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Index
Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
Aaccommodation 20, 726-7,
see also individual locations
Achaean civilisation, see Mycenaean civilisation
Achaïa 179-86Acrocorinth 134-6Acropolis (Athens) 9, 71-6,
598, 74, 8-9, 72-3, 599Acropolis of Agios Andreas
405Acropolis of Lindos 480activities 51-5, 56-7, see also
individual activities, individual locations
Adamas 399Aegiali 371-2Aegina 302-6, 302Aegina Town 303-5Agamemnon 96, 138, 139Agathonisi 536-7Agia Galini 438-9Agia Kyriaki 218Agia Marina 524-5Agia Pelagia 669Agia Triada 429Agios Ahillios 271Agios Efstratios 583Agios Georgios (Agathonisi)
536-7Agios Georgios (Crete)
463Agios Ioannis 213-14Agios Kirykos 541-3Agios Konstantinos 205-6Agios Nikolaos 453-6, 454Agios Pavlos 438-64agriculture 673air travel
airlines 734-5airports 734internet resources 41
to/from Greece 734-5within Greece 41, 736
Akrotiri Peninsula 445Alexander the Great 190,
680-2Alexandroupoli 279-81Alinda 526-7Alonnisos 618-23, 619alphabet 743Alyki 593Ambelakia 206Amorgos 367-72, 368amusement parks 94Anafi 389-91Analipsi 516Ancient Agora (Athens) 80,
83, 83Ancient Akrotiri 22, 388Ancient Corinth 134-5Ancient Delos 396-8, 598,
397, 40Ancient Delphi 10, 189, 191,
599, 10, 194-5, 599Ancient Dion 266Ancient Eleusis 129Ancient Ialysos 481Ancient Kamiros 482Ancient Lato 457Ancient Messini 168-9Ancient Mycenae 137-9, 138Ancient Nemea 136Ancient Olympia 17, 176-7,
176, 17Ancient Sparta 151-2Ancient Thira 388Ancient Zakros 460-1Andritsena 178-9Andros 322-5, 323Angistri 306-7, 302animals 718-20, see also
individual speciesAno Meria 395Ano Pedina 292Ano Petali 404-5Ano Syros 329Anogia 435-6
Antia 609Antikythira 670, 666Antiparos 350-1, 344-5Antipaxi 645-6, 644Aoös River 294-5Aphrodite 667, 669, 697Apiranthos 361-2Apollo 697Apollo Coast 91-2Apollonas 362Apollonia 404aquariums
Cretaquarium 428-9Edessa 269Old Town Aquarium 473
Arahova 197-8archaeological museums
Andros 324Agios Nikolaos 453Argos 137Athens 88, 96, 96Chios Town 561Fira 380Florina 270Hania 439, 442Ierapetra 461Ioannina 287Iraklio 419-20Karpathos 486Kavala 263Kissamos 445Komotini 278Kos Town 507Lefkada Town 648Messenia 166Monemvasia 156Mykonos 337Myrina 580Mytilini Town 570Nafplio 142Naxos 354Nikopoli 297Olympia 175-6Parikia 346Patras 180
Piraeus 124Plaka 399-400Pothia 518Pythagorio 553-4Rethymno 433Rhodes Town 471Sitia 459Skala 514Sparta 152Thasos 590Thessaloniki 244Vathy 551Veria 267Volos 207
archaeological sites 598-9, see also Roman sites, temples, tombs
Acrocorinth 135-6Acropolis (Athens) 9, 71-6,
598, 74, 8-9, 72-3, 599Acropolis of Agios
Andreas 405Acropolis of Lindos 480Agia Triada 429Alyki 593Ancient Agora (Athens)
80, 83, 83Ancient Akrotiri 22, 388Ancient Corinth 134-5Ancient Delos 396-8, 598,
397, 40Ancient Delphi 10, 189,
191, 599, 10, 194-5, 599
Ancient Dion 266Ancient Eleusis 129Ancient Ialysos 481Ancient Kamiros 482Ancient Lato 457Ancient Messini 168-9Ancient Mycenae 137-9,
138Ancient Nemea 136Ancient Olympia 17, 176-7,
176, 17Ancient Sparta 151-2Ancient Thira 388
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-B
archaeological sites continued
Ancient Zakros 460-1Asklipieion 511-12Dimini 209Dodoni 290Epidavros 145-7, 30-1Erechtheion 76, 599Eretria 606Evpalinos Tunnel 553Falasarna 446Filakopi 402Gournia 457-8Hephaistia 582House of Homer 660Ireon 555Kea Lion 412Keramikos 80-1Keros 365Knossos 14, 425-8, 689,
701, 425, 14, 426-7Kos Town 507-8Malia 429Mikro Horio 499Mystras 153-5, 153Nekromanteio of Afyra
299Palamari 628Paleohora 305Paleokastro (Gialova) 173Paleokastro (Mandraki)
503Panathenaic Stadium 82Parthenon 75-6, 8, 73Phaestos 429Poliohni 582Ramnous 129Sanctuary of the Great
Gods 586-7Sesklo 209Skarkos 373-4Thasos (Limenas) 590Tiryns 145Tower of the Winds 80underwater sites 53
architecture 701-5area codes 19Areopagus Hill 79-80Areopoli 160-1Ares 697Argolis 136-47Argos 137Argostoli 653-5, 654Aristi 292
Aristotle 682Arkadia 147-50Arkasa 488Arki 535-6Armeos 521art galleries, see galleriesArtemis 697Artemonas 404-5arts 22, 23, 706-10, see
also individual artsAsklipieion 511-12Assos 657Astakos 203Astypalea 513-17, 514Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal
246, 687Athena 67, 75, 76, 96, 696-7Athenian Treasury 194, 194Athens 10, 59, 64-123,
65, 68-9, 77, 84-5, 90-1, 102-3, 110, 10, 46, 602
accommodation 64, 95-105
activities 92children, travel with 94climate 64courses 92drinking 111-16emergency services 119entertainment 116-17festivals 95food 22, 64, 105-11gay & lesbian
travellers 115highlights 65history 66-7, 70internet resources
118, 120itineraries 66medical services 120planning 64-5safety 119shopping 118-19sights 70-92tourist information 120tours 92-5travel seasons 64travel to/from 120-2travel within 122-3walking tour 98-9, 99
Athens Classic Marathon 22Athens grand promenade
81Athos Peninsula 258-9,
259ATMs 730Atsitsa 628Attica 127-9, 128-9
Attica Zoological Park 94August Moon Festival
27, 601
BBalkan Wars 686, 689bargaining 21basketball 117, 723bathrooms 732Batsi 322-3battles, see wars & battlesbeaches 22, 230-1bears 718beer 22, 253, 381bicycle travel, see cycling,
mountain bikingbirds 719-20birdwatching
Dadia Forest Reserve 281-2
Evros Delta 281Fanari protected
wetlands 255Gialova Lagoon 173Lesvos (Mytilini) 568Panagia Islet 591Preveza 295Skyros 625, 628Tilos 500
boars 719boat travel, see also boat
trips, cruising, island hopping, sailing & yachting
ferry routes 38-9internet resources 40-1to/from Greece 736to/from Turkey 554within Greece 35-41, 737
boat trips, see also boat travel, cruising, island hopping, sailing & yachting
Alonnisos 620Athos Peninsula 258-9Bay of Navarino 172Corfu 635-6Evia 608Folegandros 394Gaïdouronisi (Hrysi) 462Gramvousa Peninsula
446Igoumenitsa 296Ioannina 287Ithaki 659Karpathos 489Kasos 491Kastellorizo (Megisti)
493Koufonisia 366
Limnos 581Lipsi 533Milos 402Mt Athos 261Nafplio 142Nekromanteio of Afyra
299Paros 350Plakias 437Platanias 218Prespa Lakes 271Preveza 295Rethymno 433Santorini (Thira) 380Saronic Gulf Islands 303Skiathos 611Skopelos 616Skyros 625Zakynthos 664
Book of Revelations 531books, see also literature
cuisine 714, 718history 144, 676, 677,
678, 685, 689, 700border crossings 554, 735Bouboulina, Laskarina 685bouzouki 709bouzoukia music 116bridges
Corinth Canal submersible bridge 135
Gorgopotamos Railway Bridge 204
Katouni Bridge 669Konitsa Bridge 295Rio–Andirio suspension
bridge 200Brooke, Rupert 628budgeting 19, 44-5, 48, 726bungee jumping 135bus travel
to/from Athens 121to/from Greece 735to/from Thessaloniki
254within Greece 738, 741
business hours 19, 727, 729Byron, Lord 201-2, 686Byzantine Empire 67, 682-3
architecture 88, 703-4music 710
Byzantine museumsByzantine & Christian
Museum (Athens) 89Byzantine &
Postbyzantine Collection (Hania) 442
Byzantine Museum (Chios Town) 561
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Byzantine Museum (Ioannina) 286
Byzantine Museum (Naoussa) 348
Byzantine Museum (Veria) 267
Byzantine Museum (Zakynthos Town) 662-3
Ecclesiastical (Byzantine) Museum (Vathy) 551
Museum of Byzantine & Post-Byzantine Art on Kythira 669
Museum of Byzantine Culture (Thessaloniki) 244
Ccamping 726canoeing, see kayaking,
white-water raftingcanyoning 585, 656Cape Sounion 127Cape Tenaro 163car travel
to/from Athens 121to/from Greece 735within Greece 738-40
Carnival 25, 601Patras 180, 600-1Skyros 626Xanthi 276
Caryatids 73, 76, 73castles, see also fortresses
Agios Georgios Kastro 655
Bazeos Castle 361Byzantine-Genoese
Castle 573Castle of Antiparos 350-1Castle of Faraklos 479Castle of Lykourgos
Logothetis 553Castle of Monolithos 482Castle of Myrina 580Castle of Platamonas
266-7Castle of the Knights
(Kos Town) 507Hora (Kythira) 667Its Kale 286Kastra (Ano Poli) 243Kastro (Astypalea) 514Koroni 170Kritinia Castle 482Nafpaktos 200Neo Kastro 171-2Paleokastro (Gialova) 173
Pandeli Castle 524Patra (Patras) 180Pythio 283Venetian Castle
(Paleohora) 451Venetian Castle (Parga)
297catacombs 400cathedrals, see churches &
cathedralsCatherine the Great 686caves & caving
Bekiris Cave 318Blue Cave (Parasta) 493Blue Caves (Zakynthos)
664, 24Cave of Antiparos 351Cave of Kastania 157-8Cave of Philoctetes 582Cave of Sykia Olymbi
565Cave of the Apocalypse
531Cave of the Lakes 185Cave of the Sacred Icon
of Agios Giannis 364Cave of Zeus 359Didyma Caves 147Dikteon Cave 463-4Diros Caves 162Harkadio Cave 498‘hippie’ caves (Matala)
431, 234Ideon Cave 436Kefallonia 656Korykeon Cave 192Koutouki Cave 129Nestor’s Cave 173Perama Cave 290
cell phones 18, 732cemeteries, see also
tombsAncient Cemetery
(Parikia) 346Athens’ First
Cemetery 91East Moudros Allied
Military Cemetery 582Keramikos 80-1Krithoni war cemetery
526Mausoleum of Inousses
565Mycenaean cemetery
367Nekromanteio of Afyra
299Portianos Military
Cemetery 582WWI Serbian cemetery
635
central Greece 60, 187-226, 188
accommodation 187climate 187food 187highlights 188planning 187travel seasons 187
ceramics, see potteryCerberus 696changing of the guard
ceremony 86chapels, see churches &
cathedralschildren, travel with 56-8
Athens 94food 57, 715
Chios 558-65, 559Chios Town 560-2, 560churches & cathedrals 599
Agios Nikolaos Rangavas 87
Agios Taxiarhes 217Cathedral of Agios
Nikolaos 279Church of Agia Sofia
243Church of Agii
Theodori 87Church of Agios Andreas
180Church of Agios
Dimitrios 243Church of Agios
Eleftherios 81Church of Agios
Georgios 292Church of Agios Ioannis
(Areopoli) 160Church of Agios Ioannis
(Lindos) 480Church of Agios Nikolaos
(Galaxidi) 199Church of Agios Nikolaos
(Hania) 442Church of Agios
Spyridon 635Church of Agios
Therapon 570-1Church of Agios Titos
421-2Church of Dionysios 663Church of Kapnikarea 81Church of Nikolaos
Orfanos 244Church of Osios David
243-4Church of Panagia
Evangelistria 326Church of Panagia
Kera 457
Church of Panagia Kosmosotira 281
Church of Sotira Lykodimou 87
Church of Taxiarhes 160Church of the
Assumption of Mary (Komotini) 278
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Kalambaka) 224
Church of the Panagia Ahiropiitos 243
Churches of the Taxiarhes 564
Panagia Drosiani 361Panagia Ekatondapyliani
345Panagia Glykofilousa 575Panagia Paraportiani 337Taxiarhia of the
Metropolis 272cinema, see filmCitadel of Mycenae, see
Ancient MycenaeClassical age 676-7, 702-3classical music 709-10climate 18, 25-7, see also
individual regionscoffee 714Colossus of Rhodes 470,
471column styles 702-3,
73, 703conservation 664, 776,
see also environmental issues
consulates 728-9convents, see monasteries
& conventscooking courses 47-8, 625 Corfu 15, 230, 631-43, 632,
15, 37Corfu Town 634-9, 636-7,
15, 37Corinth Canal 135, 688,
688Corinthia 134-6Corinthian columns 702,
703, 703costs 19, 44-5, 48, 726courses, see also individual
locationscooking 47-8, 625language 92, 333,
548, 571painting 620pottery 625reiki 624yoga 349, 573, 620
credit cards 730
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-F
Cretaquarium 428-9Crete 61, 230, 414-64,
416-17, 32-3, 34, 233, 234, 685
accommodation 414climate 414food 414highlights 416-17history 415planning 414travel seasons 414travel to/from 415,
418, 419travel within 418
cruising 42-5, see also boat travel, boat trips, island hopping, sailing & yachting
Crusades, the 682-3culture 595-602, 696-700,
721-4currency 18customs regulations
727-8Cyclades 61, 319-413,
320accommodation 319climate 319food 319highlights 320history 321island hopping 321planning 319travel seasons 319
Cycladic civilisation 674, 675, 705
cycling 54-5, 736-7, see also mountain biking
Kastoria 273Kefallonia 656Naxos 354
Cyprus issue 683, 690-1, 692
DDalmatian pelicans 201,
719-20Damouhari 214dance 710dangers, see safe traveldeer 719deforestation 716Delos 396-8Delphi 189-96, 192Delphic oracle 191, 700
democracy 676, 691-2desalination plant 363Diafani 489Diana 697Didymotiho 282digital photography 731Dilofo 292Dimitsana 148-9disabilities, travellers
with 732Distomo 198diving & snorkelling 52,
53, 51Alonnisos 620Amorgos 371Antiparos 351Athens 92Chios 564Corfu 640Hora Sfakion 447Ios 374Kalymnos 519, 522Lefkada 649Milos 402Mykonos 342Paros 350Plakias 437Rhodes Town 474Samos 554Samothraki 585Sithonian
Peninsula 257Skiathos 613Thasos 592
Dodecanese 61, 465-537, 466
accommodation 465climate 465food 465highlights 466planning 465travel seasons 465
dolphin watching 295, 616, 620
dolphins 720domatia 727Donousa 366-7Dorian people 675Doric columns 702, 703,
73, 703drinking 731, see also wine,
wineries, individual locations
beer 22, 253, 381coffee 714kitron 360, 361ouzo 49
driving, see car traveldriving licences 738
drugs (illegal) 730Durrell, Gerald 641Durrell, Lawrence 641DVDs 731
Eearthquakes 693, 717Easter celebrations 11, 26,
601, 11, 600economy 672-3, 692-3,
694-5, 721, 722-3Edessa 268-9Eftalou Beach 575El Greco 88, 685, 706,
685Elafonisi 452electricity 728Elefsina 129Elounda 456-7embassies 728-9Embonas 482Emborios (Halki) 484-5Emborios (Kalymnos) 522Emborios (Nisyros) 504-5emergency services 19
Athens 119language 744-5Thessaloniki 253
endangered species 627, 718-20
environmental issues 716, 719
Epidavros 145-7, 30-1Epidavros Festival 95, 146Epiros 284-99Epta Piges 479Erechtheion 76, 599Eretria 606Ermoupoli 331-4, 332etiquette 21
churches 326food 50monasteries 223photography 731
Evans, Sir Arthur 425, 701Evdilos 544-5events, see festivals &
events, sporting eventsEvia 62, 605-10, 604
accommodation 603climate 603food 603highlights 604planning 603travel seasons 603
Evpalinos Tunnel 553Evros Delta 281exchange rates 19
FFalasarna 446fauna 718-20Feres 281ferry travel, see boat travel,
boat trips, cruising, island hopping
festivals & events 25-7, 601, see also sporting events
Aegina Fistiki Fest 304Ardas River Festival 284Armata 316August Moon Festival
27, 601Carnival (Patras) 180,
600-1Carnival (Skyros) 626Carnival (Xanthi) 276Classical Music Festival
(Nafplio) 142Dionysos Theatre
Festival 542Easter celebrations 11,
26, 601, 11, 600Epidavros Festival 95, 146Festival of Agios
Georgios 198Festival Olympou 265Frikaria Music Festival
542Hellenic Festival 26, 95Icarus Festival for
Dialogue Between Cultures 542
Ikaria 540, 601International Eressos
Women’s Festival 576International Trade
Fair 246Kalamata International
Dance Festival 166Miaoulia Festival 311Nestorio River Festival
273Philippi Thasos Festival
590Prespes Festival 271Ragkountsaria Festival
273rembetika music festival
623Reworks International
Music Festival 246Thessaloniki
International Film Festival 246
Wine & Cultural Festival (Evia) 609
Wine Festival (Lipsi) 533Xanthi Old Town Festival
276
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festivals 27, 95, 246open-air cinema 117
Filopappou Hill 79Finiki 488Fira 380-5, 382fish spas 384Fiskardo 657-8flora 717-18Florina 270-2Folegandros 392-6, 393folk music 708folklore museums
Folk Museum (Agios Nikolaos) 453
Folk Museum (Naxos) 354Folk Museum (Orestiada)
283Folk Museum (Xanthi) 276Folklore Museum (Aegina
Town) 304Folklore Museum (Agios
Georgios) 463Folklore Museum
(Ioannina) 287Folklore Museum
(Naoussa) 349Folklore Museum of the
Northern Sporades 620
Greek Folk Art Museum (Athens) 86-7
Historical & Folk Art Museum (Rethymno) 433
Historical & Folklore Museum of Kalamata 166
Kastorian Museum of Folklore 273
Korgialenio History & Folklore Museum 653
Manos Faltaïts Folk Museum 624
Milos Folk & History Museum 400
Museum of Folk Art (Makrinitsa) 211
Mykonos Folklore Museum 337
Peloponnese Folklore Foundation Museum 142
Fonias River 588food 12, 21, 23-4, 46-50,
596, 711-15, 12, 48, 596, 597, see also individual locations
bread 548children, travel with
57, 715
cooking courses 47-8, 625
etiquette 21, 50festivals 47, 304, 714-15markets 47, 108, 245,
442, 46olives 168, 574street food 106tsipouradhika 208tyropita 622vegetarian travellers 715zaharoplasteia 250
football 58, 723forests 718Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia (FYROM) 693
fortresses, see also castles
Akronafplia Fortress 141Bourtzi 141-2Byzantine Fortress
(Komotini) 278Fortezza (Rethymno)
432Fortress of Agia Mavra
648Fortress of Drakanos 544Fortress of Larissa 137Fortress of Trikala 218-19Frangokastello 447Frankish Kastro (Parikia)
346-7Frankish Kastro (Plaka)
400Kales Fortress 461Kastro (Kalamata) 166Koules Venetian Fortress
421Lamia 204Methoni 170-1Monemvasia 155-6Mystras 153-5, 153Mytilini Town 569-70Neo Frourio 635Palaio Frourio 634Palamidi Fortress 141Venetian Fort (Sitia) 459
Fourni Islands 548-9, 542-3
Frangokastello 447frescoes
Iraklio Archaeological Museum 420
Meteora 221, 222National Archaeological
Museum (Athens) 96Palace of Knossos 426-7,
428, 426-7Fry 491
GGaïdouronisi (Hrysi) 462Gaïos 644Galaxidi 199-200galleries, see also
museumsArt Space 388Athens 93Cultural Foundation of
Tinos 326Diexodos Museum –
Picture Gallery 202Fish & Olive 360Koumantarios Gallery of
Sparta 152Municipal Art Gallery of
Larisa 206National Gallery –
Alexandros Soutzos Museum 142
National Museum of Contemporary Art 89
New Art Gallery (Rhodes Town) 471
Patmos Gallery 530Popotech Workshop 212Theocharakis Foundation
for the Fine Arts & Music 93
gardens, see parks & gardens
Gavdos Island 452-3Gavrio 322gay travellers 729
Athens 115festivals 576Mykonos 340
Gennadi 483geography 716-17geology 222Gerolimenas 162Gialos 496-7Gialova 172-3Gialova Lagoon 173Glossa 617Glyfada 91gods 696-7, 698, see also
mythology, individual gods
golf 640gorges
Agia Irini Gorge 450Dimosari Gorge 609Imbros Gorge 450Langada Gorge 156Rouvas Gorge 430Samaria Gorge 13,
448-9, 13, 55, 233Vale of Tembi 206Vikos Gorge 15, 293, 15
Vouraïkos Gorge 183Vyros Gorge 164Zakros Gorge 461
Gortyna 430Gournia 457-8Gramvousa Peninsula 446grand promenade
(Athens) 81‘Great Idea’ campaign
686, 690Greek Civil War 689-90Greek language 692,
742-8Gythio 158-9
HHades 696Hadrian’s Arch 82Hadrian’s Library 81Halki (Dodecanese)
483-5Halki (Naxos) 360Halkida 605-6Halkidiki Peninsula 16,
256-63hammams, see Turkish
bathsHania 439-45, 440-1health 729-30Hellenic Festival 26, 95Hellenistic age 680Hephaestus 697Hera 696Heracles 698Heraklion, see IraklioHermes 697Herodotus 676Hestia 697hiking 23, 52, 53-4
Alonnisos 620Amorgos 371Andros 325Areopoli 161Arkadia 148Corfu 640Delphi 192-3Dimosari Gorge 609-10Fourni Islands 548Ghria Vathra Canyon
(Samothraki) 587Hydra 314Ikaria 544Imbros Gorge 450Ithaki 659Iti National Park 205Kalymnos 519Kardamyli 164Karystos 608Kefallonia 656
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-K
hiking continuedKonitsa 294-5Mani 16Meteora 223Milos 400Mt Kaliakouda 203Mt Olympus 266Mylopotamos 668Parnassos National
Park 197Pelion Peninsula 215Plakias 437Psara 567Renes Bay 628Rethymno 433Rouvas Gorge 430Samaria Gorge 13,
448-9, 13, 55, 233Samos 556Samothraki 584Sifnos 405Skiathos 614Skopelos 618Skyros 625Steni 606Symi 496Thasos 593Tilos 499-500Vikos Gorge 293Zakros Gorge 461
Hill of the Pnyx 80Hippocrates 471, 505Hippocrates Plane Tree
507history 674-95
Alexander the Great 190, 680-2, 681
Athens 66-70Balkan Wars 686, 689books 144, 676, 677, 678,
685, 689, 700Byzantine Empire 67,
682-3Crete 415Crusades, the 682-3,
684Cyprus issue 683, 690-1,
692Greek Civil War 689-90internet resources 694Macedon 680-2Minoan civilisation 387,
415, 674, 675Mycenaean
civilisation 675
Ottoman era 67, 683-4Peloponnesian Wars
678-80Persian Wars 677-8Roman era 67, 681, 682Sparta 67, 677, 679Venetians, the 683, 684War of Independence
684, 686WWI 687, 690WWII 688-9, 691
hitching 740holidays 731Homer
birthplace 563grave 377House of Homer 660literary works 675, 676stone chair 562tours of sites 659, 660
Hora (Amorgos) 370Hora (Andros) 323-4Hora (Astypalea) 514-16Hora (Folegandros) 394-5Hora (Ios) 373-6Hora (Kythira) 667Hora (Kythnos) 410Hora (Mykonos) 337-42,
338, 24, 28-9, 49Hora (Naxos) 354-9, 356Hora (Patmos) 530-1Hora (Samothraki) 585-6Hora (Serifos) 408Hora (Tinos) 326-8Hora Sfakion 447-8Horefto 213horse riding
Corfu 640Kalymnos 521Konitsa 295Naoussa 349Naxos 354-5Thasos 592
horses, Skyrian 627Horto 218hostels 727hot springs, see also
thermal baths, Turkish baths
Agios Kirykos 541-2Eftalou 575Lefkada 543Loutra (Therma) 587Milos 401Polyhnitos 578Santorini (Thira) 380Therma 544
hotels 727hunting 719
Hydra (island) 14, 229, 309-15, 309, 14, 228
Hydra (mythology) 696Hydra Town 310-14, 312,
14, 228
IIcarus 698Ierapetra 461-2Igoumenitsa 296Ikaria 231, 540-9,
542-3, 601‘Iliad’, the 139, 158, 675,
676Imbros Gorge 450immigration 673, 723,
732-3, 734Inousses 565-6insurance
car 739health 729-30
International Trade Fair 246internet access 730internet resources 19
activities 55air travel 41Athens 118, 120boat travel 40-1food 715history 694wildlife 716
Ioannina 285-9, 288Ionian Islands 62, 629-70,
630, 51accommodation 629climate 629food 629highlights 630planning 629travel seasons 629
Ionic columns 702, 703, 703
Ios 372-7, 373Ioulida 412Iraklia 363-4Iraklio 418-25, 420Iraklio market 422Ireon 555island hopping 12, 34-41,
303, 321, see also boat travel, cruising
Island, the (To Nisi) 289-90Ithaki 658-61, 652Iti National Park 205Itilo 160itineraries 28-33, 28,
30, 33Athens 66cruising 43-4
Jjackals 719jazz music 95, 117Juno 696Jupiter 696
KKalamata 166-8, 167Kalamata olives 168Kalambaka 223-5, 220Kalamitsa 627-8Kalavryta 184-5Kalymnos 517-22, 518, 12Kamares 403-4Kamari 512-13Kamariotissa 584-5Kanaris, Konstantinos
566, 567Kapsali 667-8Karamanlis, Kostas 693,
694Karavostamo 547-8Karavostasis 393-4Kardamyli 164-6Karitena 150Karpathos 485-90, 485,
233Karpenisi 202-3Karystos 608-9Kasos 490-2, 490Kassandra Peninsula 256Kassiopi 640, 37Kastellorizo (Megisti)
492-4Kastellorizo Village 492-4Kastoria 272-4Kastraki 225-6, 220Kastro (Sifnos) 405Katapola 367-70Kathisma beach 649,
230-1Kato Zakros 460-1Kavala 263-4kayaking, see also
white-water raftingAlonnisos 620Arkadia 148Chios 564Evia 608Kefallonia 656Konitsa 295Lefkada 649Milos 402Nestos River 277Paros 350Vikos Gorge 293
Kazantzakis, Nikos 423, 689
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Kea (Tzia) 411-13, 411Kefallonia 651-8, 652, 30-1Kefalos Bay 512-13Keramikos 80-1Keros 365Kimolos 402, 400King Otto 685, 686, 687Kissamos 445-6Kissos 213Kita 162kiteboarding 350, 352kitesurfing 52, 359, 483,
485, see also windsurfing
kitron 360, 361Klima 401Klisova Lagoon 201, 202Knights’ Quarter (Rhodes
Town) 471-3Knossos 14, 425-8, 689,
701, 425, 14, 426-7Komotini 278-9Konitsa 294-5Korissia 411-12Koroni 169-70Kos 230, 505-13, 506Kos Town 507-11, 508-9Koufonisia 365-6Krithoni 526-7Kritsa 457Kyllini 179Kymi 606-7Kynouria 149-50Kypris, Yorgos 386Kythira 665-70, 666Kythnos 409-11, 409
LLadadika 22laïka music 708lakes
Lake Orestiada 272Limni Vouliagmenis 92Prespa Lakes 271Sacred Lake 397
Lakka 645Lakki 525Lakonia 150-9Lakonian Mani 160-3, 16Lambrakis, Grigoris 691Lamia 204-5Langada Pass 156language 692, 742-8
courses 92, 333, 548, 571
whistling language 609Larisa 206-7Lasinthos Eco-Park 463
Lasithi Plateau 463-4Lavrio 127Laws of Gortyna 430Lefkada 231, 646-50, 647,
230-1Lefkada Town 648Lefkes 350Lefkos 488legal matters 730Leonidio 149-50Leros 522-7, 523lesbian travellers 729
Athens 115festivals 576Mykonos 340
Lesvos (Mytilini) 229, 568-79, 568, 229
Limeni 161-2Limni 608Limni Vouliagmenis 92Limnos 579-83, 579, 232Linaria 627Lindos 479-81Lipsi 532-5, 533Lipsi Village 533-5literature 423, 641, 672,
707-8, see also booksLitohoro 264-6Little Cyclades 362-6, 362Livadi (Cyclades) 407-8Livadi (Dodecanese) 516Livadia 499-501live music 116-17, 710loggerhead turtles 664,
720, 233Loggos 645Lourdata 653, 30-1Loutra (Therma) 587-8Loutra Edipsou 607-8Loutraki 617Loutro 449Lykavittos Hill 89-91
MMacedonia 237-74, 238Macedonia, Former
Yugoslav Republic of (FYROM) 693
Magazia (Paxi) 645Magazia (Skyros) 626-7Makrinitsa 211-12Malia 429Mandraki 502-4Mani, the 16, 159-66, 16maps 730Marathi 535-6Marathon 127-9Marathonisi Islet 158
maritime museumsAegean Maritime
Museum 337Hellenic Maritime
Museum 124Maritime Museum (Oia)
385Maritime Museum of
Crete 442Nautical Historical
Museum 199Nautical Museum
(Gialos) 496Nautical Museum of
Inousses 565Permanent Collection of
Ancient & Traditional Shipbuilding 442
markets 24, 47Agora (Hania) 442Central Market (Athens)
108, 118, 46flea market (Potamos)
668Iraklio 422Modiano Market
(Thessaloniki) 245Monastiraki Flea Market
(Athens) 118Open Market (Xanthi)
276Mars 697Masouri 521Mastihari 512Mastihohoria 563Matala 430-2, 234mayirefta 711-12measures 731medical services 729
Athens 120Corfu Town 639Kos Town 511Mykonos 342Rhodes Town 479
Medusa 696, 698Megalo Horio 501Meganisi 650-1Menetes 487-8Mercury 697Merihas 409-10Messinia 166-74Messinian Mani 163-6Messolongi 201-2Mesta 563-4Meteora 9, 220-3, 599,
220, 9, 598-9Methoni 170-1Metsovo 286mezedhes 712Milies 217
Milina 218Milos 398-402, 400Minerva, see AthenaMinoan civilisation 387,
415, 674, 675, 701-2Minotaur 696mobile phones 18, 732Mohlos 458Molos 626-7Molyvos (Mithymna) 573-5monasteries & convents
Convent of Galataki 608Convent of Pantanassa
154Holy Monastery of
Zoodohos Pigi 530Mantamados 573Meteora 9, 220-3, 599,
220, 9, 598-9Monastery of
Perivleptos 154Monastery of St John the
Theologian 530, 600Monastery of the
Apocalypse 530Monastery of Vlatadon
243Monastery of Zygou 259Moni Agias Lavras 185Moni Agias Varvaras
Rousanou 222, 9, 598-9
Moni Agiou Gerasimou 655
Moni Arkadiou 435Moni Dafniou 88Moni Evangelistrias 613Moni Faneromenis 648Moni Filanthropinon 290Moni Hozoviotissis 370-1Moni Megalou Spileou
183Moni Metamorfosis 199Moni Osios Loukas
198-9Moni Panagias
Kounistras 613Moni Panagias
Proussiotissas 203Moni Panagias Spilianis
554Moni Preveli 437-8Moni Taxiarhon 408Moni Taxiarhou Mihail
Panormiti 498Moni Toplou 460Moni Tsoukas 290Moni Ypsilou 575-6Mt Athos (Agion Oros)
16, 259-63, 259, 11, 16Nea Moni 562
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monasteries & convents continued
Skopelos 617-18Timios Prodromos
Convent 170Vrontokhion Monastery
155Monemvasia 155-7money 18, 19, 21, 728,
730-1Moni Arkadiou 435Moni Dafniou 88Moni Hozoviotissis 370-1Moni Osios Loukas 198-9Moni Preveli 437-8Moni Toplou 460monk seals 620, 621, 720Monodendri 292mosques
Aslan Pasha Mosque 287Bayezit’s Mosque 282,
684Fetiye Cami 286Koursoun Tzami 219Mosque of Kioutsouk
Hasan 439Mosque of Murad Reis
473Mosque of Süleyman 473Neratzes Mosque 433Yeni Tzami 571
mosquitoes 729motorcycle travel
to/from Athens 121within Greece 738-40
mountain biking, see also cycling
Corfu 640Evia 608Kardamyli 165Konitsa 295Skopelos 616Thasos 591-2Vikos Gorge 293
mountain refuges 55, 727mountaineering
Crete 443Iti National Park 205Konitsa 295Litohoro 265
mountainsKelaria 197Mt Athos 260Mt Dirfys 606Mt Eros 314
Mt Kaliakouda 203Mt Kerkis 556Mt Kynthos 397Mt Ohi 609Mt Olympus 266Mt Pantokrator 639Mt Parnitha 127Mt Profitis Ilias 164Mt Psiloritis 436Mt Ypsario 593Mt Zeus 359
Mouressi 214movies, see filmMt Athos (Agion Oros) 16,
259-63, 259, 11, 16museums 23, see also
archaeological museums, Byzantine museums, folklore museums, maritime museums
Acropolis Museum 78-9Ali Pasha Museum 290Antivouniotissa Museum
634-5Art of Silk Museum 282Bee Museum 481-2Benaki Museum 88-9Botsari Museum 200Bouboulina’s Museum
316Christos Capralos
Museum 305Church Museum
(Mandraki) 503Della Rocca-Barozzi
Venetian Museum 354
Delphi Museum 192Ecclesiastical Art
Museum of Alexandroupoli 279
Ecclesiastical Museum (Komotini) 278
Ecclesiastical Museum of Milos 399
Epigraphical Museum 89Ethnological Museum of
Thrace 279Hellenic Children’s
Museum 94Herakleidon Museum 88Historical Archives
Museum of Hydra 311Historical Museum of
Crete 421Industrial Museum of
Ermoupoli 332Jewish Museum
(Athens) 87Jewish Museum of
Thessaloniki 246
Kanellopoulos Museum 86
Karystos Museum 608Lazaros Koundouriotis
Historical Mansion 310Megaro Gyzi Museum
380Military Museum
(Kalamata) 166Milos Mining Museum
399Mineralogical Museum
127Mitropolis Museum 354Municipal Ethnographic
Museum (Ioannina) 287
Municipal Museum of Kavala 263
Museum of Ancient Greek Music 386
Museum of Asian Art 635
Museum of Contemporary Art (Andros) 323-4
Museum of Cretan Ethnology 431
Museum of Cycladic Art 89
Museum of Greek Children’s Art 94
Museum of Greek Popular Instruments 89
Museum of History & Art (Messolongi) 202
Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production 574
Museum of Islamic Art 81
Museum of Marble Crafts 328
Museum of Modern Art (Florina) 270
Museum of Popular Art 404
Museum of Prehistoric Thira 380
Museum of Solomos 663Museum of the
Decorative Arts 471Museum of the History
of Excavations in Olympia 175
Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity 175
Museum of the Kalavryta Holocaust 184
Museum of the Macedonian Struggle 244
Museum of the Memorial of the Refugees of 1922 573
Museum of the Olive (Pelion Peninsula) 216
Museum of the Olive & Greek Olive Oil (Sparta) 152
National Historical Museum (Athens) 87
Natural History Museum (Iraklio) 421
Natural History Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest 576
Neolithic Museum of Diros 162
Nikolopoulos Andritsena Library 178-9
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum 423
Noesis Science Center & Technology Museum 246
Old Radio Museum 218Open-Air Water Power
Museum 149Paragaea Olive Oil
Museum 297Pelion Peninsula 212Pikoulakis Tower House
Museum 161René Puaux
Exhibition 172Shadow Theatre
Museum 158Spetses Museum 316Teriade Museum 571Theophilos Museum
211, 571Thessaloniki Museum of
Photography 244-6Tsalapatas Brickworks
Museum 207Volcanological Museum
(Nikea) 505Vrana Olive-Press
Museum 574War Museum (Athens)
94War Museum (Lakki) 525War Museum (Nafplio)
142Water Museum 269wine museum (Epanomi)
255music 24, 708-10
festivals 26, 95, 142, 246, 273, 542, 623
live music 116-17Mycenae 137-9Mycenaean civilisation
675, 702
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Mykonos 335-43, 336, 24, 28-9, 49
Mylopotamos 216, 668Mylopotas 373-6Myrina 580-2, 232Myrties 521Myrtos (Crete) 462-3Myrtos (Kefallonia) 657Mystras 153-5, 153mythology 67, 158, 471,
626, 696-8, see also gods, individual gods
Mytilini Town 569-73, 570
NNafpaktos 200-1Nafplio 139-45, 140name days 601, 723Naoussa 348-50National Archaeological
Museum (Athens) 88, 96, 96
national parks & reserves 717
Dadia Forest Reserve 281-2
Iti National Park 205Mt Parnitha National
Park 127National Marine Park of
Alonnisos-Northern Sporades 620
National Marine Park of Zakynthos 664
Parnassos National Park 197
Vikos-Aoös National Park 291
Naxos 231, 352-62, 352, 231Neapoli 157-8Negades 292Nekromanteio of Afyra 299neoclassicism 705Neptune 969newspapers 731Nikea 504-5Nikopoli 297Nisyros 501-5, 502, 32-3northeastern Aegean
Islands 62, 538-94, 539accommodation 538climate 538food 538highlights 539planning 538travel seasons 538
northern Greece 60, 235-99, 236
accommodation 235climate 235
food 235highlights 236planning 235travel seasons 235
OOdeon of Herodes Atticus
78, 602, 602Odysseus 471, 532, 626,
658, 660, 696‘Odyssey’, the 660, 532,
675, 676Oedipus 698Oedipus crossroads 197Oia 385-7, 5, 10olives 168, 574Olymbos 17, 489-90, 17,
233Olympia 174-9Olympic Games 70, 175,
677, 689, 693, 693ancient stadium
(Olympia) 176Archaeological Museum
of Olympia 175-6Museum of the History
of Excavations in Olympia 175
Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity 175
Panathenaic Stadium 82opening hours 19, 727, 729oracle of Delphi 191, 700Orestiada 282-3Ormos 373-6Otto, King 685, 686, 687Ottoman era 67, 683-4,
704-5ouzo 49
Ppainting courses 620palaces
Achillion Palace 641Agia Triada 429Malia 429Nestor’s Palace 173-4Palace of Galerius 242-3Palace of Knossos 14,
425-8, 689, 701, 425, 14, 426-7
Palace of St Michael & St George 634
Palace of the Grand Masters 472
Phaestos 429Tiryns 145Vergina 268Zakros Palace 460-1
Paleohora (Aegina) 305Paleohora (Crete) 451-2Pali 505Paliki Peninsula 655-6Palio Trikeri 218Panagia Drosiani 361Panathenaic Procession 78Panathenaic Stadium 82Pandeli 525Papandreou, Andreas 692Papandreou, Georgios
691, 694Papingo villages 292-3Paralia Kymis 606-7Parga 297-9Parikia 345-8, 346parks & gardens, see
also national parks & reserves
Garden of the Heroes 201-2
Mon Repos Estate 635National Gardens 82Serpentine Organic
Garden 215Zappeio Gardens 82
Parliament 86Parnassos National Park
197Paros 343-50, 344-5Parthenon 75-6, 8, 73Pasha, Ali 286, 290passports 732-3, 734Patitiri 619-21Patmos 527-32, 528Patra (Patras) 180-3, 181,
600-1Patras Carnival 180, 600-1Pausanias 144Pax Romana 680, 681, 682Paxi 643-5, 644, 232Peania 129pelicans, Dalmatian 201,
719-20Pelion Peninsula 209-18,
210Pella 268Peloponnese 59, 130-86,
132-3accommodation 130climate 130food 130highlights 132history 131planning 130travel seasons 130travel to/from 131, 134
Peloponnesian Wars 678-80
pensions 727Pera Kastro 520Perdika 305-6Perseus 698Persian Wars 677-8Petaloudes 482Petra 575petrified forest (Lesvos)
576Phaestos 429Philip II 681philosophy 699phonecards 732photography 21, 731Pigadia 486-7Pinakates 216Piraeus 124-6, 124Plaka 399-401Plaka Litohorou 264-6Plakias 436-7planning 18-19, 20-1, see
also individual regionsactivities 51-5budgeting 19calendar of events 25-7children, travel with 56-8climate 18, 25-7cruising 42-5food 46-50Greece’s regions 59-62internet resources 19island hopping 34-41itineraries 28-33repeat visitors 22travel seasons 18, 25-7
plants 717-18Platanias 218Platanos 524-5politics 672-3, 722-3Pollonia 401Polygonal Wall (Ancient
Delphi) 195, 195Polyhnitos 578-9Pomakohoria 277population 673, 723Poros 307-9, 307Poros Town 308-9Poseidon 696postal services 731Potamos 668Pothia 518-20pottery 381Prespa Lakes 271Preveli Beach 14,
438-64, 14Preveza 295-7Prince Philip 692Propylaia 74-5Psara 566-8
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Psili Ammos 556Psyhro 463-4public holidays 731Pyli 512Pylos 171-2Pyrgi 563Pythagoras 556Pythagorio 553-5
RRafina 126rafting, see kayaking,
white-water raftingreiki courses 624religion 673, 683, 723-4rembetika 116, 623, 708,
709rental accommodation 727reserves, see national
parks & reservesRethymno 432-5, 432Rhodes 229, 467-83, 468Rhodes Town 11, 470-9,
472, 11, 228-9Rina 522road distances 739road hazards 740road rules 740rock climbing 164, 223, 519Rock of the Sibyl (Ancient
Delphi) 195, 195Roman era 67, 681, 682Roman sites, see also
archaeological sites, temples, tombs
Argos 137catacombs (Trypiti) 400Gortyna 430Hadrian’s Arch 82Hadrian’s Library 81Nikopoli 297Palace, Arch & Rotunda
of Galerius 242-3Roman Agora
(Athens) 80Roman Agora
(Thessaloniki) 243Roman baths
(Athens) 82Roman baths (Loutraki)
617Roman cistern (Lefkos)
488Roman quarry (Evia) 609Tallaras Roman baths
516
SSacred Way (Ancient
Delphi) 191-2, 194, 194safe travel 19, 731
Athens 119car travel 738, 740children, travel with 57drinking water 407, 730environmental hazards
729hitching 740reptiles 719women travellers 733
sailing & yachting 43, 732, 741
Corfu 640Ios 374Kos 511Milos 399Skiathos 611Symi 497Syros 332Thasos 592
Salonika, see ThessalonikiSamaria Gorge 13, 448-9,
13, 55, 233Sami 656-7Samos 549-57, 550-1Samothraki 583-8, 584San Michalis 334Sanctuaries of the Foreign
Gods 396Sanctuary of Apollo
189-91Sanctuary of Artemis 129Sanctuary of Athena
Halkioitou 151Sanctuary of Athena
Pronea 191Sanctuary of Egyptian
Gods 146Sanctuary of the Great
Gods 586-7Sanctuary of the Kabeiroi
582Sanctuary of Zeus Hypistos
266Sanctuary to Isis 266Sangri 361Santorini (Thira) 10, 229,
230, 377-89, 378, 5, 10, 228, 231
Saronic Gulf Islands 60, 300-18, 301
accommodation 300climate 300food 300highlights 301internet resources 304island hopping 303
planning 300travel seasons 300
scams 119Schinousa 364-5scuba diving, see diving &
snorkellingsculpture 699seals, monk 620, 621, 720senior travellers 728Serifos 406-9, 407Shipwreck Beach 664, 227shopping 24, see also
markets, individual locations
antiques 612beer 253embroidery 640handicrafts 119, 253,
280, 289iconography 478musical instruments 253pottery 455wine 144
shrines, see templesSifnos 402-6, 403Sikinos 391-2, 391Sithonian Peninsula 256-8Sitia 459-60Skala (Angistri) 306-7Skala (Astypalea) 514-16Skala (Patmos) 528-30Skala Eresou 576-7Skiathos 610-14, 611Skiathos Town 610-13skiing 55
Kalavryta 186Karpenisi 202Metsovo 286Mt Vermio 267Parnassos National
Park 197Vikos Gorge 293
Skopelos 614-18, 615Skopelos Town 615-17Skyrian horses 627Skyros 623-8, 624Skyros Carnival 626Skyros Town 623-6smoking regulations 731Smyrna 687snakes 719, 729snorkelling, see diving &
snorkellingsoccer 58, 723Socrates 679, 680Solon 676, 677Soufli 282Sougia 450-1Sparta 150-3, 151
Spartans, the 67, 677, 679Spetses 315-18, 315Spetses Town 316-18Spili 436Spinalonga Island 457, 34Sporades, the 62, 610-28,
604accommodation 603climate 603food 603highlights 604planning 603travel seasons 603
sporting events, see also Olympic Games
Athens Classic Marathon 22
Half-Marathon (Skyros) 624
Ikaria International Chess Tournament 542
International Mountain Biking Race 591-2
Kalymnos Skandalopetra Diving Festival 519
North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 519
sports 723, see also individual sports
St John the Divine 531Stemnitsa 148Steni 606Sterea Ellada 188-206, 190Stoupa 163-4surfing 52, 329, see also
kitesurfing, windsurfingswallows 381Symi 494-8, 495synagogues
Etz Hayyim Synagogue 442
Halkida 605Kahal Shalom
Synagogue 473Monastirioton
Synagogue 246Syros 329-35, 330syrtaki 710
Ttaxis 741
Athens 123Thessaloniki 255
Telendos Islet 521-2telephone services 18, 732temples & sanctuaries
598-9Erechtheion 76, 599Parthenon 75-6, 8, 73
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Foreign Gods 396Sanctuary of Apollo
189-91Sanctuary of Artemis
129Sanctuary of Athena
Halkioitou 151Sanctuary of Athena
Pronea 191Sanctuary of Egyptian
Gods 146Sanctuary of the Great
Gods 586-7Sanctuary of the
Kabeiroi 582Sanctuary of Zeus
Hypistos 266Sanctuary to Isis 266Temple of Aphaia 305Temple of Aphrodite
(Acrocorinth) 135Temple of Aphrodite
(Dodoni) 290Temple of Aphrodite
(Rhodes Town) 471Temple of Apollo (Aegina
Town) 304Temple of Apollo
(Ancient Corinth) 134Temple of Apollo
(Ancient Delphi) 191, 195, 195, 599
Temple of Artemis 635Temple of Asclepius
(Asklipieion) 512Temple of Asclepius
(Epidavros) 146Temple of Athena Nike
73, 75, 73Temple of Demeter 361Temple of Dionysos
(Vatera) 578Temple of Epicurean
Apollo at Vasses 179Temple of Hera 177Temple of Olympian
Zeus 82Temple of Poseidon
(Athens) 72, 72Temple of Poseidon
(Cape Sounion) 127Temple of Zeus (Ancient
Nemea) 136Temple of Zeus
(Olympia) 176Temple to Athena
(Ancient Kamiros) 482Temple to Athena
(Lindos) 480Thasos 588-94, 589Thasos (Limenas) 590-1
theatre 699theatre festivals 95, 146,
542theatres 602, 697
Ancient Corinth 135Ancient Delos 397Ancient Delphi 191,
195, 195Ancient Sparta 151Larisa 206National Theatre 117Odeon of Herodes
Atticus 78, 602, 602Olympia Theatre 117Theatre of Dodoni 290Theatre of Dionysos
76-8Theatre of Epidavros
146, 30-1Themistocles’ Wall 72, 72thermal baths, see also hot
springs, Turkish bathsLoutra (Kythnos) 410Loutra Edipsou 607Rhodes 479Thermes 277
Thermopylae 204Theseus 698Thessaloniki 13, 22,
239-55, 240-1, 13, 681accommodation 247-8drinking 250-3entertainment 253festivals 246-7food 248-50shopping 253sights 239-46tours 246travel information 253-4travel to/from 254-5travel within 255walking tour 244-5, 245
Thessaly 206-26, 207Thira, see SantoriniThirasia 389Thiva (Thebes) 188-9Thrace 274-84, 275Tilos 498-501, 499time 18, 732Tinos 325-9, 327tipping 21, 45, 731Tiryns 145Titans, the 471To Nisi 289-90To Trenaki 217toilets 732tombs, see also cemeteries
Citadel of Mycenae 138Dimini 209
Lycian tomb (Kastellorizo) 493
Marathon Tomb 129Mikri Doxipara 283Roussa 281Royal Tombs (Vergina)
268Street of Tombs 81Tomb of Ali Pasha 286Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier 86tourist information 732tourist police 731Tourlida 202tours 741, see also walking
tours, individual locations
Tower of the Winds 80trade fairs 246Tragaea 359train travel
Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway 183
Little Train of Pelion 216To Trenaki 217to/from Athens 121-2to/from Greece 735-6to/from Thessaloniki
254-5within Greece 741
travellers cheques 731Treasury of Atreus 138trekking, see hikingTrikala 218-20Triopetra 438-64Tris Boukes Bay 628Trypiti 399-401Tsagarada 214-16tsipouradhika 208Turkish baths, see also hot
springs, thermal bathsBey Hamam 246Hammam (Patra) 180Hammam Turkish Baths
(Rhodes Town) 473Therma 582Turkish Baths
(Athens) 81Yeni Hamam 246
turtles, loggerhead 664, 720, 233
Tyhero 281tyropita 622Tzermiado 463
Vvacations 731Vaï beach 460, 32-3Valley of the Butterflies
482
Valley of the Dead 460Vasiliki 649Vatera 578-9Vathia 163, 16Vathy (Ithaki) 659-60Vathy (Samos) 551-3, 552Vathys 522vegetarian travellers 715Venetians, the 683, 684Venizelos, Eleftherios 686,
687, 688Venus, see AphroditeVergina 268Veria 267-8Vesta 697Vidos Island 635Vikos Gorge 15, 293, 15visas 18, 732-3, 734Vitsa 292Vlach people 286volcanoes 717
Fira 380Nisyros 504, 32-3
Volcanological Museum 505
Volos 207-9volunteering 733Vravrona 129Vromolithos 525Vulcan 697Vyzitsa 216
Wwalking, see hikingwalking tours
Athens 98-9, 99Thessaloniki 244-5, 245
wars & battlesBalkan Wars 686, 689Battle of Chaeronea 681Battle of Lepanto 200Battle of Leuctra 679,
680Battle of Marathon 127-9,
676, 677Battle of Navarino 171,
684, 687Battle of Plataea 678Battle of Pydna 682Battle of Thermopylae
204, 674, 679Greek Civil War 689-90Peloponnesian Wars
678-80Persian Wars 677-8War of Independence
684, 686WWI 687, 690WWII 688-9, 691
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water (drinking) 407, 730waterfalls
Edessa 269Fonias rock pools 588Paradeisos Waterfalls
587waterskiing 52-3, 374weather 18, 25-7, see also
individual regionswebsites, see internet
resourcesweights 731whistling language 609White Tower 239-42white-water rafting 53, see
also kayakingArkadia 148Konitsa 295Nestos River 277Vikos Gorge 293
wildflowers 717-18wildlife 716-20, see also
individual specieswildlife watching, see
birdwatching, dolphin watching
windsurfing 52, see also kitesurfing, surfing
Corfu 640Mykonos 342Naxos 354Paros 350Syros 332
wine 714wine festivals 26, 533, 609wineries
Embonas 482Fira 380-1Ikaria 546Iraklio 428Kefallonia 655Mercouri Estate 179Naoussa 348Nemea region 136Rhodes 482Santorini (Thira) 380-1Sikinos 392Thessaloniki 255Vathy (Samos) 551
wolves 719women travellers 733work 733World Heritage sites
Acropolis (Athens) 9, 71-6, 598, 74, 8-9,
72-3, 599Ancient Delos 396-8,
598, 397, 40Ancient Delphi 10,
189-91, 599, 10, 194-5, 599
Ancient Mycenae 137-9, 138
Ancient Olympia 17, 176-7, 176, 17
Epidavros 145-7, 30-1Ireon 555Meteora 9, 220-3, 599,
220, 9, 598-9Moni Dafniou 88Moni Osios Loukas
198-9Mt Athos (Agion Oros)
16, 259-63, 259, 11, 16Mystras 153-5, 153Nea Moni 562Royal Tombs (Vergina)
268 Temple of Epicurean
Apollo at Vasses 179Tiryns 145
WWI 687, 690WWII 688-9, 691
XXanthi 22, 276-7Xanthi winter carnival
276Xirokambos 526
Yyachting, see sailing &
yachtingyoga courses 349, 573,
620yoghurt 713
ZZagora 212Zagorohoria, the 15, 290-4,
291, 15zaharoplasteia 250Zahlorou 183Zakros 460-1Zakynthos 661-5, 662,
24, 227Zakynthos Town 662-3Zaros 430Zerzova 149Zeus 169, 696zoos 94
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their support and to my co-authors for their insights and camaraderie. A warm efharisto to all of the people I met on the road – both locals and travellers – who shared their stories, knowledge and enthusiasm for Greece. And to Kirk, my own personal Bukowski.
Kate Armstrong In the Pelops, my warmest thanks yet again to Petros and the Zotos family for their support, and to Vaso, Nena and Koula, dear friends; in Central Greece, Alexandra Groth, Yiannis and Soyla at Alsos House. In Delphi – Penny Kolom-votsos, Sotiris and Apostolos – this couldn’t have been done without you; Chris and Kathy in Pelion, Chrisoula in Galaxidi. Efharisto Anna Tyler, Angela Tinson, Korina Miller and fellow scribes. Finally, to ‘SB’ (aka Kian) for his driving skills, intellect and humour, and bringing out my inner Greco- and omega-philes.
Alexis AverbuckHonour to Alexandra Stamopoulou for always-inspiring tips and overall inspiration. Marina Flenga is, yet again, a fairy godmother, con-necting me to islanders everywhere. Marilee Anargyrou Kyriazakou and Cali Doxiadis (Kerkyra), Olga Karayiannis and Eleni Masselou (Andros), Elina Dallas, Dimitris Foussekis and Maria Liarikos (Tinos), Michail Karampatsos and Michalis Pateras (Syros), Christiana Sofi-anopoulou and Dimitris Liaroutsos (Serifos), Vula Bolou and Sotiris Iliadis (Sifnos), Manita
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Scocimara-Ponghis (Kefallonia), and Petros Haritatos and Mike Tsanas (Spetses) shared their love and knowledge of their islands. In Athens, Ilias Nikolaidis and Elina Lychoudi were the King and Queen of Nightlife. Marga-rita, Kostas and Zisis, and Anthy and Costas made it home.
Michael Stamatios ClarkΕυχαριστω, thank you, to those who helped make the road a welcoming destination – in particular, Heather Parsons, George and Mahi (Skopelos); Gisela (Skiathos), Chrysanthi Zygogianni, Niko Sekkes (Skyros); Kostas and Bessie (Alonnisos) and Kyrillos on Evia; the Fouskas family, Vasillis and Demetra, Kostas and Nana Vatsis (Ikaria). Special thanks to fellow authors Kate and Chris, and to Korina Miller for coordinating grace. And to my family – Janet, Melina and Alexander – Greek kisses on both cheeks for all.
Chris DelisoMany Greek friends provided invaluable advice – many of whom share popular Greek names. Special credit goes to Lefteris 1 and 2, Georgios 1, 2 and 3, Maria 1 and 2, Anna and Panos, Periklis, Christina, Fotis, Miltos, Dan-iel, and the bar DJs who tolerated my Sonic Youth requests. I also must thank my fellow Lonely Planet scribes, especially coordinating author Korina Miller, commissioning editor Anna Tyler, managing editor Angela Tinson and everyone on the map-making, produc-tion and tech-support teams for their good cheer.
Victoria KyriakopoulosThanks to the great Greek author team for sharing their food views and experiences, and to the Lonely Planet editors for another opportunity to write about Greek food and culture. Thanks to my ever-supportive husband Chris, and my Greek family and
friends and the special and generous people who have made travelling in Greece such a joy. Kali antamosi – next time my son Kostas will get his first taste of the Greece I love.
Andrea Schulte-PeeversFond thanks to all the wonderful friends and strangers who’ve provided valuable local insights about Crete before and during my research ramblings around the island. These include (in no particular order): Miriam Bers, Utha Herzbruch-Ruess, Yiannis Zervakis, the Papadospiridaki family, Stravroula (Kis-samos), Lynn (Elounda), Madalina (Elounda) and Vaggelis Alegakis.
Richard WatersMy special thanks to everyone who made my trip more colourful with their filoxenia and generosity. In no particular order, Efi and Spyros, Marianna Angelou, Mikalis Melenos, Antonios, George, Rena Kioulafi, the Greek Tourist Board in London, Lily Alicabiotis, Ioannis at Kilindra, Enetikon Travel, Alexis at Afendoulis, Fokas, Ilidi Rock. My thanks, too, to the mapping and editorial team, and commissioning editors Katie O’Connell and Anna Tyler.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Climate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 1633 44.
Illustrations pp72–3, pp426–7 by Javier Martinez Zarracina. Illustration pp194–5 by Michael Weldon.
Cover photograph: Moni Agias Varvaras Rousanou, Meteora; Michele Falzone/Getty Images.
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