Top 10 Athens (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Coral Davenport (Author), Jane Foster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2010

Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, each book in DK's Top 10 series uses evocative color photography, excellent cartography, and up-to-date travel content to create a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel guide.

Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from uncovering a city's most memorable sights to finding the best restaurants and hotels in each neighborhood. And to save you time and money, there's even a Top 10 list of Things to Avoid.

Each Top 10 contains a pull-out map and guide that includes fold-out maps of city metro systems, useful phone numbers, and 60 great ideas on how to spend your day.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel; 1 Pap/Map edition (February 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756660521
• ISBN-13: 978-0756660529
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Travel > Europe > Greece > Athens

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just enough information, August 15, 2005

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Lucy Levant (Boston MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Top 10 Athens (DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This guidebook is easy to follow with a good mix of photographs and texts. The maps are very good, and as a seasoned traveller visiting Athens almost annually, I found most of the restaurant and site recommendations accurate. The information on areas that are a day trip from Athens, such as the Peloponnese and Delphi, was also very helpful.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Much more than a gimmick, September 24, 2008

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John Nordin (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Top 10 Athens (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) (Paperback)

This sounds like a gimmick, but is a surprisingly useful guide, especially given its compact size and low price. The concept of the top 10 list is used to organize information on the most important or interesting things to see. For each item on the top 10 there is a brief paragraph and a marker on a tiny map.

The book is useful for two reasons. First the little paragraphs are well written, giving you key information in a small space. Secondly, they use the top-10 concept in creative ways, so you get the top 10 for Athens of which the Acropolis is number one. But then they give you a top-10 for the Acropolis that allows them to drill down to fairly specific items. Nor are the lists just limited to sites. You get 10 Philosophers and Writers, ten Athenian Legends and ten Greek Inventions among other lists.

The guide also covers items in various Athens' neighborhoods, and the area around Athens. The last section of the book covers a number of travel practicalities.

This guide works well in combination with a much more detailed guide or a series of guides. Use this book to orient you and to stimulate your interest in some specific site, then drill into the details either online or with a specialty guide.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!! Worth every penny., May 6, 2008

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E. Dunham "Avid Reader" (NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Top 10 Athens (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) (Paperback)

I am going to Greece later this year, and I bought this to start getting an idea of what to go see and what to expect. This book is great!! It is a great place to start, especially if you don't have alot of time on the trip and want to hit the "big stuff." I thoroughly enjoyed the overviews on all the different places. It gives you the hours, the prices, best times of day to go to places, best restaurants, etc. It even tells you what to avoid. I bought it with a few other books, which go into more detail, but this is the book you carry around with you as you walk around Athens as a reference material. It also has a laminated map of Athens in a pouch in the back of the book. This is a great resource, and it has got me totally stoked about my trip coming up!