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1 Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 751 Index A accommodation 20, 726-7, see also individual locations Achaean civilisation, see Mycenaean civilisation Achaïa Acrocorinth Acropolis (Athens) 9, 71-6, 598, 74, 8-9, 72-3, 599 Acropolis of Agios Andreas 405 Acropolis of Lindos 480 activities 51-5, 56-7, see also individual activities, individual locations Adamas 399 Aegiali Aegina 302-6, 302 Aegina Town Agamemnon 96, 138, 139 Agathonisi Agia Galini Agia Kyriaki 218 Agia Marina Agia Pelagia 669 Agia Triada 429 Agios Ahillios 271 Agios Efstratios 583 Agios Georgios (Agathonisi) Agios Georgios (Crete) 463 Agios Ioannis Agios Kirykos Agios Konstantinos Agios Nikolaos 453-6, 454 Agios Pavlos agriculture 673 air travel airlines airports 734 internet resources 41 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 to/from Greece within Greece 41, 736 Akrotiri Peninsula 445 Alexander the Great 190, Alexandroupoli Alinda Alonnisos , 619 alphabet 743 Alyki 593 Ambelakia 206 Amorgos , 368 amusement parks 94 Anafi Analipsi 516 Ancient Agora (Athens) 80, 83, 83 Ancient Akrotiri 22, 388 Ancient Corinth Ancient Delos 396-8, 598, 397, 40 Ancient Delphi 10, 189, 191, 599, 10, 194-5, 599 Ancient Dion 266 Ancient Eleusis 129 Ancient Ialysos 481 Ancient Kamiros 482 Ancient Lato 457 Ancient Messini Ancient Mycenae 137-9, 138 Ancient Nemea 136 Ancient Olympia 17, 176-7, 176, 17 Ancient Sparta Ancient Thira 388 Ancient Zakros Andritsena Andros 322-5, 323 Angistri 306-7, 302 animals , see also individual species Ano Meria 395 Ano Pedina 292 Ano Petali Ano Syros 329 Anogia Antia 609 Antikythira 670, 666 Antiparos 350-1, Antipaxi 645-6, 644 Aoös River Aphrodite 667, 669, 697 Apiranthos Apollo 697 Apollo Coast 91-2 Apollonas 362 Apollonia 404 aquariums Cretaquarium Edessa 269 Old Town Aquarium 473 Arahova archaeological museums Andros 324 Agios Nikolaos 453 Argos 137 Athens 88, 96, 96 Chios Town 561 Fira 380 Florina 270 Hania 439, 442 Ierapetra 461 Ioannina 287 Iraklio Karpathos 486 Kavala 263 Kissamos 445 Komotini 278 Kos Town 507 Lefkada Town 648 Messenia 166 Monemvasia 156 Mykonos 337 Myrina 580 Mytilini Town 570 Nafplio 142 Naxos 354 Nikopoli 297 Olympia Parikia 346 Patras 180 Piraeus 124 Plaka Pothia 518 Pythagorio Rethymno 433 Rhodes Town 471 Sitia 459 Skala 514 Sparta 152 Thasos 590 Thessaloniki 244 Vathy 551 Veria 267 Volos 207 archaeological sites 598-9, see also Roman sites, temples, tombs Acrocorinth Acropolis (Athens) 9, 71-6, 598, 74, 8-9, 72-3, 599 Acropolis of Agios Andreas 405 Acropolis of Lindos 480 Agia Triada 429 Alyki 593 Ancient Agora (Athens) 80, 83, 83 Ancient Akrotiri 22, 388 Ancient Corinth Ancient Delos 396-8, 598, 397, 40 Ancient Delphi 10, 189, 191, 599, 10, 194-5, 599 Ancient Dion 266 Ancient Eleusis 129 Ancient Ialysos 481 Ancient Kamiros 482 Ancient Lato 457 Ancient Messini Ancient Mycenae 137-9, 138 Ancient Nemea 136 Ancient Olympia 17, 176-7, 176, 17 Ancient Sparta Ancient Thira 388

2 752 INDEX A- B archaeological sites continued Ancient Zakros Asklipieion Dimini 209 Dodoni 290 Epidavros 145-7, 30-1 Erechtheion 76, 599 Eretria 606 Evpalinos Tunnel 553 Falasarna 446 Filakopi 402 Gournia Hephaistia 582 House of Homer 660 Ireon 555 Kea Lion 412 Keramikos 80-1 Keros 365 Knossos 14, 425-8, 689, 701, 425, 14, Kos Town Malia 429 Mikro Horio 499 Mystras 153-5, 153 Nekromanteio of Afyra 299 Palamari 628 Paleohora 305 Paleokastro (Gialova) 173 Paleokastro (Mandraki) 503 Panathenaic Stadium 82 Parthenon 75-6, 8, 73 Phaestos 429 Poliohni 582 Ramnous 129 Sanctuary of the Great Gods Sesklo 209 Skarkos Thasos (Limenas) 590 Tiryns 145 Tower of the Winds 80 underwater sites 53 architecture area codes 19 Areopagus Hill Areopoli Ares 697 Argolis Argos 137 Argostoli 653-5, 654 Aristi 292 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 Aristotle 682 Arkadia Arkasa 488 Arki Armeos 521 art galleries, see galleries Artemis 697 Artemonas arts 22, 23, , see also individual arts Asklipieion Assos 657 Astakos 203 Astypalea , 514 Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal 246, 687 Athena 67, 75, 76, 96, Athenian Treasury 194, 194 Athens 10, 59, , 65, 68-9, 77, 84-5, 90-1, 102-3, 110, 10, 46, 602 accommodation 64, activities 92 children, travel with 94 climate 64 courses 92 drinking emergency services 119 entertainment festivals 95 food 22, 64, gay & lesbian travellers 115 highlights 65 history 66-7, 70 internet resources 118, 120 itineraries 66 medical services 120 planning 64-5 safety 119 shopping sights tourist information 120 tours 92-5 travel seasons 64 travel to/from travel within walking tour 98-9, 99 Athens Classic Marathon 22 Athens grand promenade 81 Athos Peninsula 258-9, 259 ATMs 730 Atsitsa 628 Attica 127-9, Attica Zoological Park 94 August Moon Festival 27, 601 B Balkan Wars 686, 689 bargaining 21 basketball 117, 723 bathrooms 732 Batsi battles, see wars & battles beaches 22, bears 718 beer 22, 253, 381 bicycle travel, see cycling, mountain biking birds birdwatching Dadia Forest Reserve Evros Delta 281 Fanari protected wetlands 255 Gialova Lagoon 173 Lesvos (Mytilini) 568 Panagia Islet 591 Preveza 295 Skyros 625, 628 Tilos 500 boars 719 boat travel, see also boat trips, cruising, island hopping, sailing & yachting ferry routes 38-9 internet resources 40-1 to/from Greece 736 to/from Turkey 554 within Greece 35-41, 737 boat trips, see also boat travel, cruising, island hopping, sailing & yachting Alonnisos 620 Athos Peninsula Bay of Navarino 172 Corfu Evia 608 Folegandros 394 Gaïdouronisi (Hrysi) 462 Gramvousa Peninsula 446 Igoumenitsa 296 Ioannina 287 Ithaki 659 Karpathos 489 Kasos 491 Kastellorizo (Megisti) 493 Koufonisia 366 Limnos 581 Lipsi 533 Milos 402 Mt Athos 261 Nafplio 142 Nekromanteio of Afyra 299 Paros 350 Plakias 437 Platanias 218 Prespa Lakes 271 Preveza 295 Rethymno 433 Santorini (Thira) 380 Saronic Gulf Islands 303 Skiathos 611 Skopelos 616 Skyros 625 Zakynthos 664 Book of Revelations 531 books, see also literature cuisine 714, 718 history 144, 676, 677, 678, 685, 689, 700 border crossings 554, 735 Bouboulina, Laskarina 685 bouzouki 709 bouzoukia music 116 bridges Corinth Canal submersible bridge 135 Gorgopotamos Railway Bridge 204 Katouni Bridge 669 Konitsa Bridge 295 Rio Andirio suspension bridge 200 Brooke, Rupert 628 budgeting 19, 44-5, 48, 726 bungee jumping 135 bus travel to/from Athens 121 to/from Greece 735 to/from Thessaloniki 254 within Greece 738, 741 business hours 19, 727, 729 Byron, Lord 201-2, 686 Byzantine Empire 67, architecture 88, music 710 Byzantine museums Byzantine & Christian Museum (Athens) 89 Byzantine & Postbyzantine Collection (Hania) 442 Byzantine Museum (Chios Town) 561

3 753 Byzantine Museum (Ioannina) 286 Byzantine Museum (Naoussa) 348 Byzantine Museum (Veria) 267 Byzantine Museum (Zakynthos Town) Ecclesiastical (Byzantine) Museum (Vathy) 551 Museum of Byzantine & Post-Byzantine Art on Kythira 669 Museum of Byzantine Culture (Thessaloniki) 244 C camping 726 canoeing, see kayaking, white-water rafting canyoning 585, 656 Cape Sounion 127 Cape Tenaro 163 car travel to/from Athens 121 to/from Greece 735 within Greece Carnival 25, 601 Patras 180, Skyros 626 Xanthi 276 Caryatids 73, 76, 73 castles, see also fortresses Agios Georgios Kastro 655 Bazeos Castle 361 Byzantine-Genoese Castle 573 Castle of Antiparos Castle of Faraklos 479 Castle of Lykourgos Logothetis 553 Castle of Monolithos 482 Castle of Myrina 580 Castle of Platamonas Castle of the Knights (Kos Town) 507 Hora (Kythira) 667 Its Kale 286 Kastra (Ano Poli) 243 Kastro (Astypalea) 514 Koroni 170 Kritinia Castle 482 Nafpaktos 200 Neo Kastro Paleokastro (Gialova) 173 Pandeli Castle 524 Patra (Patras) 180 Pythio 283 Venetian Castle (Paleohora) 451 Venetian Castle (Parga) 297 catacombs 400 cathedrals, see churches & cathedrals Catherine the Great 686 caves & caving Bekiris Cave 318 Blue Cave (Parasta) 493 Blue Caves (Zakynthos) 664, 24 Cave of Antiparos 351 Cave of Kastania Cave of Philoctetes 582 Cave of Sykia Olymbi 565 Cave of the Apocalypse 531 Cave of the Lakes 185 Cave of the Sacred Icon of Agios Giannis 364 Cave of Zeus 359 Didyma Caves 147 Dikteon Cave Diros Caves 162 Harkadio Cave 498 hippie caves (Matala) 431, 234 Ideon Cave 436 Kefallonia 656 Korykeon Cave 192 Koutouki Cave 129 Nestor s Cave 173 Perama Cave 290 cell phones 18, 732 cemeteries, see also tombs Ancient Cemetery (Parikia) 346 Athens First Cemetery 91 East Moudros Allied Military Cemetery 582 Keramikos 80-1 Krithoni war cemetery 526 Mausoleum of Inousses 565 Mycenaean cemetery 367 Nekromanteio of Afyra 299 Portianos Military Cemetery 582 WWI Serbian cemetery 635 central Greece 60, , 188 accommodation 187 climate 187 food 187 highlights 188 planning 187 travel seasons 187 ceramics, see pottery Cerberus 696 changing of the guard ceremony 86 chapels, see churches & cathedrals children, travel with 56-8 Athens 94 food 57, 715 Chios , 559 Chios Town 560-2, 560 churches & cathedrals 599 Agios Nikolaos Rangavas 87 Agios Taxiarhes 217 Cathedral of Agios Nikolaos 279 Church of Agia Sofia 243 Church of Agii Theodori 87 Church of Agios Andreas 180 Church of Agios Dimitrios 243 Church of Agios Eleftherios 81 Church of Agios Georgios 292 Church of Agios Ioannis (Areopoli) 160 Church of Agios Ioannis (Lindos) 480 Church of Agios Nikolaos (Galaxidi) 199 Church of Agios Nikolaos (Hania) 442 Church of Agios Spyridon 635 Church of Agios Therapon Church of Agios Titos Church of Dionysios 663 Church of Kapnikarea 81 Church of Nikolaos Orfanos 244 Church of Osios David Church of Panagia Evangelistria 326 Church of Panagia Kera 457 Church of Panagia Kosmosotira 281 Church of Sotira Lykodimou 87 Church of Taxiarhes 160 Church 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 361 Panagia Ekatondapyliani 345 Panagia Glykofilousa 575 Panagia Paraportiani 337 Taxiarhia of the Metropolis 272 cinema, see film Citadel of Mycenae, see Ancient Mycenae Classical age 676-7, classical music climate 18, 25-7, see also individual regions coffee 714 Colossus of Rhodes 470, 471 column styles 702-3, 73, 703 conservation 664, 776, see also environmental issues consulates convents, see monasteries & convents cooking courses 47-8, 625 Corfu 15, 230, , 632, 15, 37 Corfu Town 634-9, 636-7, 15, 37 Corinth Canal 135, 688, 688 Corinthia Corinthian columns 702, 703, 703 costs 19, 44-5, 48, 726 courses, see also individual locations cooking 47-8, 625 language 92, 333, 548, 571 painting 620 pottery 625 reiki 624 yoga 349, 573, 620 credit cards 730 INDEX B - C

4 754 INDEX C - F Cretaquarium Crete 61, 230, , , 32-3, 34, 233, 234, 685 accommodation 414 climate 414 food 414 highlights history 415 planning 414 travel seasons 414 travel to/from 415, 418, 419 travel within 418 cruising 42-5, see also boat travel, boat trips, island hopping, sailing & yachting Crusades, the culture , , currency 18 customs regulations Cyclades 61, , 320 accommodation 319 climate 319 food 319 highlights 320 history 321 island hopping 321 planning 319 travel seasons 319 Cycladic civilisation 674, 675, 705 cycling 54-5, 736-7, see also mountain biking Kastoria 273 Kefallonia 656 Naxos 354 Cyprus issue 683, 690-1, 692 D Dalmatian pelicans 201, Damouhari 214 dance 710 dangers, see safe travel deer 719 deforestation 716 Delos Delphi , 192 Delphic oracle 191, 700 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 democracy 676, desalination plant 363 Diafani 489 Diana 697 Didymotiho 282 digital photography 731 Dilofo 292 Dimitsana disabilities, travellers with 732 Distomo 198 diving & snorkelling 52, 53, 51 Alonnisos 620 Amorgos 371 Antiparos 351 Athens 92 Chios 564 Corfu 640 Hora Sfakion 447 Ios 374 Kalymnos 519, 522 Lefkada 649 Milos 402 Mykonos 342 Paros 350 Plakias 437 Rhodes Town 474 Samos 554 Samothraki 585 Sithonian Peninsula 257 Skiathos 613 Thasos 592 Dodecanese 61, , 466 accommodation 465 climate 465 food 465 highlights 466 planning 465 travel seasons 465 dolphin watching 295, 616, 620 dolphins 720 domatia 727 Donousa Dorian people 675 Doric columns 702, 703, 73, 703 drinking 731, see also wine, wineries, individual locations beer 22, 253, 381 coffee 714 kitron 360, 361 ouzo 49 driving, see car travel driving licences 738 drugs (illegal) 730 Durrell, Gerald 641 Durrell, Lawrence 641 DVDs 731 E earthquakes 693, 717 Easter celebrations 11, 26, 601, 11, 600 economy 672-3, 692-3, 694-5, 721, Edessa Eftalou Beach 575 El Greco 88, 685, 706, 685 Elafonisi 452 electricity 728 Elefsina 129 Elounda embassies Embonas 482 Emborios (Halki) Emborios (Kalymnos) 522 Emborios (Nisyros) emergency services 19 Athens 119 language Thessaloniki 253 endangered species 627, environmental issues 716, 719 Epidavros 145-7, 30-1 Epidavros Festival 95, 146 Epiros Epta Piges 479 Erechtheion 76, 599 Eretria 606 Ermoupoli 331-4, 332 etiquette 21 churches 326 food 50 monasteries 223 photography 731 Evans, Sir Arthur 425, 701 Evdilos events, see festivals & events, sporting events Evia 62, , 604 accommodation 603 climate 603 food 603 highlights 604 planning 603 travel seasons 603 Evpalinos Tunnel 553 Evros Delta 281 exchange rates 19 F Falasarna 446 fauna Feres 281 ferry travel, see boat travel, boat trips, cruising, island hopping festivals & events 25-7, 601, see also sporting events Aegina Fistiki Fest 304 Ardas River Festival 284 Armata 316 August Moon Festival 27, 601 Carnival (Patras) 180, Carnival (Skyros) 626 Carnival (Xanthi) 276 Classical Music Festival (Nafplio) 142 Dionysos Theatre Festival 542 Easter celebrations 11, 26, 601, 11, 600 Epidavros Festival 95, 146 Festival of Agios Georgios 198 Festival Olympou 265 Frikaria Music Festival 542 Hellenic Festival 26, 95 Icarus Festival for Dialogue Between Cultures 542 Ikaria 540, 601 International Eressos Women s Festival 576 International Trade Fair 246 Kalamata International Dance Festival 166 Miaoulia Festival 311 Nestorio River Festival 273 Philippi Thasos Festival 590 Prespes Festival 271 Ragkountsaria Festival 273 rembetika music festival 623 Reworks International Music Festival 246 Thessaloniki International Film Festival 246 Wine & Cultural Festival (Evia) 609 Wine Festival (Lipsi) 533 Xanthi Old Town Festival 276

5 755 feta 711 film 672, 707 festivals 27, 95, 246 open-air cinema 117 Filopappou Hill 79 Finiki 488 Fira 380-5, 382 fish spas 384 Fiskardo flora Florina Folegandros 392-6, 393 folk music 708 folklore museums Folk Museum (Agios Nikolaos) 453 Folk Museum (Naxos) 354 Folk Museum (Orestiada) 283 Folk Museum (Xanthi) 276 Folklore Museum (Aegina Town) 304 Folklore Museum (Agios Georgios) 463 Folklore Museum (Ioannina) 287 Folklore Museum (Naoussa) 349 Folklore 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 588 food 12, 21, 23-4, 46-50, 596, , 12, 48, 596, 597, see also individual locations bread 548 children, travel with 57, 715 cooking courses 47-8, 625 etiquette 21, 50 festivals 47, 304, markets 47, 108, 245, 442, 46 olives 168, 574 street food 106 tsipouradhika 208 tyropita 622 vegetarian travellers 715 zaharoplasteia 250 football 58, 723 forests 718 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 693 fortresses, see also castles Akronafplia Fortress 141 Bourtzi Byzantine Fortress (Komotini) 278 Fortezza (Rethymno) 432 Fortress of Agia Mavra 648 Fortress of Drakanos 544 Fortress of Larissa 137 Fortress of Trikala Frangokastello 447 Frankish Kastro (Parikia) Frankish Kastro (Plaka) 400 Kales Fortress 461 Kastro (Kalamata) 166 Koules Venetian Fortress 421 Lamia 204 Methoni Monemvasia Mystras 153-5, 153 Mytilini Town Neo Frourio 635 Palaio Frourio 634 Palamidi Fortress 141 Venetian Fort (Sitia) 459 Fourni Islands 548-9, Frangokastello 447 frescoes Iraklio Archaeological Museum 420 Meteora 221, 222 National Archaeological Museum (Athens) 96 Palace of Knossos 426-7, 428, Fry 491 G Gaïdouronisi (Hrysi) 462 Gaïos 644 Galaxidi galleries, see also museums Art Space 388 Athens 93 Cultural Foundation of Tinos 326 Diexodos Museum Picture Gallery 202 Fish & Olive 360 Koumantarios Gallery of Sparta 152 Municipal Art Gallery of Larisa 206 National Gallery Alexandros Soutzos Museum 142 National Museum of Contemporary Art 89 New Art Gallery (Rhodes Town) 471 Patmos Gallery 530 Popotech Workshop 212 Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music 93 gardens, see parks & gardens Gavdos Island Gavrio 322 gay travellers 729 Athens 115 festivals 576 Mykonos 340 Gennadi 483 geography geology 222 Gerolimenas 162 Gialos Gialova Gialova Lagoon 173 Glossa 617 Glyfada 91 gods 696-7, 698, see also mythology, individual gods golf 640 gorges Agia Irini Gorge 450 Dimosari Gorge 609 Imbros Gorge 450 Langada Gorge 156 Rouvas Gorge 430 Samaria Gorge 13, 448-9, 13, 55, 233 Vale of Tembi 206 Vikos Gorge 15, 293, 15 Vouraïkos Gorge 183 Vyros Gorge 164 Zakros Gorge 461 Gortyna 430 Gournia Gramvousa Peninsula 446 grand promenade (Athens) 81 Great Idea campaign 686, 690 Greek Civil War Greek language 692, Gythio H Hades 696 Hadrian s Arch 82 Hadrian s Library 81 Halki (Dodecanese) Halki (Naxos) 360 Halkida Halkidiki Peninsula 16, hammams, see Turkish baths Hania , health Hellenic Festival 26, 95 Hellenistic age 680 Hephaestus 697 Hera 696 Heracles 698 Heraklion, see Iraklio Hermes 697 Herodotus 676 Hestia 697 hiking 23, 52, 53-4 Alonnisos 620 Amorgos 371 Andros 325 Areopoli 161 Arkadia 148 Corfu 640 Delphi Dimosari Gorge Fourni Islands 548 Ghria Vathra Canyon (Samothraki) 587 Hydra 314 Ikaria 544 Imbros Gorge 450 Ithaki 659 Iti National Park 205 Kalymnos 519 Kardamyli 164 Karystos 608 Kefallonia 656 INDEX F- H

6 756 INDEX H - K hiking continued Konitsa Mani 16 Meteora 223 Milos 400 Mt Kaliakouda 203 Mt Olympus 266 Mylopotamos 668 Parnassos National Park 197 Pelion Peninsula 215 Plakias 437 Psara 567 Renes Bay 628 Rethymno 433 Rouvas Gorge 430 Samaria Gorge 13, 448-9, 13, 55, 233 Samos 556 Samothraki 584 Sifnos 405 Skiathos 614 Skopelos 618 Skyros 625 Steni 606 Symi 496 Thasos 593 Tilos Vikos Gorge 293 Zakros Gorge 461 Hill of the Pnyx 80 Hippocrates 471, 505 Hippocrates Plane Tree 507 history Alexander the Great 190, 680-2, 681 Athens Balkan Wars 686, 689 books 144, 676, 677, 678, 685, 689, 700 Byzantine Empire 67, Crete 415 Crusades, the 682-3, 684 Cyprus issue 683, 690-1, 692 Greek Civil War internet resources 694 Macedon Minoan civilisation 387, 415, 674, 675 Mycenaean civilisation 675 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 Ottoman era 67, Peloponnesian Wars Persian Wars Roman era 67, 681, 682 Sparta 67, 677, 679 Venetians, the 683, 684 War of Independence 684, 686 WWI 687, 690 WWII 688-9, 691 hitching 740 holidays 731 Homer birthplace 563 grave 377 House of Homer 660 literary works 675, 676 stone chair 562 tours of sites 659, 660 Hora (Amorgos) 370 Hora (Andros) Hora (Astypalea) Hora (Folegandros) Hora (Ios) Hora (Kythira) 667 Hora (Kythnos) 410 Hora (Mykonos) , 338, 24, 28-9, 49 Hora (Naxos) 354-9, 356 Hora (Patmos) Hora (Samothraki) Hora (Serifos) 408 Hora (Tinos) Hora Sfakion Horefto 213 horse riding Corfu 640 Kalymnos 521 Konitsa 295 Naoussa 349 Naxos Thasos 592 horses, Skyrian 627 Horto 218 hostels 727 hot springs, see also thermal baths, Turkish baths Agios Kirykos Eftalou 575 Lefkada 543 Loutra (Therma) 587 Milos 401 Polyhnitos 578 Santorini (Thira) 380 Therma 544 hotels 727 hunting 719 Hydra (island) 14, 229, , 309, 14, 228 Hydra (mythology) 696 Hydra Town , 312, 14, 228 I Icarus 698 Ierapetra Igoumenitsa 296 Ikaria 231, 540-9, 542-3, 601 Iliad, the 139, 158, 675, 676 Imbros Gorge 450 immigration 673, 723, 732-3, 734 Inousses insurance car 739 health International Trade Fair 246 internet access 730 internet resources 19 activities 55 air travel 41 Athens 118, 120 boat travel 40-1 food 715 history 694 wildlife 716 Ioannina 285-9, 288 Ionian Islands 62, , 630, 51 accommodation 629 climate 629 food 629 highlights 630 planning 629 travel seasons 629 Ionic columns 702, 703, 703 Ios 372-7, 373 Ioulida 412 Iraklia Iraklio , 420 Iraklio market 422 Ireon 555 island hopping 12, 34-41, 303, 321, see also boat travel, cruising Island, the (To Nisi) Ithaki , 652 Iti National Park 205 Itilo 160 itineraries 28-33, 28, 30, 33 Athens 66 cruising 43-4 J jackals 719 jazz music 95, 117 Juno 696 Jupiter 696 K Kalamata 166-8, 167 Kalamata olives 168 Kalambaka 223-5, 220 Kalamitsa Kalavryta Kalymnos , 518, 12 Kamares Kamari Kamariotissa Kanaris, Konstantinos 566, 567 Kapsali Karamanlis, Kostas 693, 694 Karavostamo Karavostasis Kardamyli Karitena 150 Karpathos , 485, 233 Karpenisi Karystos Kasos 490-2, 490 Kassandra Peninsula 256 Kassiopi 640, 37 Kastellorizo (Megisti) Kastellorizo Village Kastoria Kastraki 225-6, 220 Kastro (Sifnos) 405 Katapola Kathisma beach 649, Kato Zakros Kavala kayaking, see also white-water rafting Alonnisos 620 Arkadia 148 Chios 564 Evia 608 Kefallonia 656 Konitsa 295 Lefkada 649 Milos 402 Nestos River 277 Paros 350 Vikos Gorge 293 Kazantzakis, Nikos 423, 689

7 757 Kea (Tzia) , 411 Kefallonia 651-8, 652, 30-1 Kefalos Bay Keramikos 80-1 Keros 365 Kimolos 402, 400 King Otto 685, 686, 687 Kissamos Kissos 213 Kita 162 kiteboarding 350, 352 kitesurfing 52, 359, 483, 485, see also windsurfing kitron 360, 361 Klima 401 Klisova Lagoon 201, 202 Knights Quarter (Rhodes Town) Knossos 14, 425-8, 689, 701, 425, 14, Komotini Konitsa Korissia Koroni Kos 230, , 506 Kos Town , Koufonisia Krithoni Kritsa 457 Kyllini 179 Kymi Kynouria Kypris, Yorgos 386 Kythira , 666 Kythnos , 409 L Ladadika 22 laïka music 708 lakes Lake Orestiada 272 Limni Vouliagmenis 92 Prespa Lakes 271 Sacred Lake 397 Lakka 645 Lakki 525 Lakonia Lakonian Mani 160-3, 16 Lambrakis, Grigoris 691 Lamia Langada Pass 156 language 692, courses 92, 333, 548, 571 whistling language 609 Larisa Lasinthos Eco-Park 463 Lasithi Plateau Lavrio 127 Laws of Gortyna 430 Lefkada 231, , 647, Lefkada Town 648 Lefkes 350 Lefkos 488 legal matters 730 Leonidio Leros 522-7, 523 lesbian travellers 729 Athens 115 festivals 576 Mykonos 340 Lesvos (Mytilini) 229, , 568, 229 Limeni Limni 608 Limni Vouliagmenis 92 Limnos , 579, 232 Linaria 627 Lindos Lipsi 532-5, 533 Lipsi Village literature 423, 641, 672, 707-8, see also books Litohoro Little Cyclades 362-6, 362 Livadi (Cyclades) Livadi (Dodecanese) 516 Livadia live music , 710 loggerhead turtles 664, 720, 233 Loggos 645 Lourdata 653, 30-1 Loutra (Therma) Loutra Edipsou Loutraki 617 Loutro 449 Lykavittos Hill M Macedonia , 238 Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of (FYROM) 693 Magazia (Paxi) 645 Magazia (Skyros) Makrinitsa Malia 429 Mandraki Mani, the 16, , 16 maps 730 Marathi Marathon Marathonisi Islet 158 maritime museums Aegean Maritime Museum 337 Hellenic Maritime Museum 124 Maritime Museum (Oia) 385 Maritime Museum of Crete 442 Nautical Historical Museum 199 Nautical Museum (Gialos) 496 Nautical Museum of Inousses 565 Permanent Collection of Ancient & Traditional Shipbuilding 442 markets 24, 47 Agora (Hania) 442 Central Market (Athens) 108, 118, 46 flea market (Potamos) 668 Iraklio 422 Modiano Market (Thessaloniki) 245 Monastiraki Flea Market (Athens) 118 Open Market (Xanthi) 276 Mars 697 Masouri 521 Mastihari 512 Mastihohoria 563 Matala 430-2, 234 mayirefta measures 731 medical services 729 Athens 120 Corfu Town 639 Kos Town 511 Mykonos 342 Rhodes Town 479 Medusa 696, 698 Megalo Horio 501 Meganisi Menetes Mercury 697 Merihas Messinia Messinian Mani Messolongi Mesta Meteora 9, 220-3, 599, 220, 9, Methoni Metsovo 286 mezedhes 712 Milies 217 Milina 218 Milos , 400 Minerva, see Athena Minoan civilisation 387, 415, 674, 675, Minotaur 696 mobile phones 18, 732 Mohlos 458 Molos Molyvos (Mithymna) monasteries & convents Convent of Galataki 608 Convent of Pantanassa 154 Holy Monastery of Zoodohos Pigi 530 Mantamados 573 Meteora 9, 220-3, 599, 220, 9, Monastery of Perivleptos 154 Monastery of St John the Theologian 530, 600 Monastery of the Apocalypse 530 Monastery of Vlatadon 243 Monastery of Zygou 259 Moni Agias Lavras 185 Moni Agias Varvaras Rousanou 222, 9, Moni Agiou Gerasimou 655 Moni Arkadiou 435 Moni Dafniou 88 Moni Evangelistrias 613 Moni Faneromenis 648 Moni Filanthropinon 290 Moni Hozoviotissis Moni Megalou Spileou 183 Moni Metamorfosis 199 Moni Osios Loukas Moni Panagias Kounistras 613 Moni Panagias Proussiotissas 203 Moni Panagias Spilianis 554 Moni Preveli Moni Taxiarhon 408 Moni Taxiarhou Mihail Panormiti 498 Moni Toplou 460 Moni Tsoukas 290 Moni Ypsilou Mt Athos (Agion Oros) 16, , 259, 11, 16 Nea Moni 562 INDEX K- M

8 758 INDEX M monasteries & convents continued Skopelos Timios Prodromos Convent 170 Vrontokhion Monastery 155 Monemvasia money 18, 19, 21, 728, Moni Arkadiou 435 Moni Dafniou 88 Moni Hozoviotissis Moni Osios Loukas Moni Preveli Moni Toplou 460 monk seals 620, 621, 720 Monodendri 292 mosques Aslan Pasha Mosque 287 Bayezit s Mosque 282, 684 Fetiye Cami 286 Koursoun Tzami 219 Mosque of Kioutsouk Hasan 439 Mosque of Murad Reis 473 Mosque of Süleyman 473 Neratzes Mosque 433 Yeni Tzami 571 mosquitoes 729 motorcycle travel to/from Athens 121 within Greece mountain biking, see also cycling Corfu 640 Evia 608 Kardamyli 165 Konitsa 295 Skopelos 616 Thasos Vikos Gorge 293 mountain refuges 55, 727 mountaineering Crete 443 Iti National Park 205 Konitsa 295 Litohoro 265 mountains Kelaria 197 Mt Athos 260 Mt Dirfys 606 Mt Eros 314 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 Mt Kaliakouda 203 Mt Kerkis 556 Mt Kynthos 397 Mt Ohi 609 Mt Olympus 266 Mt Pantokrator 639 Mt Parnitha 127 Mt Profitis Ilias 164 Mt Psiloritis 436 Mt Ypsario 593 Mt Zeus 359 Mouressi 214 movies, see film Mt Athos (Agion Oros) 16, , 259, 11, 16 museums 23, see also archaeological museums, Byzantine museums, folklore museums, maritime museums Acropolis Museum 78-9 Ali Pasha Museum 290 Antivouniotissa Museum Art of Silk Museum 282 Bee Museum Benaki Museum 88-9 Botsari Museum 200 Bouboulina s Museum 316 Christos Capralos Museum 305 Church Museum (Mandraki) 503 Della Rocca-Barozzi Venetian Museum 354 Delphi Museum 192 Ecclesiastical Art Museum of Alexandroupoli 279 Ecclesiastical Museum (Komotini) 278 Ecclesiastical Museum of Milos 399 Epigraphical Museum 89 Ethnological Museum of Thrace 279 Hellenic Children s Museum 94 Herakleidon Museum 88 Historical Archives Museum of Hydra 311 Historical Museum of Crete 421 Industrial Museum of Ermoupoli 332 Jewish Museum (Athens) 87 Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki 246 Kanellopoulos Museum 86 Karystos Museum 608 Lazaros Koundouriotis Historical Mansion 310 Megaro Gyzi Museum 380 Military Museum (Kalamata) 166 Milos Mining Museum 399 Mineralogical Museum 127 Mitropolis Museum 354 Municipal 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) 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 663 Museum of the Decorative Arts 471 Museum 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 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 Nikos Kazantzakis Museum 423 Noesis Science Center & Technology Museum 246 Old Radio Museum 218 Open-Air Water Power Museum 149 Paragaea Olive Oil Museum 297 Pelion Peninsula 212 Pikoulakis Tower House Museum 161 René Puaux Exhibition 172 Shadow Theatre Museum 158 Spetses Museum 316 Teriade Museum 571 Theophilos Museum 211, 571 Thessaloniki Museum of Photography Tsalapatas Brickworks Museum 207 Volcanological Museum (Nikea) 505 Vrana Olive-Press Museum 574 War Museum (Athens) 94 War Museum (Lakki) 525 War Museum (Nafplio) 142 Water Museum 269 wine museum (Epanomi) 255 music 24, festivals 26, 95, 142, 246, 273, 542, 623 live music Mycenae Mycenaean civilisation 675, 702

9 759 Mykonos , 336, 24, 28-9, 49 Mylopotamos 216, 668 Mylopotas Myrina 580-2, 232 Myrties 521 Myrtos (Crete) Myrtos (Kefallonia) 657 Mystras 153-5, 153 mythology 67, 158, 471, 626, 696-8, see also gods, individual gods Mytilini Town , 570 N Nafpaktos Nafplio , 140 name days 601, 723 Naoussa National Archaeological Museum (Athens) 88, 96, 96 national parks & reserves 717 Dadia Forest Reserve Iti National Park 205 Mt Parnitha National Park 127 National 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, 231 Neapoli Negades 292 Nekromanteio of Afyra 299 neoclassicism 705 Neptune 969 newspapers 731 Nikea Nikopoli 297 Nisyros 501-5, 502, 32-3 northeastern Aegean Islands 62, , 539 accommodation 538 climate 538 food 538 highlights 539 planning 538 travel seasons 538 northern Greece 60, , 236 accommodation 235 climate 235 food 235 highlights 236 planning 235 travel seasons 235 O Odeon of Herodes Atticus 78, 602, 602 Odysseus 471, 532, 626, 658, 660, 696 Odyssey, the 660, 532, 675, 676 Oedipus 698 Oedipus crossroads 197 Oia 385-7, 5, 10 olives 168, 574 Olymbos 17, , 17, 233 Olympia Olympic Games 70, 175, 677, 689, 693, 693 ancient stadium (Olympia) 176 Archaeological Museum of Olympia Museum of the History of Excavations in Olympia 175 Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity 175 Panathenaic Stadium 82 opening hours 19, 727, 729 oracle of Delphi 191, 700 Orestiada Ormos Otto, King 685, 686, 687 Ottoman era 67, 683-4, ouzo 49 P painting courses 620 palaces Achillion Palace 641 Agia Triada 429 Malia 429 Nestor s Palace Palace of Galerius Palace of Knossos 14, 425-8, 689, 701, 425, 14, Palace of St Michael & St George 634 Palace of the Grand Masters 472 Phaestos 429 Tiryns 145 Vergina 268 Zakros Palace Paleohora (Aegina) 305 Paleohora (Crete) Pali 505 Paliki Peninsula Palio Trikeri 218 Panagia Drosiani 361 Panathenaic Procession 78 Panathenaic Stadium 82 Pandeli 525 Papandreou, Andreas 692 Papandreou, Georgios 691, 694 Papingo villages Paralia Kymis Parga Parikia 345-8, 346 parks & gardens, see also national parks & reserves Garden of the Heroes Mon Repos Estate 635 National Gardens 82 Serpentine Organic Garden 215 Zappeio Gardens 82 Parliament 86 Parnassos National Park 197 Paros , Parthenon 75-6, 8, 73 Pasha, Ali 286, 290 passports 732-3, 734 Patitiri Patmos , 528 Patra (Patras) 180-3, 181, Patras Carnival 180, Pausanias 144 Pax Romana 680, 681, 682 Paxi 643-5, 644, 232 Peania 129 pelicans, Dalmatian 201, Pelion Peninsula , 210 Pella 268 Peloponnese 59, , accommodation 130 climate 130 food 130 highlights 132 history 131 planning 130 travel seasons 130 travel to/from 131, 134 Peloponnesian Wars pensions 727 Pera Kastro 520 Perdika Perseus 698 Persian Wars Petaloudes 482 Petra 575 petrified forest (Lesvos) 576 Phaestos 429 Philip II 681 philosophy 699 phonecards 732 photography 21, 731 Pigadia Pinakates 216 Piraeus 124-6, 124 Plaka Plaka Litohorou Plakias planning 18-19, 20-1, see also individual regions activities 51-5 budgeting 19 calendar of events 25-7 children, travel with 56-8 climate 18, 25-7 cruising 42-5 food Greece s regions internet resources 19 island hopping itineraries repeat visitors 22 travel seasons 18, 25-7 plants Platanias 218 Platanos politics 672-3, Pollonia 401 Polygonal Wall (Ancient Delphi) 195, 195 Polyhnitos Pomakohoria 277 population 673, 723 Poros 307-9, 307 Poros Town Poseidon 696 postal services 731 Potamos 668 Pothia pottery 381 Prespa Lakes 271 Preveli Beach 14, , 14 Preveza Prince Philip 692 Propylaia 74-5 Psara INDEX M - P

10 760 INDEX P-T Psili Ammos 556 Psyhro public holidays 731 Pyli 512 Pylos Pyrgi 563 Pythagoras 556 Pythagorio R Rafina 126 rafting, see kayaking, white-water rafting reiki courses 624 religion 673, 683, rembetika 116, 623, 708, 709 rental accommodation 727 reserves, see national parks & reserves Rethymno 432-5, 432 Rhodes 229, , 468 Rhodes Town 11, 470-9, 472, 11, Rina 522 road distances 739 road hazards 740 road rules 740 rock climbing 164, 223, 519 Rock of the Sibyl (Ancient Delphi) 195, 195 Roman era 67, 681, 682 Roman sites, see also archaeological sites, temples, tombs Argos 137 catacombs (Trypiti) 400 Gortyna 430 Hadrian s Arch 82 Hadrian s Library 81 Nikopoli 297 Palace, Arch & Rotunda of Galerius Roman Agora (Athens) 80 Roman Agora (Thessaloniki) 243 Roman baths (Athens) 82 Roman baths (Loutraki) 617 Roman cistern (Lefkos) 488 Roman quarry (Evia) 609 Tallaras Roman baths 516 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000 S Sacred Way (Ancient Delphi) 191-2, 194, 194 safe travel 19, 731 Athens 119 car travel 738, 740 children, travel with 57 drinking water 407, 730 environmental hazards 729 hitching 740 reptiles 719 women travellers 733 sailing & yachting 43, 732, 741 Corfu 640 Ios 374 Kos 511 Milos 399 Skiathos 611 Symi 497 Syros 332 Thasos 592 Salonika, see Thessaloniki Samaria Gorge 13, 448-9, 13, 55, 233 Sami Samos , Samothraki 583-8, 584 San Michalis 334 Sanctuaries of the Foreign Gods 396 Sanctuary of Apollo Sanctuary of Artemis 129 Sanctuary of Athena Halkioitou 151 Sanctuary of Athena Pronea 191 Sanctuary of Egyptian Gods 146 Sanctuary of the Great Gods Sanctuary of the Kabeiroi 582 Sanctuary of Zeus Hypistos 266 Sanctuary to Isis 266 Sangri 361 Santorini (Thira) 10, 229, 230, , 378, 5, 10, 228, 231 Saronic Gulf Islands 60, , 301 accommodation 300 climate 300 food 300 highlights 301 internet resources 304 island hopping 303 planning 300 travel seasons 300 scams 119 Schinousa scuba diving, see diving & snorkelling sculpture 699 seals, monk 620, 621, 720 senior travellers 728 Serifos 406-9, 407 Shipwreck Beach 664, 227 shopping 24, see also markets, individual locations antiques 612 beer 253 embroidery 640 handicrafts 119, 253, 280, 289 iconography 478 musical instruments 253 pottery 455 wine 144 shrines, see temples Sifnos 402-6, 403 Sikinos 391-2, 391 Sithonian Peninsula Sitia Skala (Angistri) Skala (Astypalea) Skala (Patmos) Skala Eresou Skiathos , 611 Skiathos Town skiing 55 Kalavryta 186 Karpenisi 202 Metsovo 286 Mt Vermio 267 Parnassos National Park 197 Vikos Gorge 293 Skopelos , 615 Skopelos Town Skyrian horses 627 Skyros 623-8, 624 Skyros Carnival 626 Skyros Town smoking regulations 731 Smyrna 687 snakes 719, 729 snorkelling, see diving & snorkelling soccer 58, 723 Socrates 679, 680 Solon 676, 677 Soufli 282 Sougia Sparta 150-3, 151 Spartans, the 67, 677, 679 Spetses , 315 Spetses Town Spili 436 Spinalonga Island 457, 34 Sporades, the 62, , 604 accommodation 603 climate 603 food 603 highlights 604 planning 603 travel 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 Kalymnos Skandalopetra Diving Festival 519 North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 519 sports 723, see also individual sports St John the Divine 531 Stemnitsa 148 Steni 606 Sterea Ellada , 190 Stoupa surfing 52, 329, see also kitesurfing, windsurfing swallows 381 Symi 494-8, 495 synagogues Etz Hayyim Synagogue 442 Halkida 605 Kahal Shalom Synagogue 473 Monastirioton Synagogue 246 Syros , 330 syrtaki 710 T taxis 741 Athens 123 Thessaloniki 255 Telendos Islet telephone services 18, 732 temples & sanctuaries Erechtheion 76, 599 Parthenon 75-6, 8, 73

11 761 Sanctuaries of the Foreign Gods 396 Sanctuary of Apollo Sanctuary of Artemis 129 Sanctuary of Athena Halkioitou 151 Sanctuary of Athena Pronea 191 Sanctuary of Egyptian Gods 146 Sanctuary of the Great Gods Sanctuary of the Kabeiroi 582 Sanctuary of Zeus Hypistos 266 Sanctuary to Isis 266 Temple of Aphaia 305 Temple of Aphrodite (Acrocorinth) 135 Temple of Aphrodite (Dodoni) 290 Temple of Aphrodite (Rhodes Town) 471 Temple of Apollo (Aegina Town) 304 Temple of Apollo (Ancient Corinth) 134 Temple of Apollo (Ancient Delphi) 191, 195, 195, 599 Temple of Artemis 635 Temple of Asclepius (Asklipieion) 512 Temple of Asclepius (Epidavros) 146 Temple of Athena Nike 73, 75, 73 Temple of Demeter 361 Temple of Dionysos (Vatera) 578 Temple of Epicurean Apollo at Vasses 179 Temple of Hera 177 Temple of Olympian Zeus 82 Temple of Poseidon (Athens) 72, 72 Temple of Poseidon (Cape Sounion) 127 Temple of Zeus (Ancient Nemea) 136 Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 176 Temple to Athena (Ancient Kamiros) 482 Temple to Athena (Lindos) 480 Thasos , 589 Thasos (Limenas) theatre 699 theatre festivals 95, 146, 542 theatres 602, 697 Ancient Corinth 135 Ancient Delos 397 Ancient Delphi 191, 195, 195 Ancient Sparta 151 Larisa 206 National Theatre 117 Odeon of Herodes Atticus 78, 602, 602 Olympia Theatre 117 Theatre of Dodoni 290 Theatre of Dionysos 76-8 Theatre of Epidavros 146, 30-1 Themistocles Wall 72, 72 thermal baths, see also hot springs, Turkish baths Loutra (Kythnos) 410 Loutra Edipsou 607 Rhodes 479 Thermes 277 Thermopylae 204 Theseus 698 Thessaloniki 13, 22, , 240-1, 13, 681 accommodation drinking entertainment 253 festivals food shopping 253 sights tours 246 travel information travel to/from travel within 255 walking tour 244-5, 245 Thessaly , 207 Thira, see Santorini Thirasia 389 Thiva (Thebes) Thrace , 275 Tilos , 499 time 18, 732 Tinos 325-9, 327 tipping 21, 45, 731 Tiryns 145 Titans, the 471 To Nisi To Trenaki 217 toilets 732 tombs, see also cemeteries Citadel of Mycenae 138 Dimini 209 Lycian tomb (Kastellorizo) 493 Marathon Tomb 129 Mikri Doxipara 283 Roussa 281 Royal Tombs (Vergina) 268 Street of Tombs 81 Tomb of Ali Pasha 286 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 86 tourist information 732 tourist police 731 Tourlida 202 tours 741, see also walking tours, individual locations Tower of the Winds 80 trade fairs 246 Tragaea 359 train travel Diakofto Kalavryta Railway 183 Little Train of Pelion 216 To Trenaki 217 to/from Athens to/from Greece to/from Thessaloniki within Greece 741 travellers cheques 731 Treasury of Atreus 138 trekking, see hiking Trikala Triopetra Tris Boukes Bay 628 Trypiti Tsagarada tsipouradhika 208 Turkish baths, see also hot springs, thermal baths Bey Hamam 246 Hammam (Patra) 180 Hammam Turkish Baths (Rhodes Town) 473 Therma 582 Turkish Baths (Athens) 81 Yeni Hamam 246 turtles, loggerhead 664, 720, 233 Tyhero 281 tyropita 622 Tzermiado 463 V vacations 731 Vaï beach 460, 32-3 Valley of the Butterflies 482 Valley of the Dead 460 Vasiliki 649 Vatera Vathia 163, 16 Vathy (Ithaki) Vathy (Samos) 551-3, 552 Vathys 522 vegetarian travellers 715 Venetians, the 683, 684 Venizelos, Eleftherios 686, 687, 688 Venus, see Aphrodite Vergina 268 Veria Vesta 697 Vidos Island 635 Vikos Gorge 15, 293, 15 visas 18, 732-3, 734 Vitsa 292 Vlach people 286 volcanoes 717 Fira 380 Nisyros 504, 32-3 Volcanological Museum 505 Volos volunteering 733 Vravrona 129 Vromolithos 525 Vulcan 697 Vyzitsa 216 W walking, see hiking walking tours Athens 98-9, 99 Thessaloniki 244-5, 245 wars & battles Balkan Wars 686, 689 Battle of Chaeronea 681 Battle of Lepanto 200 Battle of Leuctra 679, 680 Battle of Marathon 127-9, 676, 677 Battle of Navarino 171, 684, 687 Battle of Plataea 678 Battle of Pydna 682 Battle of Thermopylae 204, 674, 679 Greek Civil War Peloponnesian Wars Persian Wars War of Independence 684, 686 WWI 687, 690 WWII 688-9, 691 INDEX T-W

12 762 INDEX W-Z water (drinking) 407, 730 waterfalls Edessa 269 Fonias rock pools 588 Paradeisos Waterfalls 587 waterskiing 52-3, 374 weather 18, 25-7, see also individual regions websites, see internet resources weights 731 whistling language 609 White Tower white-water rafting 53, see also kayaking Arkadia 148 Konitsa 295 Nestos River 277 Vikos Gorge 293 wildflowers wildlife , see also individual species wildlife watching, see birdwatching, dolphin watching windsurfing 52, see also kitesurfing, surfing Corfu 640 Mykonos 342 Naxos 354 Paros 350 Syros 332 wine 714 wine festivals 26, 533, 609 wineries Embonas 482 Fira Ikaria 546 Iraklio 428 Kefallonia 655 Mercouri Estate 179 Naoussa 348 Nemea region 136 Rhodes 482 Santorini (Thira) Sikinos 392 Thessaloniki 255 Vathy (Samos) 551 wolves 719 women travellers 733 work 733 World Heritage sites Acropolis (Athens) 9, 71-6, 598, 74, 8-9, 72-3, 599 Ancient Delos 396-8, 598, 397, 40 Ancient Delphi 10, , 599, 10, 194-5, 599 Ancient Mycenae 137-9, 138 Ancient Olympia 17, 176-7, 176, 17 Epidavros 145-7, 30-1 Ireon 555 Meteora 9, 220-3, 599, 220, 9, Moni Dafniou 88 Moni Osios Loukas Mt Athos (Agion Oros) 16, , 259, 11, 16 Mystras 153-5, 153 Nea Moni 562 Royal Tombs (Vergina) 268 Temple of Epicurean Apollo at Vasses 179 Tiryns 145 WWI 687, 690 WWII 688-9, 691 X Xanthi 22, Xanthi winter carnival 276 Xirokambos 526 Y yachting, see sailing & yachting yoga courses 349, 573, 620 yoghurt 713 Z Zagora 212 Zagorohoria, the 15, 290-4, 291, 15 zaharoplasteia 250 Zahlorou 183 Zakros Zakynthos 661-5, 662, 24, 227 Zakynthos Town Zaros 430 Zerzova 149 Zeus 169, 696 zoos 94 Map Pages 000 Photo Pages 000

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17 750 BEHIND THE SCENES 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. Margarita, Kostas and Zisis, and Anthy and Costas made it home. Michael Stamatios Clark Ευχαριστω, 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 Deliso Many 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, Daniel, 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, production and tech-support teams for their good cheer. Victoria Kyriakopoulos Thanks 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-Peevers Fond 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 (Kissamos), Lynn (Elounda), Madalina (Elounda) and Vaggelis Alegakis. Richard Waters My 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, 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. THIS BOOK This guidebook was commissioned in Lonely Planet s London office, and produced by the following: Commissioning Editors Katie O Connell, Anna Tyler Coordinating Editors Kate Mathews, Branislava Vladisavljevic Senior Cartographer Valentina Kremenchutskaya Coordinating Layout Designer Nicholas Colicchia Managing Editors Bruce Evans, Angela Tinson Managing Layout Designer Chris Girdler Assisting Editors Andrew Bain, Penny Cordner, Laura Gibb, Carly Hall, Kellie Langdon, Anne Mulvaney, Rosie Nicholson, Erin Richards, Sam Trafford Assisting Cartographers Jeff Cameron, Julie Dodkins, Mick Garrett, Rachel Imeson, Jackson James Assisting Layout Designers Clara Monitto, Carlos Solarte Cover Research Naomi Parker Internal Image Research Rebecca Skinner Thanks to Anita Banh, Barbara Di Castro, Brigitte Ellemor, Ryan Evans, Larissa Frost, Genesys India, Jouve India, Andi Jones, Wayne Murphy, Catherine Naghten, Trent Paton, Martine Power, Gina Tsarouhas, Gerard Walker

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