Greek Islands

Eyewitness Travel Guides

by Marc S. Dubin

This guide to the islands of Greece is designed to be used when planning a trip, on holiday, and as a souvenir on returning home. It is organized with a thematic approach, district by district, with the aim of helping the reader to get to know the islands quickly. Every significant sight, location, building, museum and gallery, as well as major shops, hotels and restaurants, are shown on the page alongside practical information. It also contains 3D aerial maps, foolproof visual guides to currency, tickets and communication systems.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction, Greece, History

400 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1995

Reviews

[Ian]

Fat Fingered Updated Nov 5 2022. Nothing added or changed
Extensive section on Greek cuisine and dining, types of restaurants, etc. Spends more time on how things work than loads of hotel/restaurant reccomendations, which l liked. Good historical overview.

[Alice Persons]

I was in Greece for 15 days in October and bought this book to take with me on the recommendation of Road Scholar, whose trip I went on. I like having an actual guidebook as well as online information. It was well put together. My only issue is that it covers so many islands that each gets a small amount of information. My trip went to six islands in the Cyclades: Delos, Paros, Mykonos, Naxos, Santorini and Crete. (By the way, October is an excellent time to go - weather was perfect - summer in Greece would be way too hot for me. And Crete was my favorite island.)

[Ariadna73]

Hotels and restaurants are at the core of this book. I was expecting more pictures of the islands; but there are almost none.

[Justyna]

Probably the best travel guide to the Greek Islands.

[Sarah]

Pandemic fantasy travel!

[Rob]

I bought this book to help research vacation options for visiting one or more of the Greek Isles. In typical DK series fashion, this book provided all the facts - letting you decide where and what to see. It breaks the islands into 7 regions and describes in detail about 40 of them. Nice map of flights & ferries between the islands. Only thing missing is insightful reviews of hotels/restaurants. However, this is common in the DK series (after all, the internet is best source & most current for this info anyway).

[Kristen]

I wish i had a more recent edition! DK Eyewitness guides are one of my favorites. Lots of visuals - easy to follow maps and diagrams. This was also one of the only books I could find with comprehensive coverage of the islands. By no means exclusive to this book, but I always find so many typos in travel guides - perhaps I am the only one reading them cover to cover? Leaving for Greece tomorrow, let's hope I have been taught well.

[Mark]

Greece has way too many islands. This book helps pick which ones to go to.

I'll save you some time:
- Go to Santorini, Mykonos, and Rhodes or Crete.
- Spend the extra cash and fly there.
- Rent a car
- Bring toilet paper, sunscreen, and bugspray
- Don't stay in Athens.

Ta-Da ! I just saved you from reading the entire book.

[Camilla]

Veldig nyttig til å bli bedre kjent med Hellas. Kort introduksjon til gresk historie og grundig gjennomgang av dei ulike øyene og kva ein kan vente seg der + Athen.
Skulle ønske at det var fleire bilder tilgjengeleg (det er vel kanskje ein av grunnane til at google eksisterer) i boka, men ser sjølv at det blir svært vanskeleg å få til. Bildene hadde blitt veldig små og boka enda lenger.

[Paul]

DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are simply the best. Fantastic guide book that has everything you need for sites to see, food and accomodations with a healthy dose of historical perspective and amazing photos. will definitely be passing this guide onto others for use.

[Evangeline]

I love the Greek Islands! And it is great to have information about them all to hand in the one place in this wonderful little guide. I still think I would buy individual guides for the ones I visit, but in the meantime this book will help me decide which ones that will be.

[Amanda]

I love these travel guides...for a few hours I can lose myself in the pages and imagine visiting there for myself :). I have always had a fascination with Mykonos and Santorini and would love to find a guide just about those locations. Armchair traveling...

[Rebecca I]

This is a more scanning book to take what one needs out of it for a sense of where to go. So many choices of islands. Much of the information, like any travel info has to be taken with a grain of salt and according to one's own tastes. Lots of good information about the culture.

[Troy Soos]

Lots of terrific photos, illustrations, maps, and historical notes. I look forward to putting it to use!

[Amanda]

Decent travel guide. I am not the biggest fan of travel guides as I feel you can get a lot more information and up to date advice online. I only read travel books if I borrow them from the library.

[Maureen Forys]

I bought this because it has a lot of pictures, lol. I'll need to supplement a lot to actually plan anything. Good foundation/overview.

[Michelle]

One of the best destination travel books I have read - and there have been many !

[Penelope Brown]

This was my greek island bible on my travels. It is easy to follow and has great pictures.