The Rough Guide to Greece

by Nick Edwards, John Fisher, Rebecca Hall

The Rough Guide to Greece has been the definitive guidebook to the country for more than 30 years. This full-color 14th edition has detailed coverage of all the best attractions this fascinating country has to offer. With user-friendly accommodation and eating reviews, crystal-clear maps, detailed background and a journalistic eye for detail, this is the ideal guide for all your Greece travel needs. Top 5 lists and itineraries will help you plan your route, with insider tips on the best beaches to escape the crowds. You'll discover the choicest resorts from boutique to backpacker, get the low down on island hopping from Corfu to Kos and read expert background on everything from Homer to hiking. Make the most of your time on Earth™ with The Rough Guide to Greece .

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference

840 pages, Paperback

First published January 27, 1982

Reviews

[Shavon · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Rough Guides are among my least favorite travel books: too much info, too small print, too heavy to carry around as reference material in country, too few pictures, no removable map. They do have one pro: there’s something for every price point - or maybe that’s another con. Their books are not targeted at any particular audience.

[Kiron Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

We used the 2018 15th edition of the Greece Rough Guide for our first trip to mainland Greece, a city holiday in Thessaloniki (Thessalonica to the British) in October 2021. We used the guide (in paper and electronic format) every day. Very readable. The information in it was almost all accurate (the location of the city buses near the central square had moved slightly) and was all useful. Restaurant recommendations in the city and on the coast were good, including for vegetarian food. It made our holiday easier. Useful historical context on the city. Not much information on the nearest beach to the city but good on Halkidhiki and Kassandhra peninsular. Only we tried to visit the town of Sani and found you basically couldn't get in without paying a fortune to park at the marina so we gave up. I have used the book for general information on subsequent travel to Greece, to Thessaloniki and also less well known locations in central Greece.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't read the whole thing--just the parts that involved the 6 islands I visited. The Rough Guide isn't as I remember when I first discovered it back in 1997 or so. I used it to find lots of out-of-the-way places for various travels, but there are so many people on the planet now that those secret, special places are pretty much non-existent and Rough Guide has to tell us about all of the normal places that everyone goes to. Still, I was disappointed in the book.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This guide book does a good job being honest. For instance, it described Omonia Square in Athens as being filled with homeless people and junkies. I went to check it out. Sure enough: homeless people and junkies. This is useful and refreshing compared to the local, cloudy-eyed tourist trap-bait that is sold in the city itself. It's index, however, is weak, and that is important because it is not particularly well or logically laid out and organized. Many of its urban maps are vague, but it does give enough historical and cultural info to make carrying the hefty volume around with you.

[Danielle Mccormick · Rating 5 out of 5]

The amount of travel guides in print is too immense for me to ever review them all... but I just want to put it out there that in my humble opinion Rough Guides are the best. In my experience, they have never faltered or steered me incorrectly and best of all, they are written FOR budget travelers who are (most probably) going solo. If that is your style of travel then rough guides can and will save your skin when you land in a foreign country with no plans, no knowledge of the language, no connections, and a limited amount of dollars and resources.... Just open up your rough guide.

[Patti (baconater) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting bits of info but awkward to use as an ebook.