Greece
By: [project editor, Maria Lord]
Edition: Updated.
Series: Insight guides; Insight guides
Publisher: APA Publications; Distribution [in the] United States, Langenscheidt Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Singapore; Long Island City, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9789812587558
Subjects: Guidebooks
Notes: "Fifth edition 2004. Updated 2008"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-384) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Best of Greece ; Welcome to Greece ; Geography; title: History. Decisive dates ; Ancient Greece ; Byzantine Greece ; Ottoman Greece ; Independent Greece ; Modern Greece; title: Features. People and identities ; Literature ; Music and dance ; Food and drink ; Art and architecture ; Flora and fauna; title: Insight on; title: Religious festivals ; The National Archaeological Museum ; Wild flowers; The Palace of Knossos; title: Information panels. New immigrants ; The Cycladic Bronze Age ; Ancient Delos ; Italian architecture in the Dodecanese; title: Places. The mainland. Athens ; The Peloponnese ; Central Greece ; Epirus ; Thessaloni ki ; Macedonia and Thrace; title: The islands. Islands of the Saronic Gulf ; The Cyclades ; Rhodes ; The Dodecanese ; The northeast Aegean ; The Spora des and E via ; Corfu ; The Ionian islands ; Crete; title: Travel tips. Transport ; Accommodation ; Eating out ; Activities. Theatre ; Cinema ; Music & dance ; Nightlife ; Casinos ; Sport ; Practical information. Climate ; Emergencies ; Health ; Money ; Tourist information ; Tourist operators ; Language.