Publisher's Synopsis
This guide to Greece includes opening times, addresses and phone numbers of places to visit. The book suggests where to go, what to see and highlights many out of the way places waiting to be discovered. A rich and colourful history has endowned mainland Greece with a wealth of historical sites blended into a mountainous country of unrivalled beauty. With so few resorts around the mainland where holidaymakers can establish a base for explorations, the country is ideally suited to touring.;The book is itinerary-based, with guides to the classical, medieval and Byzantine regions of great natural beauty like Mount Olympos and other national parks as well as some rural and lesser known regions of special interest.