The Fun Seeker's Athens: The Ultimate Guide to One of the World's Hottest Cities (Night + Day Athens) [Paperback]

Coral Davenport (Author), Jane Foster (Author)

Book Description

Series: Night + Day Athens | Publication Date: June 2004

This guide provides readers with the sights, hotels, restaurants and nightlife for the ultimate fun experience in Greece. Includes 2004 Olympics section.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Greenline Publications (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972915060
• ISBN-13: 978-0972915069
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,166,626 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Antique Music Box, June 10, 2006

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fun Seeker's Athens: The Ultimate Guide to One of the World's Hottest Cities (Night + Day Athens) (Paperback)

"This tiny candlelit dining room has no menu - instead, choose from raw ingredients brought directly to your table then cooked to order. Offerings change daily, but the heavenly results - succulent lobster with spicy Parmesan sauce, Chinese noodles with smoked fish in a saffron-mastic infusion - have made it a perennial favorite. Service is impeccably personal and the check arrives in an antique music box."

Of all the guides I've seen for Athens, this one has some very unique and cozy recommendations for restaurants. If you are going to Athens as much for the food as the architecture, this guide will gives you "the draw," "the scene," and a "hot tip" for each restaurant. Reading through the downtown attractions, you feel you are truly there because the descriptions are so detailed.

The main sections include information on art spaces, beaches, seasonal highlights, cafes, candlelit bars, classic dining, hotels, places by the sea, clubs, rooms with views, shows under the stars and tables with a view. Four sections about the Athens Experience presents opportunity for either a Classic Athens tour, Hot-and-Cool Itinerary, Downtown Athens visit, By-the-Water Athens escape.

Delphi, Napflion, Olympia, Thessaloniki and the Wineries of Attica are also featured. The Ilands: Hydra, Mykonos, Rhodes, Santorini and Skiathos are briefly discussed and given a few pages each.

This book contains some of the best food/travel writing I've seen in a long time. The Fun Seeker's Athens is worth buying for the writing style and cozy suggestions! Reading this guide will make you wonder why you are still at home! They make Athens sound like the place to be, so romantic.

~The Rebecca Review