Top 10 Athens

Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides

by Coral Davenport

"DK Eyewitness Top 10 Athens" will lead you straight to the best attractions this region has to offer. Whether you're looking for unmissable museums and ancient sites, alluring nearby islands, night-time hot-spots, shopping streets, liveliest festivals or want to find the best restaurants and tavernas in Athens; this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists for all budgets - from the Top 10 Greek dishes and archaeological sites to the Top 10 city strolls and itineraries, shops, hotels and, to save you time and money, there's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. "DK Eyewitness Top 10 Athens" is packed with beautiful illustrations of this historical city, providing the insider knowledge every visitor needs to know. Explore every corner effortlessly using the free pull-out map, plus many smaller maps included within the guide. This is your guide to the Top 10 best of everything in Athens.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Greece, Ebooks

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stole this from an Airbnb in Athens. Great top ten guide and I recommend everyone else also steal one from their Airbnb and give their friends the history of Athens

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, concise, to the point. Everything you want to know about the sights in Athens, including where to eat. Small enough to take along in your pocket and includes a really good, durable map. This will come in handy in future trips to Greece.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was useful, but I liked Rick Steves' Athens suggestions better. It's arranged thematically with the top 10 sights in Athens and the top 10 things to see at each of them. The maps were not as detailed as I would have liked. We depended mainly on the one from our hotel which was quite detailed and more convenient to carry.

It wasn't as satisfying as the more detailed Eyewitness guides. And even though it was smaller than those, it was too heavy to carry around for the little info it provided.

[Elizabeth Abney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately, the most this book shares with the Frommer’s Day-by-Day series is the size. The material is not nearly as well organized and there is a serious lack of maps. There are a few suggested itineraries for some of the major attractions/sections of town, and that plus the pictures are the only redeeming quality of this guide.

From my personal collection.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good read considering I'm off to Italy and Greece soon. Lots of intersting sites are discussed and it gives me a pretty good overview of the city, it's ancient sites and places to eat.

These "top ten" books are up there with Rick Steves guidebooks- both are excellent resources.

[Clumsygadabout · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book as a good place to start to understand the basic layout and highlights. A good jumping off point to google and YouTube for more research or current status. The pull out map in the back is slim and easy to tuck into a purse or pocket.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each page lists a "top ten" subject of travel; definitely helpful for the highlights.

Oh, someone buy me a trip, please?

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of my favorite books to use when living in Greece. I think it gave me a great place to start from when getting to the know the city.

[Noel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book wasn't bad, the top 10 suggestions were spot on and the map was useful - but it didn't compare to the Rick Steve's version. Great pictures but not enough useful information on each site.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent travel guide. I am not the biggest fan of travel guides as I feel you can get a lot more information and up to date advice online. I only read travel books if I borrow them from the library.

[James Craddock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read it in 1 day. Good introductory guide.

[Carmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good resource. Can't wait to try out their 2 day suggested iternary.