Bradt Northern Greece Guide

This new Bradt Northern Greece guidebook, written by Greece expert and long-time travel writer Dana Facaros, is the only guide available to the region. It includes the areas of Epirus, Thessaly, Macedonia and Thrace, complete with their five dramatically beautiful national parks, the country’s highest peaks and mountain lakes, rushing rivers and the world’s deepest gorge, and (this is Greece, after all) long sandy beaches.

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Greece is becoming more popular by the year and this area in particular offers the more natural, authentic experience that many travellers seek. This Bradt Northern Greece guidebook focuses on just this relatively unknown but up-and-coming region and is an ideal companion for travellers of all ages, budgets and interests, from culture lovers to wildlife enthusiasts, history buffs to archaeologists, foodies to wine connoisseurs.

Holidays in the great outdoors are covered, too, including mountain climbing, skiing, white water rafting, rock climbing, sailing, canyoning and sea kayaking, not to mention those who just want to sit on a sandy beach and dance the night away.

Sections on background and practical information are followed by an easy-to-follow breakdown of the area offering detailed coverage in 12 chapters, from Greece’s second city, Thessaloníki, to Chalkidikí, Central Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia, Thrace, Western Macedonia, Epirus (including Ioánnina), Thessaly and Magnesía, the Pelion Peninsula and the Islands, plus a short chapter on Athens, the gateway for many visitors to Greece.

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Contents

Introduction

PART ONE GENERAL INFORMATION
Chapter 1 Background Information
Chapter 2 Practical Information

PART TWO THE GUIDE
Chapter 3 Thessaloniki
Chapter 4 Chalkidiki
Chapter 5 Central Macedonia
Chapter 6 Eastern Macedonia
Chapter 7 Thrace
Chapter 8 Western Macedonia
Chapter 9 Epirus
Chapter 10 Thessaly
Chapter 11 Magnesia and the Pelion Peninsula
Chapter 12 The Sporades Islands
Chapter 13 Athens

Appendix 1 Language
Appendix 2 Glossary
Appendix 3 Further Information
Index

About the author

Dana Facaros has been in love with Greece ever since she was 14 and spent a summer on her father’s native island Ikaria. After studying ancient Greek, mythology and the classics during a brief stint at university, she has been visiting and writing about the country since 1977, when she wrote her first guidebook, to the Greek islands. She later co-authored the Cadogan guide to all Greece with Linda Theodorou, published in 2003. While researching that book she concentrated on Northern Greece. Since then she has become a Greek citizen and writes frequently about Greece.