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National Geographic Traveler: Greece
Active travelers trust National Geographic to deliver what they want in a guidebook: expert advice, insider tips, and the cultural feel of each destination not easily found online. These guides are pitch-perfect for today's experiential travel enthusiasts who want an authentic, enriching immersion.
Explore the best sites in Greece--from the Acropolis and ancient Delphi to Athens's newest neighborhoods and Santorini sunsets--with this gorgeous guide, replete with updated information and travel tips, cut-away illustrations of some of the country's famous structures, an array of detailed maps, and sumptuous photographs. Broken into chapters by cities and areas (including Athens, the Peloponnese, Macedonia and the North, and both the popular and lesser-known islands), it also features a fascinating introduction to Greek history and culture. Special in-depth sidebars discuss Greek drama, the Olympic Games, the Battle of Crete, and where to take a Greek language course, learn to cook Greek food on Crete, volunteer with the Hellenic Ornithological Society, meet winemakers, participate in a marble sculpture workshop on Tinos, make a tapestry-weaving, collect mushrooms in the Pindos Mountains, and much more. While guided tours include a walk in Rhodes' Old Town, a boat trip around Mount Athos, and a drive in northern Evvoia. An extensive travel planner details practicalities, including where to find the best tavernas and the finest gold jewelry.
Explore the best sites in Greece--from the Acropolis and ancient Delphi to Athens's newest neighborhoods and Santorini sunsets--with this gorgeous guide, replete with updated information and travel tips, cut-away illustrations of some of the country's famous structures, an array of detailed maps, and sumptuous photographs. Broken into chapters by cities and areas (including Athens, the Peloponnese, Macedonia and the North, and both the popular and lesser-known islands), it also features a fascinating introduction to Greek history and culture. Special in-depth sidebars discuss Greek drama, the Olympic Games, the Battle of Crete, and where to take a Greek language course, learn to cook Greek food on Crete, volunteer with the Hellenic Ornithological Society, meet winemakers, participate in a marble sculpture workshop on Tinos, make a tapestry-weaving, collect mushrooms in the Pindos Mountains, and much more. While guided tours include a walk in Rhodes' Old Town, a boat trip around Mount Athos, and a drive in northern Evvoia. An extensive travel planner details practicalities, including where to find the best tavernas and the finest gold jewelry.
400 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2004
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About the author
Mike Gerrard
43 booksMike Gerrard is the author of Cask Strength: The Story of the Barrel, the Secret Ingredient in your Drink, out in July 2023 from the Matt Holt imprint of BenBella Books.
Before branching out into writing about spirits (the kind you drink), Mike was a prolific and award-winning travel writer.
AWARDS
I’ve written on travel for newspapers, magazines and websites in the UK, the USA, Australia, Africa and Asia. I’ve won several awards for my writing and photojournalism:
Travel Distilled gained 3rd place in the AITO Travel Blogger of the Year Awards
A Travelex Award for Best Consumer Magazine Feature. The story, for London’s Time Out, was about eating snake in China and is now the title piece in my collection of travel writing, Snakes Alive!
A British Guild of Travel Writers Award
Two Awards for Excellence from the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild
A Benjamin Franklin Award in the USA for a guidebook to Paris
AITO Online Travel Writer of the Year
Named as one of the 50 Most Influential Travel Journalists in the UK by the Press Gazette
GUIDEBOOKS
I’ve also written or contributed to over 40 guidebooks for major travel publishers, including the AA, AAA, National Geographic, Fodor’s, Insight, Dorling Kindersley, Thomas Cook, Michelin, Moon Guides and many more.
FOOD AND DRINK
I have always loved writing about food and drink for the travel pages, and as well as visiting distilleries I’ve toured vineyards in France, Greece, New Zealand, the UK and even Arizona. I’ve toured breweries in many countries, written about Bernachon’s chocolate shop in Lyon, visited the Champagne region of France and the sherry bodegas of Jerez. I’ve interviewed chefs including Raymond Blanc and Alain Ducasse, and worked for a week as a waiter in a taverna in the Greek islands. (As a result I now leave bigger tips.)
EXOTIC TRAVELS
My more exotic travels have taken me camel-trekking in the Sinai Desert, walking in the Great Rift Valley of Tanzania to raise money for charity, learning to jive in Barcelona, looking for orang-utans in the rain forests of Sumatra and staying with a farming family in China.
OTHER WRITING
As well as hundreds of travel pieces and dozens of guidebooks, I’ve also written a podcast for American Express, worked on mapping software for Microsoft, written hotel reviews for Google, written a crime novel, a collection of travel writing, an erotic novel, and three radio plays for the BBC.
Before branching out into writing about spirits (the kind you drink), Mike was a prolific and award-winning travel writer.
AWARDS
I’ve written on travel for newspapers, magazines and websites in the UK, the USA, Australia, Africa and Asia. I’ve won several awards for my writing and photojournalism:
Travel Distilled gained 3rd place in the AITO Travel Blogger of the Year Awards
A Travelex Award for Best Consumer Magazine Feature. The story, for London’s Time Out, was about eating snake in China and is now the title piece in my collection of travel writing, Snakes Alive!
A British Guild of Travel Writers Award
Two Awards for Excellence from the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild
A Benjamin Franklin Award in the USA for a guidebook to Paris
AITO Online Travel Writer of the Year
Named as one of the 50 Most Influential Travel Journalists in the UK by the Press Gazette
GUIDEBOOKS
I’ve also written or contributed to over 40 guidebooks for major travel publishers, including the AA, AAA, National Geographic, Fodor’s, Insight, Dorling Kindersley, Thomas Cook, Michelin, Moon Guides and many more.
FOOD AND DRINK
I have always loved writing about food and drink for the travel pages, and as well as visiting distilleries I’ve toured vineyards in France, Greece, New Zealand, the UK and even Arizona. I’ve toured breweries in many countries, written about Bernachon’s chocolate shop in Lyon, visited the Champagne region of France and the sherry bodegas of Jerez. I’ve interviewed chefs including Raymond Blanc and Alain Ducasse, and worked for a week as a waiter in a taverna in the Greek islands. (As a result I now leave bigger tips.)
EXOTIC TRAVELS
My more exotic travels have taken me camel-trekking in the Sinai Desert, walking in the Great Rift Valley of Tanzania to raise money for charity, learning to jive in Barcelona, looking for orang-utans in the rain forests of Sumatra and staying with a farming family in China.
OTHER WRITING
As well as hundreds of travel pieces and dozens of guidebooks, I’ve also written a podcast for American Express, worked on mapping software for Microsoft, written hotel reviews for Google, written a crime novel, a collection of travel writing, an erotic novel, and three radio plays for the BBC.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
May 4, 2013
This was a nice skim across the surface for various areas in Greece. I wish there was less focus on museums and more focus on beaches! There are small sections for each of the major islands but not too many tips about actual local spots. Also it would be helpful to have more short phrases and maps of the popular areas. I thought Athens was covered well but the Cyclades left much to be desired. This wasn't as helpful as my first National Geographic Traveler guide for China. That was simply amazing and incredibly helpful. This I think I could probably have done without. You can also try Lonely Planet's version of Greece.
October 31, 2010
I made the mistake of buying this book for the pictures--but upon closer inspection, the information was spotty, not detailed at all, and honestly quite stupid in it's culture tips. I really like the NatGeo Traveler magazine, so I was very disappointed to see how bad this guidebook was--and my Greek friend agreed! This was the first non-DK guide I have bought in years, and it will be my last. The DK guides rule all the way!
November 5, 2023
Soon my love, soon ^-^!
August 21, 2008
One of my favorite Greece guides so far. Lots of great color photos and maps...easy to read.
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