In Depth Guide to the Unspoiled Greek Islands
by Anne Merewood and Geoffrey O'Connell
Greece and Asia Minor proved an irresistible lure to English visitors in the seventeenth century. These lands were criss-crossed by adventurers, merchants, diplomats and men of the cloth. In particular, John Covel (1638-1722) - chaplain to the Levant Company in the 1670s, later Master of Christ's College, Cambridge - was representative of a thoroughly eccentric band of Englishmen who saw Greece and the Ottoman world through the lens of classical history. Using a variety of sources, including Cov...
Athens Greece Travel Journal (Travel Journals, #6)
by Pheasant Run Press
Milos. Das schwebende Wunder der AEgais (Reise in Die Geschichte Durch Architektur Und Landschaft, #7)
by Denis Roubien
Fodor's Greece, 10th Edition (Full-color Travel Guide, #1) (, #1)
by Fodor's
Describes the points of interest in each region of the country, providing recommendations on restaurants, hotels, shopping, entertainment, and historic sites.
Mount Athos, the spiritual heart of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism, is perhaps the most sacred and mysterious place in Greece: an autonomous state, where no woman can set foot, which has its own calendar and its own time. This ruggedly beautiful peninsula in Macedonia boasts a history that stretches back to Herodotus and has been a sanctuary from the earliest days of Christianity, through the Byzantine and Ottoman eras, two world wars and up to the present day. In 1927, at the age of 22, Robert By...
Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland (Classic Reprint)
by John Lloyd Stephens
