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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Athens (Travel Guide eBook)
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Athens (Travel Guide eBook)
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Athens (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Athens (Travel Guide eBook)

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    Athens - 'the cradle of civilisation' - is one of the world's most fascinating and historic capitals, boasting some of Europe's most dazzling ancient monuments. Athens may have had its share of recent socio-economic problems, but its vibrant nightlife and rich culture make it an enduring must-see destination. The new edition of Berlitz Pocket Guide Athens, a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography, brings this timeless city to life.

    Where To Go details all the key sights in the city, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text.
    Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including the Acropolis and the Parthenon.
    Perfect Day provides an itinerary of the best things to do in one day in Athens.
    What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from enjoying drinks in a chic Athenian bar to the best theatre, cinema and music spots.
    Essential information on Athenian culture, including a brief history of the city.
    Eating Out covers the city's best cuisine.
    Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants.
    A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.

    About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateAug 1, 2017
    ISBN9781785730597
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      Berlitz Pocket Guide Athens (Travel Guide eBook) - Berlitz

      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Athens, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Athens, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Athens are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Athens. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Berlitz Pocket Guides

      The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.

      Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

      Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.

      © 2017 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Athens’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Tour of Athens

      Introduction

      The modern capital

      New transport

      Athenian way of life

      Critical times

      A Brief History

      Ancient city-state

      Towards democracy

      Persian wars

      Peloponnesian War, Macedonian rule

      Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods

      Byzantine empire

      Ottoman occupation

      Fight for independence

      Early 20th century

      Reign of the Junta

      The way forward

      Historical landmarks

      Where To Go

      The Acropolis

      The Propylaea and around

      The Parthenon

      The Erechtheion and Porch of the Caryatids

      Views from the Acropolis

      Around the Acropolis

      The Odeion of Herodes Atticus (Iródio)

      The Theatre of Dionysos

      New Acropolis Museum

      Filopappos Monument

      The Pnyx and Areopagos hills

      Pláka and Anafiótika

      Pláka museums

      Cathedrals old and new

      The Roman Forum

      The Greek Agora

      The Stoa of Attalos

      The Hephaisteion

      The Tholos and Bouleuterion

      Monastiráki

      Monastiráki Square

      Benaki Museum of Islamic Art

      Herakleidon Museum

      Kerameikos and Gázi

      Omónia and environs

      The National Archaeological Museum

      From Omónia to Sýndagma

      Neoclassical trilogy

      Sýndagma Square and around

      Around Sýndagma

      Vassilísis Sofías museums

      Excursions

      Monastery of Kessarianí

      Monastery of Dafní

      Ancient Eleusis

      Brauron (Vravróna)

      Soúnio

      Piraeus

      The Saronic Gulf islands

      Égina (Aegina)

      Póros

      Ýdra (Hydra)

      Spétses

      The Argolid Peninsula

      The Corinth Canal

      Ancient Corinth

      Nemea

      Mycenae

      Epidauros

      Návplio

      Delphi

      Ósios Loukás Monastery

      What To Do

      Entertainment

      Theatre, cinema and music

      Traditional music and dance

      Sports

      Sailing

      Skiing

      Football (Soccer)

      Shopping

      Where to shop

      What to buy

      Children’s Athens

      Calendar of events

      Eating Out

      Where to eat

      Meal times

      What to eat

      Appetisers

      Fish

      Meat and casserole dishes

      Cheeses

      Dessert

      What to drink

      Non-alcoholic drinks

      Reading the Menu

      To help you order

      Menu Reader

      Useful expressions

      Restaurants

      Exárhia

      Kolonáki

      Makrygiánni/Pláka

      Monastiráki/Psyrrí/Thissío

      Omónia

      Pangráti

      Petrálona

      Beyond Athens

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation

      Airport

      B

      Budgeting for your trip

      C

      Car hire (see also Driving)

      Climate

      Clothing

      Complaints (see also Police)

      Crime and safety

      D

      Driving

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies and consulates

      Emergencies

      G

      Gay and lesbian travellers

      Getting there

      Guides and tours

      H

      Health and medical care

      L

      Language

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening times

      P

      Police (see also Complaints and Crime & safety)

      Post offices

      Public holidays

      T

      Telephones

      Time zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist information

      Transport

      V

      Visas and entry requirements

      W

      Websites

      Y

      Youth hostels

      Recommended Hotels

      Makrygiánni and Veíkou

      Pláka

      Monastiráki and Psyrrí

      Omónia

      Sýndagma

      Kolonáki

      Ambelókipi (Platía Mavíli)

      Argolid Peninsula

      Saronic Gulf islands

      Delphi area

      Athens’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Maarten Dirkse

      New Acropolis Museum

      A splendid repository for the antiquities of the Acropolis, with space for the Elgin Marbles. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      A Benaki Museum

      Benaki Museum Pireós Annexe

      Multiple changing exhibits, always top-notch. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

      Richard Nowitz/Apa Publications

      The Museum of Cycladic Art

      See how modern these delightful ancient sculptures seem. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      Getty Images

      The National Archaeological Museum

      View masterful treasures, such as this boy jockey from the Hellenistic era. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      Richard Nowitz/Apa Publications

      The Acropolis

      Topped by one of the world’s greatest cultural monuments, the Parthenon, this is the rock on which ancient Athens was founded. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      iStock

      Pláka

      A maze of narrow streets lined with restaurants and neoclassical mansions. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Greek National Tourism Organisation

      The Athens and Epidauros Festival

      Especially on a moonlit night, a performance at Herodes Atticus or Epidauros is magical. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      Richard Nowitz/Apa Publications

      Delphi

      Make an excursion to the ancient home of the oracle. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      Daniella Nowitz/Apa Publications

      Návplio

      This old port town makes an ideal base for exploring the Argolid. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      Daniella Nowitz/Apa Publications

      The Byzantine and Christian Museum

      Cutting-edge museumology shows unexpected artefacts to advantage. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Tour of Athens

      Day 1

      Acropolis and around

      Get to the Acropolis before the crowds, walking up from Acropolis metro station along pedestrianised Dionysíou Areopagítou and perhaps taking in the Theatre of Dionysos en route. Descend via Pláka, stopping at a low-key local museum such as the Kanellopoulos. Have lunch around Monastiráki, perhaps at Kapnikarea (with live music). Time it so that you arrive at the New Acropolis Museum late in the afternoon, with the Parthenon catching the setting sun while you admire the pediments on the top floor. Treat yourself to an upmarket supper at Edodi or Mani-Mani.

      Day 2

      Kolonáki museums

      From Evangelismós metro station the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Byzantine and Christian Museum are both just a short walk away, as is the National Gallery – all enhanced by temporary exhibitions. After lunch (and perhaps a spot of shopping) in Kolonáki, visit the Benaki Museum. Pangráti neighbourhood is a likely destination for dinner.

      Day 3

      Psyrrí and Thissío

      From Thissío metro, stroll to the Kerameikos ancient site, and then marvel at the exhibits in the Museum of Islamic Art in adjacent Psyrrí before lunch at Nikitas. For some contemporary art or photography, head along nearby Pireós to a choice of temporary exhibitions at the Benaki Annexe (closed Mon–Wed). On Fri/Sat there’s late opening so you can linger, with the Herakleidon gallery in nearby Thissío working until 8pm if you choose a Thursday evening. Afterwards, a pleasant walk takes you to Petrálona or Thissío for dinner.

      Day 4

      Retail therapy

      It’s at weekends that you’ll find the Monastiráki flea market in full swing. Continue north through the central bazaar to the picturesque Varvákio food hall; lunch is nearby at Diporto Agoras or Klimataria. Walk south to the Hephaisteion temple, the Stoa of Attalos and the ancient Agora, and then take in the Frissiras Museum in Pláka plus the nearby Temple of Olympian Zeus. After dinner, between May and September, enjoy a film at an outdoor cinema in Petrálona, Pláka or Thissío district.

      Day 5

      Delphi

      Pick up a hire car and head west to ancient Delphi; you’ll need to stay overnight in Aráhova, modern Delfí village or Galaxídi on the Corinth Gulf for a relaxed visit to both the sprawling site and

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