Harpercollins Language Survival Guide: Greece: The Visual Phrase Book and Dictionary

By Collins and HarperCollins

Book Overview

A Phrase Book . . . A Dictionary . . .A Travel Guide . . . All in One The HarperCollins Language Survival Guide: Greece covers every aspect of travel on the archipelago, from traffic signs and bank machines to culinary specialties like moussaka and baklava. Bring it along and you'll have no trouble finding the nearest hotel, bar, or Internet caf . Totally different from every other language or phrase book. You'll find: Clear, to-the-point photographs illustrating vocabulary and social customs for quick and easy reference Practical tourist information Concise bilingual dictionary and grammar section

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060579757
• ISBN13: 9780060579753
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent basic guide for non-Greek speakers

This book is a great guide for non-Greek speakers visiting Greece. I speak Greek, but still find it useful. The photos of the signs are especially helpful. Words are written in English, Greek & phonetic.

Best $10 I've spent

This book is the single best value of anything I've purchased for my vacation to Greece. Not only is it absolutely jam-packed with useful touristy vocabulary (everything from "Where is the hotel" to "I'm allergic to peanuts"), the pages are filled with actual photographs of signs, menus, phone booths, bus schedules, etc in Greek so that you can see what kind of things you'll have to decipher. Words and phrases are written both phonetically (with accented syllables bolded) and in Greek script, so that you can recognize them written or spoken. It's an especially valuable guide for foodies such as myself because of the extensive "Menu Guide," essentially a dictionary of common (and not-so-common) foods. There's useful tidbits throughout about such things as when shops are open or how to use a phone card. And to top it all off, it's compact and it's dirt cheap: two things every tourist loves to hear. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

Great book

I have 5 other phrase books and I think this is the best!!!!! It's colorful, big and easy to understand. This is the only book that I have seen in Greek with pictures to help you. It also has a greek/english and english/greek dictionary. I love it :)!