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Text © 2013 by Rick Steves. All rights reserved.

Maps © 2013 by Europe Through the Back Door. All rights reserved.

Photos are used by permission and are the property of the original copyright owners.

Third printing April 2014

eISBN 978-1-61238-060-5
ISBN 978-1-61238-547-1

ISSN 1947-4725

3rd Edition

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Rick Steves’ Europe Through the Back Door

Managing Editor: Risa Laib

Editorial & Production Manager: Jennifer Madison Davis

Editors: Glenn Eriksen, Tom Griffin, Cameron Hewitt, Suzanne Kotz, Cathy Lu, Carrie Shepherd

Editorial Intern: Kimberly Downing

Researchers: Anastasia Gaitanou, Gretchen Strauch

Maps & Graphics: David C. Hoerlein, Sandra Hundacker, Lauren Mills, Mary Rostad

Avalon Travel

Senior Editor and Series Manager: Madhu Prasher

Editor: Jamie Andrade

Associate Editor: Annette Kohl

Assistant Editor: Maggie Ryan

Copy Editor: Patrick Collins

Proofreader: Kelly Lydick

Indexer: Stephen Callahan

Production & Typesetting: McGuire Barber Design

Cover Design: Kimberly Glyder Design

Maps & Graphics: Kat Bennett, Mike Morgenfeld

Front matter color photos: here, Greek Column Fragments © Laura VanDeventer; here, Old Kardamyli © Laura VanDeventer

Cover Photo: Santorini © Cameron Hewitt

Other Photography: Tom Griffin, Cameron Hewitt, David C. Hoerlein, Anne Jenkins, Gene Openshaw, Carol Ries, Rick Steves, Gretchen Strauch, Laura VanDeventer, David Willet

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