |
Epidaurus | p. 258 |
Nemea | p. 261 |
Argos | p. 263 |
Sparta (Sparti) | p. 266 |
Vassae & Andritsena | p. 270 |
Monemvassia | p. 272 |
The Mani | p. 275 |
Pylos (Pilo/Navarino) | p. 280 |
Messene (Ithomi/Mavromati) | p. 282 |
Olympia | p. 283 |
The Ancient Olympic Games | p. 284 |
Patras (Patra) | p. 290 |
Crete | p. 294 |
Iraklion (Iraklio) | p. 296 |
Chania (Hania/Xania/Canea) | p. 309 |
Rethymnon (Rethimno) | p. 318 |
Ayios Nikolaos | p. 324 |
The Cyclades | p. 331 |
Santorini (Thira) | p. 332 |
Folegandros | p. 352 |
Sifnos | p. 356 |
Paros | p. 363 |
The Cave of Andiparos | p. 369 |
Naxos | p. 376 |
Mykonos (Mikonos) | p. 385 |
Delos | p. 398 |
Tinos | p. 401 |
Siros (Syros) | p. 408 |
The Dodecanese | p. 415 |
Rhodes (Rodos) | p. 416 |
Simi | p. 439 |
Kos | p. 444 |
Patmos | p. 453 |
Central Greece | p. 464 |
Delphi | p. 464 |
Thebes | p. 474 |
Two Famous Battlefields: Thermopylae & Chaironeia | p. 475 |
The Vale of Tempe & Ambelakia | p. 476 |
Mount Olympus | p. 477 |
The Meteora | p. 479 |
The Sporades | p. 485 |
Skiathos | p. 485 |
Skopelos | p. 496 |
Skyros (Skiros) | p. 503 |
The Famous Carnival of Skyros | p. 507 |
Highlights of Western Greece: Epirus & Ioannina | p. 511 |
Getting to & Around Epirus | p. 512 |
Ioannina | p. 514 |
Side Trips from Ioannina | p. 521 |
The Ionian Islands | p. 525 |
Corfu (Kerkira) | p. 526 |
Kefalonia (Cephalonia) | p. 540 |
Highlights of Northern Greece: Thessaloniki, Mount Athos & the Philip & Alexander Sites | p. 548 |
Thessaloniki (Salonika) | p. 548 |
Fast Facts: Thessaloniki | p. 557 |
Suggested Itineraries | p. 559 |
The Food of Thessaloniki | p. 580 |
In the Footsteps of Philip of Macedon & Alexander the Great | p. 586 |
Philip & Alexander | p. 588 |
Mount Athos (The Holy Mountain) | p. 594 |
The Northeastern Aegean Islands | p. 599 |
Samos | p. 600 |
Hios (Chios) | p. 611 |
Lesvos (Mitilini) | p. 618 |
Excursion to a Mountain Village | p. 621 |
Limnos (Lemnos) | p. 627 |
The Greek Language | p. 631 |
Making Your Way in Greek | p. 631 |
Useful Words & Phrases | p. 633 |
Useful Toll-Free Numbers & Websites | p. 638 |
Index | p. 641 |
List of Maps | |
Greece | p. 8 |
Greece by Plane | p. 61 |
Greek Ferry Routes | p. 63 |
Olympic Competition Venues | p. 86 |
Athens & Environs | p. 129 |
Athens at a Glance | p. 136 |
Athens Accommodations | p. 152 |
Accommodations & Dining South of the Acropolis | p. 159 |
Athens Dining | p. 162 |
Athens Attractions | p. 174 |
The Acropolis & Monastiraki | p. 177 |
Syntagma Square & Plaka | p. 191 |
Piraeus | p. 205 |
The Saronic Gulf Islands | p. 219 |
Peloponnese | p. 239 |
Patras | p. 291 |
Crete | p. 295 |
Iraklion | p. 297 |
Chania | p. 311 |
Rethymnon | p. 319 |
Ayios Nikolaos | p. 325 |
The Cyclades | p. 333 |
Santorini | p. 335 |
Fira | p. 341 |
Mykonos Town | p. 387 |
Delos | p. 399 |
The Dodecanese | p. 417 |
Rhodes Attractions | p. 419 |
Rhodes Accommodations & Dining | p. 427 |
Central Greece | p. 465 |
Ancient Delphi | p. 467 |
The Sporades | p. 487 |
Ioannina | p. 515 |
Western Greece & the Ionian Islands | p. 527 |
Corfu Town | p. 529 |
Kefalonia & Ithaka | p. 541 |
Northern Greece | p. 549 |
Thessaloniki | p. 552 |
The Northeastern Aegean Islands | p. 601 |
Vathi | p. 603 |
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