The Rough Guide to Greece 9

by Ellingham, Mark; Dubin, Marc; Jansz, Natania; Fisher, John

• ISBN13: 9781858288666
• ISBN10: 1858288665
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Table of Contents

colour section	i
Greece and islands map	iv
Where to go	ix
When to go	xi
Things not to miss	xiv
basics	8	(79)
guide: the mainland	87	(462)
Athens and around	89	(86)
The Acropolis	105	(6)
The Parthenon	111	(16)
The National Archeological Museum	127	(33)
Pireas	160	(5)
Cape Sounion and Lavrio	165	(6)
Eleusis	171	(4)
The Peloponnese	175	(130)
Ancient Corinth	184	(7)
Mycenae	191	(4)
Argos	195	(1)
Tiryns	196	(1)
Nafplio	197	(7)
Epidaurus	204	(11)
Monemvasia	215	(5)
Kythira island	220	(9)
The Mani	229	(13)
Sparti (Sparta)	242	(3)
Mystra	245	(8)
Tripoli	253	(10)
Kalamata	263	(9)
Pylos	272	(8)
Olympia	280	(11)
Patra	291	(14)
Thessaly and central Greece	305	(78)
Thebes	311	(1)
Livadhia	312	(5)
Delphi	317	(8)
Mount Parnassos	325	(7)
Lamia	332	(4)
Karpenissi	336	(7)
Volos	343	(3)
Mount Pilio	346	(17)
Larissa	363	(4)
Trikala	367	(1)
Pyli	368	(2)
The monasteries of the Meteora	370	(13)
Epirus and the west	383	(64)
The Pindhos mountains	388	(5)
Ioannina	393	(10)
Zagori	403	(11)
Konitsa	414	(8)
Igoumenitsa	422	(4)
Parga	426	(8)
Preveza	434	(1)
Arta	435	(6)
Mesolongi	441	(6)
Macedonia and Thrace	447	(102)
Thessaloniki	452	(24)
Mount Olympus	476	(8)
Vergina	484	(8)
The Prespa lakes	492	(4)
Kastoria	496	(16)
Mount Athos	512	(37)
guide: the islands	549	(442)
The Argo-Saronic	551	(22)
Salamina	555	(1)
Egina	556	(4)
Angistri	560	(2)
Poros	562	(3)
Idhra	565	(3)
Spetses	568	(5)
The Cyclades	573	(92)
Kea	578	(6)
Serifos	584	(4)
Sifnos	588	(5)
Milos	593	(5)
Kimolos	598	(1)
Andhros	599	(5)
Tinos	604	(4)
Mykonos	608	(6)
Delos	614	(2)
Syros	616	(5)
Paros and Andiparos	621	(7)
Naxos	628	(11)
Koufonissi	639	(1)
Skhinoussa	639	(1)
Iraklia	640	(1)
Dhonoussa	641	(4)
Amorgos	645	(1)
Ios	645	(3)
Sikinos	648	(2)
Folegandhros	650	(2)
Thira	652	(7)
Anafi	659	(6)
Crete	665	(72)
Iraklion	669	(12)
Knossos	681	(18)
Ayios Nikolaos	699	(11)
Rethymnon	710	(9)
Hania	719	(9)
The Samarian Gorge	728	(9)
The Dodecanese	737	(88)
Karpathos	744	(6)
Rhodes	750	(19)
Halki	769	(2)
Kastellorizo	771	(3)
Symi	774	(6)
Tilos	780	(4)
Nissyros	784	(4)
Kos	788	(11)
Astypalea	799	(5)
Kalymnos	804	(6)
Leros	810	(4)
Patmos	814	(11)
The east and north Aegean	825	(78)
Samos	829	(14)
Ikaria	843	(7)
Hios	850	(14)
Lesvos	864	(16)
Limnos	880	(7)
Samothraki	887	(5)
Thassos	892	(11)
The Sporades and Evvia	903	(34)
Skiathos	906	(5)
Skopelos	911	(4)
Alonissos and minor islets	915	(4)
Skyros	919	(5)
Evvia	924	(13)
The Ionian islands	937	(54)
Corfu	941	(18)
Paxi and Andipaxi	959	(3)
Lefkadha	962	(7)
Kefallonia	969	(9)
Ithaki	978	(4)
Zakynthos	982	(9)
Contexts	991	(102)
Historical Framework	993	(28)
Greek minorities	1021	(8)
The story of archeology	1029	(8)
Mythology	1037	(9)
Wildlife	1046	(9)
Music	1055	(20)
Books	1075	(18)
language	1093