Northern Greece
Bradt Travel Guides (Verlag)
9781804692820 (ISBN)
This thoroughly updated second edition of Bradt's Northern Greece guidebook, written by Greece expert and long-time travel writer Dana Facaros, remains the only guide available to a region that includes Épirus, Thessaly, Macedonia and Thrace - complete with their five dramatically beautiful national parks, the country's highest peaks, mountain lakes, rushing rivers, the world's deepest gorge and (this is Greece, after all) long sandy beaches.
Northern Greece is an up-and-coming, year-round destination that provides the more natural, authentic experience that many travellers seek from this increasingly popular country. Thessaloníki, the country's vibrant second city, is packed with ancient and Byzantine monuments. Three-pronged Chalkidikí has two peninsulas lined with hedonistic beaches and resorts, while the third comprises silent, holy Mount Athos. Central Macedonia is Alexander the Great country, offering ample archaeological sites, Mount Olympus and Greece's top vineyards. The handsome port city of Kavála lies near the beach-fringed island of Thássos and ancient Philippi, visited by St Paul.
To the east, multi-ethnic Thrace has traditional towns, spectacular birdwatching and the island of ancient mysteries, Samothráki. Western Macedonia, meanwhile, is full of surprises: charming small cities nobody has heard of, such as Édessa, Véria, Kastoriá and Flórina, which neighbours the haunting Prespa lakes. Further west, northern Épirus is home to the breathtaking Víkos Gorge and the Zagorachória's enchanting stone villages. Beaches dot the coast, if you can drag yourself away from ancient Roman Nikopolis, Dodona or the Necromanteion, where the living consulted the dead. Fringing Thessaly's great agricultural plain are Metéora's pinnacle-topped monasteries and beautiful Lake Plastíra. In Magnesía, Vólos provides the gateway to the Pélion Peninsula and the islands of Skiáthos, Skópelos and Alónissos.
This new edition of Bradt's Northern Greece serves as an ideal travelling companion for visitors of all ages, budgets and interests, from culture lovers to wildlife enthusiasts, history buffs to archaeologists, foodies to wine connoisseurs, mountain climbers to sea kayakers - not to mention those who simply want to relax on a sandy beach before dancing the night away.
Dana Facaros (facarospauls.com) has been in love with Greece since she was 14 years old and spent a summer on her father's native island, Ikaria. She studied ancient Greek, mythology and classics during a brief stint at university, and she has been visiting and writing about the country since 1977, when she wrote her first guidebook - to the Greek islands. Facaros later co-authored the Cadogan guide to the whole of Greece, published in 2003. Since then she has become a Greek citizen and writes frequently about Greece for the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Travel Magazine. While writing this Bradt guide to northern Greece, she was inspired to create the Greek Food Decoder app, which she often wished she had had in the tavernas off the beaten track. She has also written two other Bradt guidebooks, plus numerous titles for Cadogan.
Introduction
PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION
Chapter 1 Background Information
Geography, Climate, Natural history and conservation, History, Government and politics, Economy, People, Language, Religion and beliefs, Education, Culture
Chapter 2 Practical Information
When to visit, Highlights, Suggested itineraries, Tourist information and tour operators, Red tape, Getting there and away, Health, Safety, Women travellers, Travelling with a disability, LGBTQIA+ travellers, Travelling with children, What to take, Money and budgeting, Getting around, Accommodation, Eating and drinking, Public holidays and festivals, Shopping, Sports and activities, Museums and archaeological sites, Opening times, Media and communications, Cultural etiquette, Travelling positively
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Chapter 3 Thessaloniki
History, Getting there and away, Getting around, Tourist information and tour operators, Orientation, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Entertainment and nightlife, Shopping, Sports and activities, Other practicalities, What to see and do
Chapter 4 Chalkidiki
History, Getting there and away, Tourist information and tour operators, Sports and activities, Central Chalkidiki, Kassandra Peninsula, Sithonia Peninsula, Chalkidiki's east coast, Akte Peninsula, Mount Athos (Agion Oros)
Chapter 5 Central Macedonia
Tourist information, Mount Olympus National Park, Veria, Vergina, Naoussa, Ancient Pella, Edessa, Goumenissa and Mount Paiko, Kilkis, Lake Kerkini National Park, Serres, South of Serres
Chapter 6 Eastern Macedonia
History, Kavala, Ancient Philippi, Mount Pangaion, Drama, The Nestos River and Gorge, Thassos
Chapter 7 Thrace
Xanthi, Komotini, Alexandroupolis, The Evros, Samothraki
Chapter 8 Western Macedonia
History, Kastoria, East of Kastoria, Florina, Prespa National Park, Kozani, Pindus National Park
Chapter 9 Epirus
History, Ioannina, The Zagorochoria, Konitsa and around, Metsovo, Dodona, The Tzoumerka, The Ambracian Gulf, Parga, Syvota, Igoumenitsa
Chapter 10 Thessaly
History, Larissa, Around Larissa, Trikala, Meteora, West of Trikala: Pyli, Elati and Pertouli, Karditsa, Lake Plastira, Loutra Smokova
Chapter 11 Magnesia and the Pelion Peninsula
Volos, The Pelion
Chapter 12 The Sporades Islands
History, Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonissos
Chapter 13 Athens
History and mythology, Getting there and away, Getting around, Tourist information and city tours, Where to stay, Where to eat and drink, Other practicalities, What to see and do
Appendix 1 Language
Appendix 2 Glossary
Appendix 3 Further Information
Index
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| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.05.2025 |
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| Verlagsort | Buckinghamshire |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Griechenland |
| ISBN-13 | 9781804692820 / 9781804692820 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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