Insight Guides Greece (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey.

From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of Greece, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like the Parthenon and the Palace of Knossos, and hidden cultural gems like the tower-house villages of Máni and the Acrocorinth acropolis.

· Insight Guides Greece is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, from exploring ancient towns and villages, to discovering the country's best beaches 
· In-depth on history and culture: enjoy special features on Greek literature, music and religious festivals, all written by local experts
· Invaluable maps, travel tips and practical information ensure effortless planning, and encourage venturing off the beaten track
· Inspirational colour photography throughout - Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books
· Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy reading experience

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Greece

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• EAN13: 9781789198034
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 8 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Greece, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Greece. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Greece are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Greece. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
Greece’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: An Ancient Story
A Diverse Land
Decisive Dates
Ancient Greece
Byzantine Greece
Ottoman Greece
Independent Greece
Greeks Today
People and Identities
Literature
Music and Dance
Insight: Religious Festivals
Food and Drink
Art and Architecture
Flora and Fauna
Introduction: Places
Introduction: The Mainland
Athens
Insight: A National Treasure Trove
The Peloponnese
Central Greece
Epirus
Thessaloníki
Macedonia and Thrace
Introduction: The Islands
Islands of the Saronic Gulf
The Cyclades
Crete
Insight: The Palace of Knossos
Rhodes
The Dodecanese
The Northeast Aegean
Insight: Greece in Bloom
The Sporades and Évvia
Corfu
The Ionian Islands
Travel Tips: Transport
Travel Tips: A–Z
Travel Tips: Language
Travel Tips: Further Reading


Greece’s Top 10 Attractions



Top Attraction 1



The Parthenon, Athens. Although still partly covered in scaffolding this treasure of the Classical city never fails to impress. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



Metéora, Thessaly. Half-a-dozen-plus frescoed monasteries and convents perch bizarrely on sheer rock pinnacles in the Píndos foothills. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



Kérkyra Old Town, Corfu. Venetian flair, domesticity and town planning at the far end of the Adriatic, bracketed by two imposing castles with eye-popping views. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 4



Haniá Venetian quarter. Touristy and plenty of touts, yet exquisite and unbeatable for strolling, popping into small museums in old buildings or just having a drink. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 5



Zagorohória. Two score or so of handsome, stone-built villages in the shadow of lofty Mount Gamíla, with top-notch lodging and all adventure sports to hand in the canyons nearby. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Delphi Sanctuary. With its striking setting at the base of Mount Parnassós, the ancients reckoned this oracle the centre of the world. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



Mystrás. At the base of Mount Taýgettos, the capital of the Morea Despotate – with frescoed palaces and monasteries – saw out the Byzantine twilight until 1460. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



Ýdra port town. No cars, meticulously preserved architecture, cool marble flagstones under foot and compulsive people-watching make this a winner. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 9



Mt Pílio (Pelion). The surprise of mainland Greece, with dense forests, cobbled hiking paths, tottering old villages and Caribbean-quality beaches all in one package. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10



Santoríni caldera view. Commercialised to within an inch of its life but still a must-see, especially at sunset or sunrise from a bar terrace in Firostefáni, Firá or Ía. For more information, click here .
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Editor’s Choice




The improbably-perched Hozoviótissa monastery, Amorgós.
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Best Monasteries

Ósios Loukás monastery. Some of the best 11th-century mosaics on view in Greece. For more information, click here .
Néa Moní monastery. And the rest of the best 11th-century mosaics are here, on the distant island of Híos. For more information, click here .
Hozoviótissa monastery. The setting on Amorgós intrigued Le Corbusier on his 1911 visit. For more information, click here .
Loúsios Gorge monasteries. Several cliffside eyries with gorgeous medieval frescoes. For more information, click here .
Panagía Parigorítissa, Árta. Fine dome mosaic and Renaissance-influenced architecture. For more information, click here .
Hóra and Monastery of St John, Pátmos. When the cruise-ship groups have left, enjoy this stunningly atmospheric hilltop village set around a labyrinthine monastery. For more information, click here .



The Boúrtzi Tower at Methóni castle, surrounded by the sea.
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Best Castles

Acrocorinth, Peloponnese. A soaring rock with an ancient acropolis stippled with Ottoman monuments, wrapped in Byzantine, Frankish and Venetian walls. For more information, click here .
Methóni, Peloponnese. Venetian stronghold and way-station for pilgrims, with a moat, gates, and a causeway to the remote Boúrtzi Tower. For more information, click here .
Palamídi, Návplio. Venetian citadel critical in the War of Independence and reached via a purported 999 steps. For more information, click here .
Knights of St John Castle, Kós Town. Well preserved, easy to visit example of the crusading order’s Dodecanese strongholds. For more information, click here .
Mólyvos, Lesvos. Medieval castle with great views over town and to Turkey. For more information, click here .
Monemvasiá, Peloponnese. First a Byzantine, later a Venetian, stronghold washed by the sea on three sides, and its lower town still inhabited. For more information, click here .



Stunning Pórto Katsíki beach, Levkáda.
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Best Beaches

Karavostási. The best on the Epirot coast, with views to Corfu and thick fluffy sand. For more information, click here .
Símos, Elafonísi. Really broad sands at the easternmost tip of the Peloponnese. For more information, click here .
Hrysí (Gaïdouronísi) islet. Enact Crusoe fantasies on this day-trip islet reached from Ierápetra. For more information, click here .
Seïtáni beaches. Small pebble cove and a huge sandy bay are monk-seal refuges on Sámos. For more information, click here .
Levkáda, southwest coast Pórto Katsíki, Egremní and Gialós . Fabulous beaches all in a row. For more information, click here .
Velanió. Cleanest, longest, nudist beach on Skópelos. For more information, click here .



Hiking through the pristine Víkos Gorge, Zagória.
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Best Hikes