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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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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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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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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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-Z

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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AUTHOR THANKS Korina MillerAn enormous thank you to Mum and Dad for minding the fort while I was away and making it possible for me to take this project on. Thank you to my fabulous daughters, Simone and Monique, for letting me work and also encour-aging me to take breaks. Thank you to Katie, Anna, Angela and Anthony at Lonely Planet for

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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