The Dodecanese Rough Guides Snapshot Greece Includes Rhodes Kastellorizo Halki Kassos Karpathos Symi Tilos Nissyros Kos Pserimos Astypalea Kalymnos Leros Patmos Lipsi Arki Agathonissi

The Rough Guide Snapshot to the Dodecanese is the ultimate travel guide to this spectacular region of Greece. It guides you through each island in the group with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions from Rhodes' magnificent Old Town and the gorgeous harbour of Symi to tiny, beach-fringed Telendhos and the active volcano of Nissyros. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the best trip possible. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to Greece, with all the practical information you need from food and accommodation costs to ferry timetables, plus the lowdown on festivals and activities. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to Greece. Full coverage: Rhodes, Kastellorizo, Halki, Kassos, Karpathos, Symi, Tilos, Nissyros, Kos, Pserimos, Astypalea, Kalymnos, Leros, Patmos, Lipsi, Arki, Agathonissi. (Equivalent printed page extent 84 pages).

The Rough Guide Snapshot to the Dodecanese is the ultimate travel guide to this spectacular region of Greece. It guides you through each island in the group with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions from Rhodes' magnificent Old Town and the gorgeous harbour of Symi to tiny, beach-fringed Telendhos and the active volcano of Nissyros. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the best trip possible. Also included is the Basics section from the Rough Guide to Greece, with all the practical information you need from food and accommodation costs to ferry timetables, plus the lowdown on festivals and activities. Also published as part of the Rough Guide to Greece. Full coverage: Rhodes, Kastellorizo, Halki, Kassos, Karpathos, Symi, Tilos, Nissyros, Kos, Pserimos, Astypalea, Kalymnos, Leros, Patmos, Lipsi, Arki, Agathonissi. (Equivalent printed page extent 84 pages).

The Rough Guide Snapshot to the Dodecanese is the ultimate travel guide to these spectacular Greek islands. It leads you through each island in the group with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions from Rhodes' magnificent Old Town and the gorgeous harbour of Symi to tiny, beach-fringed Telendhos and the active volcano of Nissyros. Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars and nightlife, ensuring you have the best trip possible. Also included is the Basics section from The Rough Guide to Greece, with all the practical information you need from food and accommodation costs to ferry timetables, plus the lowdown on festivals and activities. Also published as part of The Rough Guide to Greece. Full coverage: Rhodes, Kastellorizo, Halki, Kassos, Karpathos, Symi, Tilos, Nissyros, Kos, Pserimos, Astypalea, Kalymnos, Leros, Patmos, Lipsi, Arki and Agathonissi. The Rough Guide Snapshot to the Dodecanese is equivalent to 84 printed pages.

This guide covers Rhodes, Astipalaia, Kalimnos, Karpathos, Kassos, Kastellorizo, Khalki, Kos, Leros, Lipsi, Nisiros, Patmos, Simi and Tilos. Walks and tours around each of the islands are featured along with information on history, art and architecture, flora and fauna, travel between the islands, hotels, restaurants and local events. Highlights include the Lindos acropolis and the impressive remains of the Knights of St John, Ottomans and Italians on Rhodes; Simi's picturesque harbour and neo-classical architecture; and the unusual landscape surrounding Nisiros' extinct volcano.

“A vivid and intoxicating account of these beautiful islands” – Victoria Hislop “A must-read for anyone who loves the Greek islands” – Richard Clark ‘There’s something about abandoned places which moves me and captures the imagination.’ So says seasoned travel writer Jennifer Barclay as she walks with her dog and her backpack through the deserted spaces of the Dodecanese, islands that were once bustling but are now half forgotten and reclaimed by the wild due to a mix of misfortune and the lure of opportunity elsewhere. Join her on a journey through abandoned villages and farms, cave-houses and captains’ mansions, the homes of displaced Muslim fishermen and poets, as she discovers beauty in the ruins, emptiness and silence, and inspiration in the stories of people’s lives. A long-term resident of Greece, Jennifer Barclay spent more than four years researching Wild Abandon, visiting islands multiple times and talking to local people to hear their stories. She travels from the very west to the very east of the Dodecanese, from the very south almost to the very north, taking in some of the smallest and the biggest islands, and highlighting different stories along the way to show the complex history behind these havens of tranquillity. She discovers a villa intended for Benito Mussolini’s retirement, an island that links a gramophone from St Petersburg and a portrait in the American National Gallery via a pack of cigarettes, and reflects on the days when an economy based on sponges and burnt rock supported thousands. Wild Abandon is an elegy in praise of abandoned places and a search for lost knowledge through the wildest and most deserted locations.

Updated 2018 edition. Large scale, highly detailed topographic map 1:30.000 for hiking and trekking, printed as an atlas book (with overlapping pages). Complete map of the islands of Kalymnos - "sponge-divers' island" (also known as Càlino in Italian and Kilimli or Kelemez in Turkish), Kos, Patmos - the location of the prophetic visions and the writing of the Book of Revelation, Lipsi, Leros, Telendos, Pserimos, Nisyros (Porphyris), as well as the smaller islands of Arki, Marathi in the Dodecanese (Dodekanissos archipelago, Carpathian Sea), covering great walks and wonderful hiking trails in the area. Also covered are nearby islets, including Strongyli, Agreloussa, Spalathronisi, Smineronisi, Psathonisi, Komaros, Agia Thekia, Trangonisi, Nisi Manoli group, Arefousa, Paploma, Megalo Aspronisi, Makri Aspronisi, Kouloura, Notio Aspronisi, Lyra, Megalo Kalapodi, Archangelos, Megalo Faradonisi and the islets in the Faradonisi group, Agia Kyriaki, Piganousa, Velona, Glaronisi group, Kalavros, Nera, Plati, Gyali, Agios Antonios, Pergousa, Pachia. 20 meter contour lines, road network, trails & paths, transportation, food, campsites, shelters, guest houses & hotels. Mercator projection with both UTM and WGS84 coordinate grids. The map scale of 1:30000 (1 cm = 300 meters) provides a wealth of detail while keeping low the weight of the atlas itself. The large page format of 8.5x11in minimizes page count and along with an overlapping map design allows for comfortable navigation. The details included in the topographic maps of this atlas were specifically selected to be useful for trekkers, hikers and walkers of all interests, and make it easy to plan and enjoy both short excursions and hikes as well as long multi-day adventures along the main marked routes and/or adjacent trails and paths, which are also shown on the maps. With this ultralight atlas you will always have a detailed, reliable, information-rich, battery-independent, shatter-proof map for your adventure.

Thirty one papers from a 1986 symposium (in Copenhagen) which discussed the developments of archaeological research in the Dodecanese and presented accounts of recent finds in the area. Papers from all over Europe, but chiefly in English, range from Prehistoric to Hellenistic as follows: Prehistory (9), the island of Rhodes (12), the island of Cos (3) and the Dodecanese (7).