Travels in Northern Greece
Author : William Martin Leake
Publisher :
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 1835
Category : Greece
ISBN :
Author : William Martin Leake
Publisher :
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 21,78 MB
Release : 1835
Category : Greece
ISBN :
Author : William Martin Leake
Publisher :
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 47,12 MB
Release : 1835
Category :
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Author : Dana Facaros
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781784776312
Northern Greece travel guide - travel information and holiday advice including Thessaloníki hotels and restaurants, Mount Olympus, Mount Athos, the Víkos Gorge, Meteora, Lake Plastíra, the Pelion Peninsula and Skiáthos. Also covers Alexander the Great, history, myths, culture, sports, beaches, wildlife, birdwatching, national parks and monasteries.
Author : Andrew Bostock
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1841624519
The Peloponnese contains a huge diversity of landscape, everything from the classic image of Greece - white sand beaches and sleepy white-washed villages through to the ancient sites of Olympia and Mycenae, Byzantine churches and medieval fortresses; towering mountains for hiking and skiing, olive groves which produce the finest fruit, and mountains covered in flowers. In recent months Greece has undergone a well-publicized economic meltdown. However cheaper prices and the expense of long-haul tourism has actually led to an increase in visitor numbers. The government is keen to invest in tourism as a way to reinvigorate the country. Specific examples of this are the new year-round flights from Athens to Kalamata and a major new international spa / golf resort in Messinia. Greece is no longer an 'easy' travel destination and there as been an increase in the trend towards independent travel, away from package tourism. The new edition reflects this with reviews of the plentiful new accommodation, details of independent tours and activities as well as excellent coverage of off-the-beaten-track sites and attractions. Greek expert, Andrew Bostock leads travellers to hidden villages, sophisticated towns, and to other top attractions - one of Europe's most spectacular train journeys and the tower houses of the famed Mani. He explores the lesser-known sites and attractions, including details of places not covered anywhere else. The guide is packed with information on agritourism spots, eco-conscious boutique hotels, camping under the stars, rustic tavernas and locally grown produce. Traditionally the tourist season in Greece is the summer, but this is fast changing, with savvy travelers discovering the wild flowers of spring, the joys of the olive harvest in late autumn, and skiing opportunities during the winter. Bird life and marine life are also a huge attraction for visitors to the Peloponnese. The guide also focuses on the colourful life of the traditional 'paneyiri' and those who still embrace the Greek spirit of 'philoxenia'.
Author : William Martin Leake
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 35,21 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Greece
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Author : William Martin Leake
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 49,55 MB
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1108020127
A detailed discussion and description of ancient archaeological sites and the culture of northern Greece, first published in 1835.
Author : Eleni N. Gage
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,32 MB
Release : 2006-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1466823909
Leaving behind a sparkling social life and a successful journalism career, Eleni Gage moved from New York City to the remote Greek village of Lia. Lia is the same village where her father was born and her grandmother murdered, and which her father, Nicholas Gage, made famous twenty years ago with his international bestseller Eleni. Her four aunts (the diminutive but formidable thitsas) warned Eleni that she'd get killed by Albanians and eaten by wolves if she moved to Lia, invoking the curse her grandmother placed on any of her descendants who returned to Greece. But Eleni was determined to rebuild the ruins of her grandparents' house and to come to terms with her family's tragic history. Along the way, she learned to dodge bad omens and to battle the scorpions on her pillow and the shadows in her heart. She also came to understand that Greece and its memories were not only dark and death-filled, and that memories of the dead can bring new life to the present. Part travel memoir and part family saga, North of Ithaka is, above all, a journey home.
Author : Patricia Storace
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,58 MB
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0307765334
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "Full of insights, marvelously entertaining . . . haunting and beautifully written." --The New York Review of Books "I lived in Athens, at the intersection of a prostitute and a saint." So begins Patricia Storace's astonishing memoir of her year in Greece. Mixing affection with detachment, rapture with clarity, this American poet perfectly evokes a country delicately balanced between East and West. Whether she is interpreting Hellenic dream books, pop songs, and soap operas, describing breathtakingly beautiful beaches and archaic villages, or braving the crush at a saint's tomb, Storace, winner of the Whiting Award, rewards the reader with informed and sensual insights into Greece's soul. She sees how the country's pride in its past coexists with profound doubts about its place in the modern world. She discovers a world in which past and present engage in a passionate dialogue. Stylish, funny, and erudite, Dinner with Persephone is travel writing elevated to a fine art--and the best book of its kind since Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi. "Splendid. Storace's account of a year in Greece combines past and present, legend and fact, in an unusual and delightful whole. " --Atlantic Monthly
Author : William Martin Leake
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 20,46 MB
Release : 2018-03-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780365469537
Excerpt from Travels in Northern Greece, Vol. 4 of 4 His hut, dignified with the name of a kula or tower, is twelve feet square within, and serves for every thing but a kitchen, which among Albanian soldiers is generally sub die. His palikaria occupy two other huts of the same size, but formed only of heaps of stones covered with branches, in which they all assemble when the weather is bad when fine, they repose on the lee-side of skreens made of branches supported upon rough posts, and which may easily be shifted according to the wind. The Aga's hut alone is tiled. The men consider them selves in luxury, having fish from the harbour for the trouble of catching it, and bread gratis from the villages. Hassau complains that in summer the air is unhealthy, and the winged insects very troublesome; but adds, that gnats, the worst of all, are seldom seen after June, the place being too dry for them. Petals consists almost entirely of rugged rocks, having small intervals of soil which are covered as usual in such situations in the winter and spring with a luxuriant growth of herbage, and a great variety of succulent or aromatic shrubs. On the summit are some velani oaks, and wild olives, and on the western side of the island a few fields which were cultivated by the Ithacans until Aly Pasha occupied the island. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Linda Bailey
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,8 MB
Release : 2002-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781550745368
An exciting blend of fact and fiction and comic-book style illustrations make learning about Ancient Greece fun in this book in the Good Times Travel Agency series.