Your basket is currently empty!
Blue Guide Greece the Aegean Islands
WINNER of the Tourmap prize for the best maps in any guidebook published in 2010. This book is the result of five years of fresh research by author Nigel McGilchrist, and detailed editing by Michael Metcalfe and Heinrich Hall, this is the first full Blue Guide treatment of all the Greek Aegean islands in a […]
Please choose if you’d like to buy print directly from us (recommended for the UK, if available) or from Amazon, or pick the digital format you need. The content of each format is the same.
WINNER of the Tourmap prize for the best maps in any guidebook published in 2010.
This book is the result of five years of fresh research by author Nigel McGilchrist, and detailed editing by Michael Metcalfe and Heinrich Hall, this is the first full Blue Guide treatment of all the Greek Aegean islands in a single volume.
It contains a wealth of detail on all aspects of these popular destinations: early history and archaeology, Classical and Byzantine art and architecture, Venetian and Ottoman monuments, and present-day concerns such as where to eat, which beaches to visit, and how to get from island to island.
Nigel McGilchrist is an art historian with a long-standing interest in the Mediterranean region. Having previously lived in Greece, he is now based in Italy. He has self-published the full manuscript that he wrote for this book in twenty volumes as โMcGilchristโs Greek Islandsโ, an invaluable resource.
Michael Metcalfe, a Sicily-based ancient historian, and Heinrich Hall, an archaeologist based in Athens, both act as expert guides on Peter Sommer Travelsโ small group tours to Greece, Turkey and the Classical World.
All of our ebooks about Greece are available here.
Look Inside
2 reviews for Blue Guide Greece the Aegean Islands
Additional Information
Author | Heinrich Hall, Michael Metcalfe, Nigel McGilchrist |
---|---|
Edition | 1 |
Illustration Type (Print) | Full-colour throughout. With maps, photographs, architectural details and floor plans. |
ISBN (print) | 9781905131358 |
Print Pages | 680 |
Publication Year | 2010 |
Jon Corelis via Amazon –
To sum up: obviously this is a major book on Greece, well organized and clearly expressed, and will be worth carrying around if you have a serious scholarly interest, even as an amateur, in the Aegean islands and especially their classical history.
P. Caetano via Amazon –
This is a great compilation in one book of the 20 books by the author of this blue book Prof. McGilchrist which covered about 70 islands. I find this the best overview of the Aegean islands historical sites It is useful to chose main island to fly to and plan which โsatelliteโ islands around it are worthwhile to visit by ferry or local water taxi. Chapter on Rhodes perfect about seeing classic Greek period acropolis on Lindos, medieval town in Rhodes old town and advice on n historical settlements to see in nearby Symi and Chalki islands. As for also enjoying the beaches, kids activities, water sports, restaurants, lodging, etc bring along one of the more common tour generalist travel book.