The Dodecanese And The East Aegean Islands

A comprehensive handbook to the two scenic archipelagos of the Dodecanese and East Aegean, this guide contains a full-colour section introducing the islands' highlights, plus critical reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink. The book also provides detailed coverage of the best hikes, unspoilt beaches and historic monuments and practical guidance on local transport and inter-island ferries. Boat and bus schedules are included."

The Rough Guide to the Dodecanese and East Aegean islandsis the most in-depth handbook to these two scenic archipelagos, covering 27 islands. Features include- Full-colour section introducing the islands' highlights. Informed reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink. In-depth coverage of the most rewarding hikes, unspoilt beaches and historic monuments. Useful guidance on local transport, both by sea and on land. Authoritative features on island history, wildlife and music. Maps and plans for every region.

The expanded third edition of this popular cruising guide encompasses the Greek Dodecanese islands and the Turkish coast eastwards from the Samos Strait to Kas and Kekova. Fully illustrated with up to date plans and numerous new photographs, it is packed with all the essential information for getting to the area, formalities and sailing these beautiful cruising grounds. There is a level of further detail to this coverage in terms of anchorages and other destinations than is found in the Heikell’s Greek Waters Pilot and Turkish Waters and Cyprus Pilot. This handy guide also whets the appetite for the local cuisine and culture and gives some historic context to exploration ashore. The fantastic background information with historical and mythological anecdotes gives ... a richness too often missing from bald pilot guides. Royal Cruising Club ... no East Med cruiser will want to sail without a copy. Yachting Monthly

East Aegean, covers the Greek Dodecanese islands and the Turkish coast from the Samos Strait as far east as Kas and Kekova. This fully revised and expanded second edition is packed with useful background information for the cruising yacht and provides all the essential information from getting to the area, formalities and sailing in Greece and Turkey to detailed pilotage on harbours and anchorages.

The Dodecanese and the Eastern Aegean Islands in Late Antiquity, AD 300-700 is a regional study of the history, archaeology, and religious profile of the Late Antique Dodecanese (the islands of the south-eastern Aegean, centered on Rhodes), exploring how the spread of Christianity altered these communities and how the prosperity of the eastern Roman Empire, and the new capital in Constantinople, affected their life. Incorporating comparative evidence from the rest of the Aegean islands and both the Greek and Turkish mainlands, the volume analyzes material from the whole area as part of a wider system of social and economic relations, political history, and culture. Accompanied by an extensive archaeological gazetteer, it presents the administrative and political history of the islands and considers the written and archaeological evidence for the monotheistic communities of the eastern Aegean, offering a closer examination of the late history of pagan temples and the transition to Christianity. It discusses the settlement and economic history of the islands, focusing on the urban history of Rhodes and Kos, but also on the numerous key non-urban sites from the rest of the islands, in particular the extended ruins of a barely known site located in the small island of Saria, north of Karpathos. The final chapter addresses the seventh century--which saw the destruction of so much of what had been built up in the fourth to sixth centuries--when the islands' societies acquired a new role for the State as naval outposts, functioning as a border zone in the course of the Arab-Byzantine wars.

This is a guide intended both for island-hoppers on a flight-only deal, and for package holidaymakers based on one or two islands for a couple of weeks. This book covers all the islands in sufficient detail to be useful even to those who have had their accommodation pre-booked.