Index
See also Accommodations and Restaurant indexes, below.
General Index
A
Abaton (Epidaurus), 126
Abyssinia Square (Athens), 103
Academy of Athens (Athens), 94
Accommodations. See also specific destinations
best affordable getaways, 10–11
best luxury retreats, 8
Acquaplus Waterpark (near Iraklion), 249
Acronafplia (Nafplion), 122–123
Acropolis (Athens), 1–2, 33, 49, 59
neighborhood around, 59
Acropolis (Rhodes Town), 211
Acropolis combination ticket (Athens), 78
Acropolis Museum (Athens), 3–4, 80–81
Acropolis Slopes (Athens), 80
Adrianou (Athens), 88
Aegean Festival (Skiathos), 30, 286
Aegean Maritime Museum (Mykonos), 151
Aegina Fistiki Festival, 31
Aegisthus, 121
Aeschylia Festival of Ancient Drama, 31
A for Athens (Athens), 109
Agia Aikaterina (Iraklion), 244–245
Agia Barbara (Skopelos), 290
Agia Efymia (Kefalonia), 342
Agia Kyriaki (Mykonos), 152
Agia Marina (Leros), 237
Agia Marina church (Athens), 82
Agia Triada (Crete), 267
Agia Triada, Church of (Lefkes), 171
Agiasos (Lesbos), 311
Agii Apostoli Solanki (Athens), 87, 88
Agii Theodori (Athens), 93
Agios Andreas (Sifnos), 178
Agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris (Athens), 81
Agios Gerasimos (Kefalonia), 341
Agios Girogios tou Vrachou (Athens), 87
Agios Ioannis (Skopelos), 291
Agios Ioannis Spiliotis (St. John of the Cave), monastery of (Antiparos), 172
Agios Ionnis, monastery of (Halki), 217
Agios Mammas (near Naxos), 164
Agios Marcos Church (Iraklion), 248
Agios Nikolaos Mostratou, Church of (Naoussa), 172
exploring, 274
restaurants in and around, 274
Agios Prokopios (Naxos), 166
Agios Sostis (Mykonos), 6
Agios Titos (Iraklion), 245
Agios Yeoryios (Naxos), 166
Agli Apostoli (Chios), 319
Agni (Corfu), 332
Agora of the Competialists (Delos), 157
Agora, Ancient (Athens), 2, 88
Aiolou Street (Athens), 90
Air Lounge (Athens), 109
Akrotiri Lounge (Athens), 108
Akrotiri monasteries, 267
Alalkomenai (Kefalonia), 343
Alexander, king of Macedon, 18
Alexander’s (Athens), 109
Aliki (Poros), 141
Alinda (Leros), 237
Amari Valley (near Rethymnon), 257–258
Amari, 258
Amorgos (Athens), 105
Ampelos (Samos), 325
Anafiotika (Athens), 4, 85, 87
Ancient Agora (Athens), 88
Ancient art, 22
Ancient Corinth, 119
Ancient Delphi, 132
Ancient Erossos, 312
Ancient Greeks, best encounters with, 2–3
Ancient Kamiros, 213
Ancient Polyrinia (Crete), 267
Ancient Thera, 190
Angelokastro (Corfu), 337
Ano Meria (Folegandros), 197
Antiparos, 172
Antiqua (Athens), 103
Antisamos (Kefalonia), 342
Antivouniotissa Byzantine Museum (Corfu Town), 332–333
Antoniou (Megalochori), 193
Apiranthos, 166
Apokriatika festival (Skyros), 298
Apollo, 175
Apollonas (near Naxos), 164
Apollonia villages (Sifnos), 177
Apothika (Chios), 319
Aptera (Crete), 268
Aptiva (Athens), 104
Aradena (Crete), 270
Arapian (Athens), 105
Archaeological and Folklore Museum (Symi), 220–221
Archaeological Museum
Chania, 264
Corfu Town, 333
Mykonos, 151
Nafplion, 123
Naxos, 163
Old Corinth, 119
Rethymnon, 256
Rhodes Town, 210
Samos, 322
Santorini, 189
Sifnos, 179
Skyros, 299
Architecture, 21
Cycladic Islands, 187
Areopagus (Athens), 81
Argenti Museum (Chios), 316–317
Arghia Cave (Naxos), 166
Argos, 124
Argostoli (Kefalonia), 341
Ariana (Athens), 105
Aristokratikon (Athens), 105
Aristophanes, 22
Arkadi Monastery (Crete), 258–259
Asklepeion (Kos), 228
Asklepieion Festivals (Kos), 228
Aspis (Nafplion), 124
Aspro Pirgos (Vathy), 180
Aspronisi (White Island), 191
Assos (Kefalonia), 343
Asteras Glyfadas, 102
Astrolavos Art Galleries (Athens), 103
Ath.ena ticket (Athens), 60–61
Athenaeum International Cultural Centre (Athens), 106
Athenian Treasury (Delphi), 132
exploring, 75–103. See also specific neighborhoods
from Mount Lycabettus, 6
nightlife and entertainment, 106–111
shopping, 103
suggested itineraries, 33–34, 37–38, 43–44, 48–49, 54
visitor information, 58
Athens and Epidaurus Festival, 106, 126
Athens by Bike, 101
Athens Food Tour, 101
Athens Free Walking Tour, 101
Athens Highlights Mythology Tours, 101
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, 55
Athinios (Santorini), 182
ATMs, Athens, 62
Attaviros (Rhodes), 214
Attica (Athens store), 104
Ayia Barbara Roussanou, 134
Ayia Efpraxia (Hydra), 140
Ayia Marina (Spetses), 142
Ayia Paraskevi (Spetses), 142
Ayia Triada, 134
Ayii Anaryiri (Spetses), 142
Ayioi Anargyroi (Aegina), 139
Ayios Georgios (Corfu), 338–339
Ayios Giorgios, church of (Athens), 96
Ayios Nikolaos (Hydra), 140
Ayios Nikolaos Anapaphas, 134
Ayios Stefanos, 135
Ayiou Yioryiou Isle, 234
B
Bahar (Athens), 105
Balkan Wars (1912–1913), 19
Balthazar (Athens), 108
Banks, 62
Baraonda (Athens), 108
Battle of Navarino, 19
Battle of the Straits of Spetses, 31
Beaches. See also specific destinations and beaches
Athens area, 102
Crete, 250
Folegandros, 198
Naxos, 166
Paros, 173
Rethymnon, 257
Santorini, 194
Spetses, 142
Bee Museum (Rhodes), 212
Benaki Museum (Athens), 96, 97
Benaki Museum of Islamic Art (Athens), 91
Beule Gate (Athens), 78
Big Bar (Athens), 110
Biking
Athens, 101
Kos, 223
Spetses, 142
Bios (Athens), 109
Boats, ferries, and hydrofoils, Athens, 57–58. See also specific destinations
Books and magazines, Athens, 104
Booze Cooperativa (Athens), 109
Bouboulina, Laskarina, 142
Bouleuterion (Athens), 88
Bourtzi
Nafplion, 123
Skiathos, 284
Boutari (Megalochori), 193
Breakfast, 25
Bus travel, Athens, 56–57, 60. See also specific destinations
Business hours, Athens, 62
Byron, Lord, 91
Byzantine and Christian Museum (Athens), 96, 318
Byzantine and Post–Byzantine Collection (Chania), 264
Byzantine chant, 23
Byzantine empire, 18
Byzantine Museum (Chios), 316
Byzantine Road, 170
C
Cafavy, Constantine, 23
Callas, Maria, Museum (Athens), 92
Callas, Maria, 343
Campiello (Corfu Town), 334
Cantina Social (Athens), 109
Car travel, Athens, 56, 61. See also specific destinations
Casa Romana (Kos), 228
Casino Rodos (Rhodes), 216
Castello del Torrione (Nafplion), 123
Castle of Antimachia (Kos), 229
Castle of Molyvos (Lesbos), 309
Castle of Panagia (Leros), 237
Castle of the Knights (Kos), 227–228
Cathedral of Agios Spyridion (Corfu Town), 334
Cava Sigalas Argiris (Santorini), 194
Cave of Antiparos, 172
Cave of the Apocalypse (Patmos), 7, 233–234
Cave of the Bear (Crete), 267
Cave of the Myths (Kefalonia), 343
Center of Hellenic Tradition (Athens), 105
Central Market (Athens), 5, 93
Chalki, 166
Chandler, Richard, 130
Changing of the Guard (Athens), 85
accommodations in and near, 260–263
arriving in, 260
getting around, 260
restaurants, 263
shopping, 266
suggested itineraries, 40
visitor information, 260
Chapel of the Theotokos (Patmos), 234
Cheese, 26
Chios Mastic Museum, 319
Chrissi Akti (Golden Beach), 173
Christmas, 32
Christos sto Daos (near Parikia), 171
Church of the Hundred Doors (Panagia Ekatontopylani; Paros), 8, 170
Church of the Panagia (Lindos), 213
Church of the Transfiguration
Nafplion, 124
Samos, 323
Cine Paris (Athens), 108
Cine Thission (Athens), 107
Cinque Wine Bar (Athens), 108
Citrus Museum (Chios), 317
City of Athens Museum, 93
City Walls (Rhodes Town), 210
CitySightseeing (Athens), 101
Closing Party (Mykonos), 154
Club Hotel Casino Loutraki (Athens), 110
The Clumsies (Athens), 108
Clytemnestra, 121
The Colonels, 20
Constantinople, 19
Cooking classes, Mykonos, 149
beaches and outdoor sports, 338–339
getting around, 328
visitor information, 328
Corfu Museum of Asian Art, 333
Corfu Town
Corinth, Ancient, 119
Cretan Folk Museum (Crete), 251
Cretaquarium (near Iraklion), 249
arriving in, 238
beaches, 250
getting around, 240
south coast and Rethymnon, 36–37, 40, 269–272
southwestern coast of, 6
visitor information, 240
Cycladic Collection (Athens), 94–95
Cycladic cultures, 14
Cycladic Islands, architecture of, 187
D
Daedalus, 248
Daphni Monastery (Attica), 97–98
Daskalogiannis, Ioannis, 270
Daskalopetra (Chios), 318
Delian Agora (Delos), 157
Delphi, Ancient, 132
Dentists, Athens, 62
Department stores, Athens, 104
Dessert, 27
Dimos Jewelry (Athens), 104
Dionysia Wine Festival, 31
Diskadiko (Athens), 103
Doctors, Athens, 62
Domus Della Rocca–Barozzi Venetian Museum (Naxos), 163
Dora Stratou (Athens), 106
Drachondoschisma Peninsula, 290
Drogarati chamber (Kefalonia), 342
Durrell, Lawrence, 338
E
Easter Monday, 31
Easter Sunday, 31
Easter week, 29
Ecological and Folklore Museum (Folegandros), 197–198
Efpalinio Orgyma (Tunnel of Eupalinos; Samos), 324
Efthalou (Lesbos), 310
Ekavi (Athens), 105
Elafonisi (Crete), 269
Elgin, Lord, 80
Elia Beach (Mykonos), 154
Elios (Skopelos), 291
Elounda (Agios Nikolaos), 276
Embonas (Rhodes), 214
Emergencies, 62
Athens, 63
Emery Winery (Rhodes), 214
Emporios Bay (Chios), 315
Enomayirio (Chania), 266
Epidaurus Festival, 30
Epiphany (Baptism of Christ), 30
Epta Piges (Seven Springs; Archangelos), 213
Ermones (Corfu), 338
Erossos, Ancient, 312
Ethnikos Organismos Pronias (National Welfare Organization; Athens), 106
Etz Hayyim Synagogue (Chania), 264–265
European Economic Community (EEC), 20
Eurystheus, King, 120
Exambala, 178
Exarchia Square (Athens), 93–94
Excavation Museum (Epidaurus), 126
F
Falasarna (Crete), 269
Families with kids
Fashion and beauty, Athens, 104–105
Feast of Archangel Mihaili (Symi), 221
Feast of Ayia Marina, 31
Feast of St. Basil, 30
Feast of St. Constantine, 30
Feast of St. George, 30
Feast of St. Nikolaos, 32
Feast of the Annunciation, 30
Feast of the Archangels Gabriel and Michael, 32
Feast of the Prophet Elijah, 31
Feast of the Transfiguration, 31
Filerimos and Ancient Ialyssos (near Rhodes Town), 213–214
Filopappou Hill (Athens), 81
Filoti, 166
Fira (Thira or Thera), exploring, 190–191
Fira Skala, 190
Firkas fortress (Chania), 264
Firostefani (Santorini), 191
First Cemetery (Athens), 81–82
Fish, 27
Folk music, 23
Folklore Museum
Agios Nikolaos, 275
Chania, 265
Skopelos, 289
Skyros, 299
Athens, 105
Fountain of Peirene (Old Corinth), 119
Fourfouras (Crete), 258
Frangokastello (Crete), 269–270
Frissiras Museum of Contemporary European Painting (Athens), 85
Full Moon Party (Mykonos), 154
G
Galaxy Bar (Athens), 109
Gays and lesbians, Athens, 107, 110
Gazi (Athens), 59, 85, 91–92, 107
Georgioupolis (Rethymnon), 257
Giustiniani mansion (Chios), 316
Glauke Fountain (Old Corinth), 119
Glifyda (Corfu), 338
Glossa (Loutraki; Skopelos), 291
Glykophilousa Panagia (Lesbos), 310
Gold, 175
Golf, Corfu, 339
Good Friday, 31
Gournia (Agios Nikolaos), 276
Grand Promenade (Athens), 82
Greek Theater, Old Corinth, 119
Grikou Bay (Patmos), 235
Gymnasium of the Ephebes (Thera), 190
H
Hadrian, Roman emperor, 83, 84, 90
Hadrian’s Arch (Athens), 82
Half Note (Athens), 110
Halki Island, 217
Hansen, Theophilos, 87, 94, 82
The Hansen Buildings (Athens), 94
Happy Walker (Rethymnon), 257
Hellenistic era, 18
Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus (Olympia), 128
Herodotus, 22
Hesiod, 22
Hiking and walking
Alonissos, 295
Athens, 61
Corfu, 338
Skopelos, 290
Hill of the Nymphs (Athens), 82–83
Hippocrates, 227
Historical and Folk Art Museum (Rethymnon), 257
Historical Archives and Museum (Hydra), 140
Historical Museum (Chania), 265
Historical Museum of Crete (Iraklion), 246
Byzantine empire and beyond, 18–19
Classical era, 15
independence and a united Greece, 19–20
Roman conquest, 18
Holy Thursday, 31
Holy Tuesday, 31
Holy Week, 31
Hondos Center (Athens), 104
Hora
Patmos, 53
Horio
Halki, 217
Symi, 220
Hospice of St. Catherine (Rhodes Town), 210
Hospitals, Athens, 62
Hot springs, Bros Therma (Kos), 6
Hovolo (Skopelos), 291
I
Ia (Santorini), 191, 192, 194, 195
Icarus, 248
Idaian Cave (Crete), 258
Ifestou Street (Athens), 103
Ikastikos Kiklos Sianti (Athens), 103
Iliad (Homer), 14
Imbros Gorge (Crete), 268
Imeri Gramvousa, 269
Imerovigli (Santorini), 191
Independence Day, 30
International Classical Musical Festival, 30
International Hippocratic Foundation (Kos), 228
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 21
Internet access, Athens, 62
cafes, 244
getting around, 242
visitor information, 242
Isthmus of Corinth, 117
Itanos (Agios Nikolaos), 278
Athens and the islands for families, 43–49
Athens and the islands in 1 week, 33–37
Athens and the islands in 2 weeks, 37–43
island hopping in 2 weeks, 49–54
J
Jewish Quarter
Corfu Town, 334
Justinian, emperor, 83
K
Kalami Bay (Corfu), 339
Kali Strata (Symi), 220
Kallipateira, 129
Kamares (Sifnos), 178
Kamari (Santorini), 194
Kambos (Chios), 317
Kamilari (Crete), 250
Kamiros, Ancient, 213
Kapnikarea Church (Athens), 8, 88
Kapnikerea (café and music club; Athens), 110
Karavan (Athens), 105
Kare Gorge (Crete), 268
Karini (Lesbos), 311
Karlovassi (Samos), 326
Karovista (Folegandros), 197
Kastani (Skopelos), 291
Kastaraki (Naxos), 166
Kastelli Hill (Chania), 266
Kastellos (Kritinia Castle), 214
Kastro
Chios, 316
Folegandros, 197
Ia, 192
Mytilini, 308
Naxos, 163
Sifnos, 179
Skiathos, 285
Skopelos, 289
Skyros, 298
Kategogeion (Epidaurus), 126
Kebabs, 26
Keftedes, 27
Kerameikos Cemetery (Athens), 59, 91–92
Kimisis tis Theotokou, Church of
Folegandros, 197
Naxos, 166
Kiosk (Athens), 104
Klima (Skopelos), 291
Knights of the Order of St. John (a.k.a. Hospitallers; Rhodes Town), 209
Kokkari (Samos), 325
Kolimbithres (Paros), 173
Kolonaki (Athens), 60, 96–97, 107
Kolymbada (Skyros), 300
Kombologadiko (Athens), 106
Kommos (Crete), 250
Komninaki Kralli mansion (Lesbos), 309
Konstantopoulou (Athens), 106
Koreas Library/Argenti Museum (Chios), 316–317
Korgialenio History and Folklore Museum (Kefalonia), 341
Kos Archaeological Museum, 228–229
arriving in, 222
exploring the rest of Kos Island, 229
tours, 223
visitor information, 222
Kotzia Square (Athens), 95
Koukaki (Athens), 60
Koukidos, Konstantinos, 87
Koukounaries (Skiathos), 6, 286
Koules (Iraklion), 246
Koutsoyannopoulos winery (Vothonas), 193
Krasi, 28
Krasi (near Iraklion), 250
Krini (Corfu), 337
Krista (Agios Nikolaos), 276
L
Lake Vouliagmeni (near Athens), 102
Lake Voulismeni (Agios Nikolaos), 275
Lakki (Leros), 237
Lakones (Corfu), 337
Lalaounis Jewelry Museum (Athens), 83
Larissa (Nafplion), 124
Lasithi Plateau (Crete), 2, 36, 250, 251
Laskarina Bouboulina House (Spetses), 142
Laundromats, Athens, 62
Lazaros (Hydra), 140
Lazaros Koundouriotis Historical Mansion (Hydra), 140
Lefkes, 171
Lena’s House (Mykonos), 151
Leonidaion (Olympia), 128
arriving in, 302
exploring north of Mytilini, 308–311
exploring south of Mytilini, 311–312
exploring the far west, 312–313
getting around, 302
visitor information, 302
Library of Celsus (Samos), 324
Library of Hadrian (Athens), 88–89
Lifejacket Graveyard (Lesbos), 311
Lissos, temple at (Crete), 272
Little Mitropolis (Panagia Gorgoepiko’s; Athens), 89
Little Theater of Ancient Epidaurus (Athens), 106
Little Venice (Mykonos), 152
Lixouri Peninsula (Kefalonia), 342
Loggia (Iraklion), 248
Lost and found, Athens, 62
Louka Nika (Athens), 91
Loumidis (Athens), 105
Loutro (Crete), 270
Luggage storage and lockers, Athens, 62
Lycabettus Hill (Athens), 96
Lycabettus Theater, 30
Lysicrates Monument (Athens), 89, 91
M
Makris, Teresa, 91
Makro Kavouri beach, 102
Mala (Komboloi Club; Athens), 106
Mandraki Harbor (Rhodes Town), 209
Mandraki Peninsula (Skiathos), 286
Manolates (Samos), 325
Manos Faltaits Historical and Folklore Museum (Skyros), 299
Marathi Quarries, 171
Marathon Race Museum, 98
Marbles, Parian (Paros), 3, 171
Maria Callas Museum (Athens), 92
Maritime Museum (Chania), 265
Markelos Tower (Aegina), 138
Markets
Central Market (Athens), 5
Martinengo Bastion (Iraklion), 249
Matala (Crete), 250
Matoyanni Street (Mykonos), 150–151
Mavra Valia (Chios), 319
May Day, 30
Medieval Castle (Chios), 315
Medieval Erossos (Lesbos), 312
Mediterranean monk seal, 295
Megalo Seitani (Samos), 326
Megalochori, 193
Megaro Gyzi Cultural Centre (Santorini), 191
Megaron (Athens), 107
Megas Taxiarchis (Chios), 319
Megolo Meteoro, 135
Mehmed II the Conqueror, 90
Melina Mercouri Museum and Cultural Centre (Athens), 92
Melissani Cave (Kefalonia), 343
Menelaus, 121
Mentis Passementerie (Athens), 97
Menus, 25
Mesta (Chios), 319
Metamorphosis (Skopelos), 290
Metamorphosis, church of (Samos), 326
Meteora, 47
Meteora monasteries, 8, 112, 134–135
Metroon
Athens, 88
Olympia, 128
Meze, 26
Miaoulia, 30
Midday meal, 25
Midsummer Eve, 30
Mikro Kavouri beach, 102
Mikro Seitani (Samos), 326
Minoan frescoes, Iraklion, 4
Minoan people, 14
Minos, King, 248
Minotaur, 248
Mitripolis (Naxos), 163
Mitropolis (Athens), 89
Molyvos (Lesbos), 309
Monastery of Agios Yeoryios (Skyros), 298
Monastery of Kaisariani, 98–99
Monastery of Katholiko (Crete), 267
Monastery of Moni Asomaton (near Thronos), 258
Monastery of Moni Panagias Tourlianis (Mykonos), 152
Monastery of Moni Vronta (Samos), 325
Monastery of Profitis Elias (Santorini), 192–193
Monastery of St. John the Theologian (Patmos), 234
Monastery of the Prophet Elijah (Hydra), 140
Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi (Poros), 141
Monastiraki (Athens), 59, 85, 87–91, 103
Moni Asomaton, Monastery of (near Thronos), 258
Moni Chrysoskalitissa, Monastery of (Crete), 269
Moni Evangelismou (Skopelos), 289–290
Moni Evangelistrias (Skiathos), 285
Moni Gouverneto (Crete), 7, 267
Moni Vronta, Monastery of (Samos), 325
Moni
Aegina, 139
near Naxos Town, 165
Monk seal, Mediterranean, 295
Monolithos (Rhodes), 214
Mon Repos (Corfu Town), 337
Monte Smith (Rhodes Town), 211
Mosque of the Nerantzes (Rethymnon), 256
Mount Ainos (Kefalonia), 342
Mount Ampelos (Samos), 325
Mount Dikeos (Kos), 229
Mount Ida (Crete), 258
Mount Lycabettus, Athens from atop, 6
Mount Pantokrator (Corfu), 338
Mount Poulouki Monasteries (Skopelos), 289–290
Mount Profitis Elias, 165
Mouries Farm (Kalikiri), 300
Museum of Cretan Ethnology (near Iraklion), 250
Museum of Cycladic Art (Athens), 4, 97
Museum of Cycladic Folklore (near Parikia), 171
Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments (Athens), 89
The Museum of Mineralogy and Paleontology Stamatiadis (Rhodes), 212
Museum of Prehistoric Thera (Fira), 189
Museum of Samian Wine (Samos), 322
Museum of the History of the Excavations in Olympia, 129
Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity (Olympia), 129
Music, 23
My Bar (Athens), 110
Mycenaean Collection (Athens), 94
Mycenaeans, 14
arriving in, 144
exploring Ano Mera, 152
nightlife and entertainment, 155–156
shopping, 155
side trip to Delos, 156
visitor information, 144
Mykonos Town (Hora), exploring, 150–152
Myrtiotissa (Corfu), 338
Myrtos Beach (Kefalonia), 7, 343
Mytilini (Lesbos), 53, 307–308
exploring south of Mytilini, 311–312
exploring the far west, 312–313
N
Nafplion, 46
accommodations and restaurants, 113–116
Promenade, 6
Naoussa, 172
Narlis Farm (Apollonia), 176
National Archaeological Museum (Athens), 4, 14. 94–95
National Gardens (Athens), 85
National History Museum (Athens), 86, 91
National Library (Athens), 94
National Marine Park of Alonissos Northern Sporades, 5, 50, 292, 294
National Observatory (Athens), 82
National Theater of Greece, 126
Natural History Museum of the Lesbos Petrified Forest (Sigri), 313
Naval Maritime Museum (Ia), 192
Navy Week, 30
beaches, 166
exploring around Naxos, 164–165
exploring the Tragaea Villages, 165–166
getting around, 159
suggested itineraries, 42
visitor information, 159
Nemean Games, 120
Neo Frourio (New Fortress; Corfu Town), 333–334
Nero, Roman Emperor, 129
New Town (Rhodes Town), 209
New Year’s Eve, 32
Noiz Club (Athens), 110
Northern Aegean islands, 301–326. See also specific islands
Notos Home (Athens), 104
Numismatic Museum (Iliou Melathron; Athens), 86
Nymphaeum (Olympia), 128
Nymphaion (Kos), 228
O
Ochi Day, 32
Odeon (Kos), 228
Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Athens), 83, 106
Odysseus, 343
Old Prints (Athens), 103
Old Town
Corfu Town, 334
Rhodes, 208
Olive oil, 26
accommodations and restaurants, 116–117
Olympia Municpal Theatre Maria Callas (Athens), 107
Olympic Games, 129
Omonia (Athens), 59, 85, 92–95
Omonia Square (Athens), 95
Opheltes, 120
Orthodox Easter, 31
Ottoman Turks, 19, 210, 246, 266, 307, 316
Ouzo, 28
P
Palace of Knossos (Iraklion), 247
Palace of Malia (Agios Nikolaos), 277
Palace of the Grand Masters (Rhodes Town), 208–211
Palamari (Skyros), 299
Palamas, 13
Palamidi (Nafplion), 123
Palechora (Aegina), 139
Paleo Frourio (Old Fortress; Corfu Town), 334–335
Paleokastritsa (Corfu), 337, 338
Palio Pili, 229
Palm Beach (Crete), 259
Panagia, Church of the
Crete, 268
Lindos, 213
Panagia Drosiani, Church of (Naxos), 165
Panagia Ekatontopylani (Church of the Hundred Doors; Paros), 170
Panagia Gorgoepiko’s (Little Mitropolis; Athens), 89
Panagia Kera (Agios Nikolaos), 275, 276
Panagia Ouranophora (Sifnos), 177
Panagia Protothrone, Church of (Naxos), 166
Panagia Vrefokratousa (Lesbos), 311
Panathenian Stadium (Athens), 83–84
Panayia Pantanassa (Athens), 90
Pankration, 129
Panormos Bay (Skopelos), 291
Panteli (Leros), 237
Pantheon (Athens), 36
Papadiamandis, Alexandros, 284
Papadiamandis House (Skiathos), 284
Paradise Beach (Mykonos), 153–154, 156
Parking, Athens, 61
Parliament (Athens), 86
accommodations, 168
arriving in, 167
beaches, 173
exploring around Paros, 170–173
nightlife, 173
visitor information, 167
Parousia (Patmos), 235
Parthenon Galleries (Athens), 80
Patitiri (Alonissos), 294
getting around, 231
shopping, 235
visitor information, 231
Pelakas Beach (Corfu), 338
Pelopeion (Olympia), 128
Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation Museum (Nafplion), 123
Perdika (Aegina), 139
Pergamon (Lesbos), 310
Pericles, 79
Perissa (Santorini), 194
Petaloudes (near Rhodes Town), 214–215
Petra (Lesbos), 310
Petrakis Workshop for Icons (Elounda), 275–276
Petrified Forest of Lesbos, 312
Phaestos Disk (Iraklion), 245
Pharmacies, Athens, 62
Philippeion (Olympia), 128
Pickpocketing, Athens, 63
Pirates, 290
Pirgis Frankopolous (Naxos), 166
Pirgos Bellonia (Pirgos Tower; near Naxos), 165
Piso Livadi, 173
Pitsidia (Crete), 250
Plaka
Naxos, 166
Planning your trip to Greece, 345–363
Platanakia (Samos), 325
Platanos (Leros), 237
Platanos Square (Skopelos), 291–292
Platanou Square (Kos), 227
Platea Eleftherias (Rhodes Town), 209
Plateia Iroon (Sifnos), 177
Plateia Kolonaki (Athens), 97
Plateia Kornarou (Iraklion), 247, 248
Plateia Mando Mavrogenous (Mykonos), 150
Plateia Monastiraki (Athens), 90
Plateia Rupert Brooke (Skyros), 298
Plateia ton Martiron Evreon (Rhodes Town), 210
Platis Yialos (Mykonos), 153
Plati Yialos (Sifnos), 178
Plomari (Lesbos), 312
Pnyx (Athens), 84
Podilato (Athens), 108
Police, Athens, 63
Polychnitou (Lesbos), 311
Polychnitou Thermal Springs (Lesbos), 311
Polydamas, 129
Polyrinia, Ancient (Crete), 267
Ponies of Skyros, 300
Popular and Folk Art Museum (Sifnos), 177
Poros (Kefalonia), 342
Post offices, Athens, 63
Potami (Samos), 326
Pottery, 22
Proastiako, 118
Proastiakos-Suburban Railway (Athens), 56
Profitis Elias o Pilos (Sifnos), 7, 179
Promenade (Nafplion), 124
Propytheria (Delos), 158
Prytaneion (Olympia), 128
Psarotaverna, 27
Psili Ammos (Patmos), 53–54, 235
Psychro Cave (Crete), 251
Psyrri (Athens), 59, 91–92, 107
Pyrgaki (Naxos), 166
Pyrgi (Chios), 319
R
Red Beach
Paralia Kokkini; Santorini, 194
Regency Casino Mont Parnes (Athens), 111
Religion, most transporting religious moments, 7
Renaissance Festival, 31
Restaurants, 1. See also specific destinations
Restrooms, Athens, 63
beaches, 257
restaurants, 255
shopping, 257
Retsina, 27
accommodations, 202
arriving in, 200
beaches, 215
driving tour of the west coast, 214
exploring Rhodes Town, 208–211
exploring the rest of, 213–215
shopping, 216
tours, 202
visitor information, 200
Rhodes Aquarium, 212
Rhodes Town (Rhodes City), 47–48
nightlife, 216
Rimondi Fountain (Rethymnon), 256
Roman aqueduct (Lesbos), 308
Roman forum
Athens, 90
Old Corinth, 119
Rosés, 28
Roussos Antiques (Athens), 104
S
Sacred Way (Delphi), 132
Safety, Athens, 63
St. George’s Castle (Kefalonia), 341–342
St. John the Baptist (Skopelos), 290
St. John the Divine (Patmos), 233–234
Sami (Kefalonia), 342
Sami Caves (Kefalonia), 342–343
arriving in, 320
exploring Vathy (Samos Town), 322
getting around, 320
visitor information, 320
The Sanctuary and Museum (Epidaurus), 46, 125–126
Sanctuary of Apollo (Delos), 158
Sanctuary of Artemis at Vravrona (Brauron), 99
Sanctuary of Athena (Delphi), 132
Sanctuary of Eleusis (Elefsina), 99–100
Sangri, 165
Santo (Pyrgos), 193
beaches, 194
caldera, 1, 34, 36, 183, 191–192
getting around, 182
shopping, 194
suggested itineraries, 34, 36, 41
visitor information, 182
wines, 193
Santorini Wine Tours, 193
Schliemann, Heinrich, 86, 94, 121, 122
Seven Springs (Epta Piges; Archangelos), 213
Siana (Rhodes), 214
Sidari (Corfu), 338
exploring the Apollonia villages, 177–178
restaurants, 176
shopping, 180
Sifnos Stoneware, 180
Sigri (Lesbos), 312
Sivas (Crete), 250
Sivrita (Crete), 258
Six D.O.G.S. (Athens), 110
Skala Erossos (Lesbos), 312
Skala Sikiminias (Lesbos), 310
getting around, 280
nightlife, 286
restaurants, 283
visitor information, 280
Skiathos Dog Welfare Association, 284–285
Skopelos Town church domes, 7
Snacks, 25
Souda Bay War Cemetery (Crete), 267
The Speakeasy (Athens), 110
Spetses Mexis Museum, 142
Spetses Town (aka Kastelli), 141–142
Spilia Skotini (Dark Cave), Skiathos, 5
Spinalonga (Agios Nikolaos), 277
Spiridonas Tsavalos (Athens), 104
Splanada (Esplanade; Corfu Town), 335
Stafylos (Skopelos), 291
Stamatopoulos (Athens), 110
Stavrinides (Samos), 325
Stavros (Crete), 268
Stavros Melissinos (Athens), 105
Stavros Niarchos Foundation (Athens), 100
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (Athens), 107
Stoa Basilike (Thera), 190
Stoa tou Vivliou (Athens), 104
Street of the Knights (Rhodes Town), 208, 211
Super Paradise Beach (Plindri), 154
beaches, 221
shopping, 221
Syntagma Square (Athens), 85–87
T
Ta Liontaria (Iraklion), 244, 248
Taxes, 63
Taxiarchis Evangelistrias, Monastery of the (Vathy), 179–180
Taxiarchis Mihail Panormitis Monastery (Symi), 48, 221
Taxis, Athens, 56
Telephones, Athens, 63
Temple of Aphaia (Aegina), 138, 139
Temple of Apollo
Delphi, 132
Old Corinth, 119
Rhodes Town, 211
Temple of Artemis (Samos), 324
Temple of Athena Nike (Athens), 79
Temple of Athena Nike (Athens), 80
Temple of Demeter (Sangri), 165
Temple of Hephaestus (Athens), 88
Temple of Hera (Olympia), 128
Temple of Olympian Zeus (Athens), 84
Temple of Poseidon
Athens, 91
Poros, 141
Temple of Venus (Rhodes Town), 208
Temple of Zeus (Olympia), 128
Temple to Apollo Karneios (Thera), 190
Temple to Zeus (Ancient Nemea), 120
Terrace of the Festivals (Thera), 190
Thalassea (Voula B), 102
Theater of Ancient Epidaurus (Athens), 106
Theater of Dionysus (Athens), 84
Theater
at Epidaurus, 3
Lesbos, 308
Theokoleon (Olympia), 128
Theophanes the Cretan, 22
Theophanes the Monk, 134
Theotokou (Corfu Town), 337
Thera, Ancient, 190. See also Fira
Thermes Kallithea (Rhodes), 215
Theseus, 248
Thira Collection (Athens), 95
Thirio (Athens), 108
Tholos
Athens, 88
Delphi, 132
Epidaurus, 126
360 Cocktail Bar (Athens), 109
Thronos (Crete), 258
Timios Stavros (Sangri), 165
Tipping, Athens, 63
Tiryns (near Nafplion), 124–125
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens), 85
Tou Sotiros (Church of the Transfiguration; Nafplion), 124
Tower of the Winds (Athens), 90–91
Toy Museum
Athens, 97
Rhodes, 212
Tragaea villages (Naxos), 5, 165
Trani Porta (Naxos), 163
Treasury of Atreus, 122
Treaty of Lausanne (1923), 20
Tria Pagadia (Mykonos), 151
Trion Ierarchon, Church of (Skiathos), 284
Tris Boukes Bay (Skyros), 300
Trojan War, 121, 139, 220, 298, 300, 309, 336
Tunnel of Eupalinos (Efpalinio Orgyma; Samos), 324
Tzermiado (Crete), 251
Tzistarakis Mosque (Athens), 90
V
Vai (Agios Nikolaos), 278
Valch’s Wedding (Skopelos), 292
Valley of Petaloudes (Valley of the Butterflies), 172–173
Vamos (Crete), 5
Vareltzidhena Mansion (Lesbos), 310
Varlaam, 135
Vasillis Sofias (Athens), 85
Vathy (Samos Town), 179–180, 322
Velania (Skopelos), 291
Venetian Harbor (Chania), 5, 256, 266
Venetians, Nafplion, 123
Venios family of bakers, 176
Vori (near Iraklion), 250
Voula, 102
Vouliagmeni (near Athens), 102
Vourliotes (Samos), 325
Vrisses and the Gorges (Crete), 268
Vrontados (Chios), 318
W
Walking and hiking
Alonissos, 295
Athens, 61
Corfu, 338
Skopelos, 290
Walls (Iraklion), 249
War Museum Tunnel (Leros), 237
War of Independence, 19
Watersports
Alonissos, 295
Corfu, 339
Kos, 230
Leros, 237
Mykonos, 155
Santorini, 194
Weather, 29
West Excavations (Kos), 228
Windmills (Mykonos), 151
Wine Festival at Rethymnon, Crete, 31
Rhodes, 216
Samos, 322
Workshop of Phidias (Olympia), 127–128
World War II, 20, 41, 134, 135, 234, 237, 259, 260, 265
Y
Yabanaki Varkiza, 102
Yialos harbor (Symi), 216
Z
Zappeion Gardens (Athens), 87
Zeus, 129
Zoumboulakis (Athens), 104
Accommodations
Acropolis House Hotel (Athens), 68–69
Acropolis View Hotel (Athens), 67
Adonis Hotel (Athens), 69
Adrina Beach Hotel and Resort & Spa (Skopelos), 288
Aegeo Hotel (Folegandros), 196
Akti Hotel Platys Yialos (Sifnos), 175
Akti Olous (Agios Nikolaos), 273
Amphora (Chania), 262
Anatoli Hotel (Santorini), 185
Apanema (Mykonos), 147
Apollon Hotel (Naxos), 159–160
Aressana Spa Hotel (Santorini), 184
Arion Hotel (Samos), 320
Armonia Bay (Samos), 321
Art Gallery Hotel (Athens), 69
Astra Suites (Santorini), 183
AthenStyle (Athens), 69
Athineon Hotel (Rhodes), 204
Atrium Hotel (Alonissos), 8, 293
Attalos Hotel (Athens), 67
Aura Marina (Santorini), 184
Avli Lounge Apartments, 253
Bella Venezia (Corfu), 330
Belvedere (Mykonos), 146
Blue Bay (Patmos), 231
Capsis Astoria (Iraklion), 242
Carbonaki Hotel (Mykonos), 10, 148
Casa Delfino (Chania), 260
Central Athens Hotel, 70
Chateau Zevgoli (Naxos), 160
Chez Sophie (Santorini), 185
Chios Chandras, 314
Coco–Mat Athens BC, 67
Doma (Chania), 262
Dorian Inn (Athens), 70
Economou Mansion (Spetses Town), 136
El Greco (Iraklion), 243
Electra Palace (Athens), 66
Elies Resort (Sifnos), 175
Elounda Beach (Agios Nikolaos), 272–273
Elounda Mare (Agios Nikolaos), 273
Elounda Mare (Crete), 8
Elysium (Mykonos), 147
Europa Best Western (Olympia), 116
Exarchion (Athens), 70
Family Hotel Latini (Nafplion), 113
Family Hotel Penelope (Corfu), 331
Fortezza Hotel (Santorini), 254
Fresh Boutique Hotel, 148
Grande Bretagne (Athens), 66
Grecian Castle (Chios), 314
Grecotel Kos Imperial Thalasso, 224
Hotel Afendoulis (Kos), 224–225
Hotel Aliki (Symi), 218
Hotel Angela (Skyros), 297
Hotel Anthoussa (Sifnos), 175–176
Hotel Denise (Skopelos), 288
Hotel Dina (Paros), 168
Hotel du Lac (Agios Nikolaos), 273–274
Hotel Galaxy (Iraklion), 242
Hotel Ganimede (Galaxidi), 131
Hotel Keti (Santorini), 185
Hotel Kyma (Chios), 314
Hotel Leo (Santorini), 254
Hotel Miranda (Hydra), 136
Hotel Nefeli (Skyros), 297
Hotel Nireus (Symi), 218
Hotel Nirides (Symi), 219
Hotel Pelops (Olympia), 116–117
Hotel Perivoli (near Nafplion), 10, 113, 116
Hotel Samos, 321
Hotel Varonos (Delphi), 131
Ikies (Santorini), 184
Ionian Plaza (Kefalonia), 340
Jason Inn Hotel (Athens), 70
Kalimera Archanes Village (Crete), 10, 252
Kapsaliana Village Hotel (Santorini), 9, 253–254
Kokkini Porta Rossa (Rhodes), 202–203
Kontaki Bay Resort and Spa (Corfu), 330
Kos Aktis Art Hotel, 224
Lato Hotel (Iraklion), 243
Lefkes Village Hotel (Paros), 168
Levant Hotel (Corfu), 331
Maison Kronio/Taverna Kronio (Crete), 252
Marble House (Athens), 71
Marco Polo Mansion (Rhodes City), 10, 204
Marianna Hotel (near Nafplion), 116
Marin Dream Hotel (Iraklion), 243
Mayor Mon Repos (Corfu), 330
Medieval Inn, (Rhodes Old Town), 10, 205
Megaron Hotel, Iraklion, 243
Melenos Lindos Hotel (Rhodes), 9, 205
Natalie’s Hotel and Apartments (Kefalonia), 340
Ochre & Brown (Athens), 66
Omiros (Mykonos), 148
Palazzino di Corina (Santorini), 254
Pallas Athena Hotel (Athens), 68
Panorama Hotel (Naxos), 160
Paradise Hotel (Alonissos), 293–294
Paradise Hotel (Santorini), 185–186
Patmos Garden (Patmos), 231–232
Pension Gallini (Kefalonia), 340
Periscope (Athens), 68
Perleas Mansion (Chios), 10, 314
Petali Village Hotel (Sifnos), 176
Petasos Beach (Mykonos), 147
Petra Hotel and Apartments (Patmos), 9, 232
Philippi Hotel (Mykonos), 148
Polikandia Hotel (Folegandros), 196–197
Porto Scoutari (Patmos), 232
Porto Veneziano (Chania), 262
Proteas Blu Resort (Samos), 321
Pyrgos Adrachti Hotel (Kastraki), 133
S. Nikolis Hotel and Apartments (Rhodes Old Town), 10, 204
St. George Lycabettus Hotel (Athens), 9, 66–67
St. Nicolas Bay (Agios Nikolaos), 273
Skiros Palace Hotel (Skyros), 297
Skopelos Village, 288
Skyros Centre, 297
Smaragdi (Santorini), 186
Sofia Pension (Rhodes), 205
Sonia City Hotel (Kos), 225
Spirit of the Knights (Rhodes City), 9, 203
Student and Traveller’s Inn (Athens), 71
Studios Kalergis (Naxos), 160
Taxiarchis Mihail Panormitis Monastery (Symi), 220
The Old Markets (Symi), 219
Vamos Traditional Village, 262–263
Vetera Suites (Santorini), 254–255
Villa Andromeda (Chania), 260, 262
Villa de Loulia (Corfu), 330
Villa Marandi (Naxos), 9, 160–161
Villa Maria (Santorini), 186
Votsala Hotel (Lesbos), 11
Voulamandis House (Chios), 314–315
Yria Hotel Resort (Paros), 168
Zannos Melathron (Santorini), 185
Restaurants
Aegli (Corfu), 331
Akrogiali (Naxos), 161
Alexis 4 Seasons (Rhodes), 205–206
Altamira, 71
Ammos Plaz (Samos), 321
Antica Gelateria di Roma (Nafplion), 113
Apostolis (Chania), 263
Arap (Kos), 227
Archipelagos (Alonissos), 293
Avli (Athens), 73
Benetos Restaurant (Patmos), 11, 232
Caf‚ Avissinia (Athens), 72
Captain Nicolas (Kefalonia), 340–341
Captain’s Table (Kefalonia), 341
Chez Lucien (Athens), 72
Dio Dekares I Oka (Athens), 73
Diporto (Athens), 73
El Greco (Leros), 236
El Greco (Samos), 321
Epikouros Restaurant (Delphi), 130–131
Epirus (Athens), 73
Ergon (Skiathos), 283
Etrusco (Corfu), 331
Fabrica tou Euphrosinos (Athens), 72
Fish Taverna Kounelas (Mykonos), 149
4 Rodies (Rhodes), 206
Funky Kitchen (Mykonos), 149
Galazio Pigadi (Samos), 322
GB Roof Garden (Athens), 72
Gelato Artigianale Italiano (Rhodes), 205
Giorgios and Maria Taverna (Symi), 219
Hotzas (Chios), 315
Ippocampus (Iraklion), 244
Irini’s (Folegandros), 196
Joanna’s Niko’s Place (Mykonos), 149
Kafenes (Sifnos), 177
Katina’s (Santorini), 188
Kerasma (Rhodes), 206
Kir-Kor (Iraklion), 244
Kostas (Athens), 75
Koumanis Bakery (Patmos), 232
Kronio (Lasithi Plateau), 11
Ktistakis (Athens), 75
Kyria Maria (Santorini), 255
La Maison de Catherine (Mykonos), 150
Lazaros Taverna (Spetses Town), 138
Lefkosia (Halki), 217
Maison des Coleurs (Leros), 236
Mani Mani (Athens), 72
Manolis Dinoris Fish Taverna (Rhodes), 206
Manos Mastrosavvas Traditional Caf‚ Restaurant (Sianna Village), 207
Marco Polo Mansion (Rhodes), 206–207
Margetes (Skyros), 297
Maridaki (Aegina Town), 138
Marilena (Agios Nikolaos), 274
Mavrikos (Lindos Town), 207–208
Metaxy Mas (Naxos), 162
Metaxy Mas (Santorini), 11, 188
Meteora Restaurant (Kalambaki), 133
Migomis (Agios Nikolaos), 274
Mylos (Leros), 236
Niko’s Taverna (Mykonos), 150
1926-Gevis Naksou (Naxos), 161
O Pappous ki Ego, 298
Ostria (Alonissos), 293
Othonos (Santorini), 255
Ouzeri Mitsi (Paros), 169
Pelagos (Agios Nikolaos), 274
Peskesi (Iraklion), 244
Petrino (Kos), 225
Pita Fan (Rhodes), 207
Platanos Taverna (Athens), 74
Portes (Chania), 263
Pote Tin Kyriaki (Kos), 227
Prima Plora (Santorini), 255
Psitopolio Georgios Marina Pannadi (Chios), 316
Restaurant-Bar 1800 (Santorini), 186–187
Roka (Santorini), 188
Sarris (Agios Nikolaos), 274
Scholarchio (Athens), 74
Socratous Garden (Rhodes), 207
Souvlaki Club (Folegandros), 196
Stani (Athens), 75
Stegna Kozas (Archangelos beach), 208
Steki tou Ilia (Athens), 74
Sweet Leros 1897, 236
Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani (Athens), 74
Ta Phanaria (Nafplion), 116
Tabakario, 255
Tamam (Chania), 263
Taverna Agnanti (Skopelos), 289
Taverna Alexander (Skopelos), 289
Taverna Alexandros (Skiathos), 283
Taverna Ampavris (Kos), 226
Taverna and Studios Sigelakis (Crete), 252
Taverna Bacchus (near Olympia), 117
Taverna Kostas (Rhodes), 207
Taverna Kronio (Crete), 252
Taverna Lefteris (Naxos), 162
Taverna Limeri (Corfu), 331–332
Taverna Mavromatis (Kos), 226
Taverna Nikolas (Santorini), 189
Taverna Old Mansion (Paleo Archontiko; Nafplion), 116
Taverna Olympia (Kos), 226
Taverna Sklithiri (Skiathos), 11–12, 283
Taverna Stavrakakis (Agios Nikolaos), 274
Taverna to Kastro (Naxos), 162
Taverna Vakchos, 131
The Borzoi (Skiathos), 283
Tholos (Symi), 219
Tirokomika Proionda Naxou (Naxos), 161
To Chiliomodi (Patmos), 233
To Liotrivi (Sifnos), 177
To Paradosiako Evgenia (Athens), 74
To Psaraki (Santorini), 188
To Spitiko (Folegandros), 197
To Steki (Hydra Town), 138
Trata Taverna (Paros), 169
Tsivaeri Ouzeri (Chios), 315
Tzitzikas kai Mermigas (Athens), 75
Tzivaeri (Patmos), 233
Vasilis (Symi), 220
Venetian Well (Corfu), 332
Veneto (Iraklion), 244
Vlassis (Athens), 75
Well of the Turk (Chania), 12, 263
Zafora (Santorini), 189