Customer Reviews

Michelin NEOS Guide Mainland Greece, 1e

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Begins with 50 pages on "Setting the Scene" discussing history, flora, fauna, Greece today, art and architecture and Greek mythology. Another 40 pages on "Meeting the People" discuss daily life, social etiquette, religion, music, language and other topics. Twenty more pages on travel practicalities precede coverage of the mainland (Athens, Attica, Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia and Trace) as well as close in islands (The Ionian Islands).

Each section has quick info on the essential things not to miss as well as important pointers to remember.

The travel information is knowledgeable and aimed at the serious traveler. Goodly number of photos and maps. The pocket size, and thin paper make this something you could consider taking with you on your trip.

It uses the Michelin system of rating sights with one, two or three stars and provides cross references to the Michelin maps especially to number 980.

I have some prejudice against this guide because of its high recommendation of a spectacularly horrible hotel in Corfu (room like a cell, property overrun with chain-smoking German package tourists). It has the usual Michelin virtues of good maps with star-rating prioritization of sites. Not as much information about smaller towns as Lonely Planet and not as many maps. A good but not a great guide.