Rough Guide to Greece Book

	Colour section	i
	Country map	ii
	Where to go	ix
	When to go	xii
	Things not to miss	xiv
	Basics	7
	Getting there	9
	Red tape and visas	24
	Information, maps and websites	25
	Insurance	29
	Health	31
	Costs, money and banks	34
	Getting around	37
	Accommodation	51
	Eating and drinking	55
	Communications	63
	The media	66
	Opening hours, public holidays and visitor attractions	68
	Festivals and cultural events	70
	Sports and outdoor pursuits	74
	Finding work	76
	Crime and personal safety	78
	Travellers with disabilities	81
	Senior travellers	82
	Travelling with children	83
	Gay and lesbian travellers	84
	Directory	85
	Guide	87
1	Athens and around	89
	The Acropolis	107
	The Parthenon	112
	The National Archeological Museum	128
	Pireas	157
	Cape Sounio and Lavrio	162
	Eleusis	170
2	The Peloponnese	175
	Ancient Corinth	184
	Mycenae	191
	Argos	195
	Tiryns	196
	Nafplio	197
	Epidaurus	205
	Monemvasia	215
	Kythira island	220
	The Mani	230
	Sparti (Sparta)	243
	Mystra	246
	Tripoli	254
	Kalamata	264
	Pylos	272
	Olympia	280
	Patra	291
3	Thessaly and central Greece	305
	Thiva	311
	Livadhia	312
	Delphi	318
	Mount Parnassos	326
	Lamia	335
	Karpenissi	339
	Volos	345
	Mount Pilio	348
	Larissa	367
	Trikala	371
	Pyli	372
	The Meteora and around	375
4	Epirus and the west	387
	The Pindhos mountains	392
	Ioannina	396
	Zagori	407
	Konitsa	419
	Igoumenitsa	427
	Parga	432
	Preveza	440
	Arta	442
	Mesolongi	449
5	Macedonia and Thrace	453
	Thessaloniki	458
	Mount Olympus	482
	Vergina	490
	The Prespa lakes	499
	Kastoria	502
	Mount Athos	518
6	The Argo-Saronic	557
	Salamina	559
	Egina	561
	Angistri	566
	Poros	568
	Idhra	571
	Spetses	574
7	The Cyclades	579
	Kea	584
	Serifos	590
	Sifnos	594
	Milos	599
	Kimolos	604
	Andhros	606
	Tinos	610
	Mykonos	615
	Delos	621
	Syros	624
	Paros and Andiparos	629
	Naxos	637
	Koufonissi	648
	Skhinoussa	649
	Iraklia	649
	Dhonoussa	650
	Amorgos	651
	Ios	654
	Sikinos	658
	Folegandhros	659
	Santorini (Thira)	662
	Anafi	670
8	Crete	675
	Iraklion	680
	Knossos	690
	Ayios Nikolaos	710
	Rethymnon	722
	Hania	731
	The Samarian Gorge	740
9	The Dodecanese	749
	Karpathos	755
	Rhodes	763
	Halki	781
	Kastellorizo	783
	Symi	787
	Tilos	794
	Nissyros	798
	Kos	803
	Astypalea	815
	Kalymnos	819
	Leros	826
	Patmos	831
10	The east and north Aegean	843
	Samos	847
	Ikaria	861
	Hios	868
	Lesvos	883
	Limnos	899
	Samothraki	907
	Thassos	912
11	The Sporades and Evvia	923
	Skiathos	925
	Skopelos	931
	Alonissos and minor islets	936
	Skyros	940
	Evvia	945
12	The Ionian islands	957
	Corfu	960
	Paxi and Andipaxi	980
	Lefkadha	983
	Kefallonia	990
	Ithaki	999
	Zakynthos	1004
	Contexts	1014
	History	1015
	The Greek minorities	1044
	Archeology	1053
	Mythology, an A to Z	1061
	Wildlife	1070
	Music	1080
	Books	1101
	Language	1119
	Greek	1121
	Learning basic Greek	1121
	Teach-yourself Greek courses	1121
	Phrasebooks and dictionaries	1122
	The Greek alphabet: transliteration and accentuation	1122
	Greek words and phrases	1124
	Katharevoussa, dhimotiki and dialects	1131
	Glossary	1133
	Small print and index	1143
	Rough Guide credits	1145
	Help us update	1145
	Acknowledgements	1146
	Readers' letters and emails	1146
	Photo credits	1147
	Full index	1149
	Map symbols	1168