Greece: The Peloponnese

by Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860119808
• ISBN13: 9781860119804
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Cadogan Guides
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Great guide for the Peloponnese

This is a really good guide for travel in the Peloponnese. It covers the history of each place,where to eat or where to stay. It will be of particular interest if you want to follow the classical history of the area and the myths and legends. This aspect makes it good bedtime reading as well. A really great buy for me.

Essential guide

I used this guide for my recent vacation in Greece. It's wonderful. We spent nearly all of our time in the Peloponnese and enjoyed it very much. The book gives the mythology of each area in a lively style, which added to my pleasure in what I was seeing. We would know what to watch out for before we boarded the bus, train, or taxi. For example, between Nafplio and Epidaurus we saw the bridge from Mycenaean times, after being in Mycenae two days earlier. The Peloponnese is the setting for a great many of the Greek myths, and this guide made it easy to match the story to the place. Also the maps by area - sort of like our county - were excellent. I would not use this for practicalities of travel, but instead to get you excited about going and about being there. If you pair it with a guide to hotels, restaurants, and transportation, you can have a fabulous vacation. I'm hoping to go again, since there is much that we didn't have time for in 13 days.

An absolute must

An absolute absolute must for anyone going to the Peloponnese, 'the garden of Greece.' Facaros and Theodorou have obviously been up every little by way and thanks to their guidance we found at least a dozen stunning little villages and ancient sites and quirky old churches that no other guides even mention (and we had the Rough Guide and Blue Guide in the car as well). Their in depth knowledge and humour helped us get so much more out of our holiday, and even we who have lived just outside Athens for the past eight years were surprised at all the stuff we didn't know. The restaurant and hotel recommendations were spot on, too, and led us to some places (especially in the mountains) that we never would have found on our own, where nightingales serenaded us to sleep. The only complaint is that there were n't enough site plans, but it's a minor gripe. An excellent guide, and a great read.

The Untourist's Greece

Although Greece is thronged with tourists, most of them spend a few days in Athens and then head for the islands. Only a few cross the Corinth Canal into the wild and fascinating island of the Peloponnese, and then only to visit the ruins of Olympia or Sparta. Yet beyond these is a barren, beautiful, and friendly land, heretore neglected by guidebooks. Facaros' "Greece: The Peloponnese" fills this gap, constituting a complete guide to the attractions, accommodations, and geography of this area. It is complete, covering virtually every village, full of historical tidbits, and packed with useful information about hotels, restaurants, good beaches, and, of course, the many ruins dotting this home of ancient Greece. Geared to the independent tourist, its recommendations for food and lodging are tailored to all budgets. This book is the one to read before you go, and take with you; it was invaluable on a recent trip to the region. Go to the Peloponnese before it's discovered (a recent New York Times blurb will hasten that) and take Facaros' book with you. (Note: ancient-history mavens will also want to take "The Blue Guide to Greece", as "Greece: the Peloponnese" does not go into excruciating detail about the many ruins of the island.)