The Rough Guide to Crete

The Rough Guide to Crete
Author: John Fisher
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1405387475

The Rough Guide to Crete is the essential travel companion to the largest and most diverse of the Greek islands with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. From the bustling modern city of Ir�klion to the laid-back beaches of Paleoh�ra, discover Crete's highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. Rely on practical advice on travelling around the island and up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops, restaurants and resorts for all budgets. The Rough Guide to Crete includes insider guidance on a host of local activities including wine-tasting in rustic villages, where to find the best Venetian fortifications and exploring the fertile valleys and breathtaking Samari� and �mbros gorges. You'll find colour sections on the mountainous regions and coastal areas as well as a handy language section. Explore every corner of this captivating island with clear maps and expert background on everything from the country's distinctive traditions, music and wildlife to its long heritage as the seat of European civilisation. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Crete.

The Rough Guide to Crete

The Rough Guide to Crete
Author: Geoff Garvey
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2010-06-07
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1848369611

The Rough Guide to Crete is the essential travel companion to the largest and most diverse of the Greek islands with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. From the bustling modern city of Iráklion to the laid-back beaches of Paleohóra, discover Crete’s highlights inspired by dozens of photos. Rely on practical advice on travelling around the island and up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops, restaurants and resorts for all budgets. The Rough Guide to Crete includes insider guidance on a host of local activities including wine-tasting in rustic villages, where to find the best Venetian fortifications and exploring the fertile valleys and breathtaking Samariá and Ímbros gorges. You'll find sections on the mountainous regions and coastal areas as well as a handy language section. Explore every corner of this captivating island with clear maps and expert background on everything from the country's distinctive traditions, music and wildlife to its long heritage as the seat of European civilisation. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Crete.

The Rough Guide to Crete

The Rough Guide to Crete
Author: Rough Guides
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2016-06-21
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0241279488

The Rough Guide to Crete is the ultimate guide to one of the most beautiful and hospitable islands of Greece. With stunning photography, detailed maps, suggested itineraries, and more listings and reviews than ever before, this guide will help you discover the highlights of this beautiful island. You'll find detailed practical advice on the best places to stay, eat, and drink, accounts of all the best hikes and outdoor activities, lively reviews of the island's laid-back coastal resorts, and full, expert accounts of the ancient archaeological sites. The Rough Guide to Crete will be your trusted companion in helping you explore this multifaceted island. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Crete.

A Field Guide to Geology

A Field Guide to Geology
Author: David C. Roberts
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780618164387

With more than 130 color photographs and 170 drawings, this book shows how to read geological history: plate movements, earthquakes, glaciers, rivers, seas, and other forces that have shaped the earth over millions of years. Each geological region of eastern North America is described vividly and illustrated with detailed maps and cross sections. Highway tours tell where to go to find the best examples of each kind of formation.

The Rough Guide to Crete (Travel Guide eBook)

The Rough Guide to Crete (Travel Guide eBook)
Author: Rough Guides
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2016-06-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 024127947X

The Rough Guide to Crete is the most in-depth and reliable guide to one of Europe's most beautiful islands. With thorough coverage of everything from big sights such as the Samariá Gorge and Knossós to tiny mountain hamlets and idyllic, unspoilt coves, The Rough Guide to Crete will ensure you make the most of your time on the island. Whether you want to explore Crete's archeological wonders, laze on the rose-tinted sands of Elafonísi beach, take a scenic drive through the Lasithí plateau or sample the island's wines, The Rough Guide to Crete has all the information you'll need. Discover the highlights of Crete with stunning photography, detailed maps and inspiring itineraries, and rely on our in-the-know reviews on the best places to stay, eat and drink. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Crete.

Aphrodite's Kephali

Aphrodite's Kephali
Author: Philip P. Betancourt
Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2013-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1623032830

The small site of Aphrodite's Kephali, among several other Minoan and later sites, took advantage of the valley topography in the Isthmus of Ierapetra in eastern Crete by establishing themselves along the nearby hills, resulting in easy access to the natural trade route between the Aegean and the Libyan Seas. A discussion of the architecture, artifacts, and ecofacts are presented from the excavation of this Early Minoan I watchtower. The conclusions challenge some of the commonly held views about Crete in the third millennium B.C. It is suggested that rather than being a precursor to a socially complex state that would arise later, early polities involving several communities probably already existed in the isthmus during the EM I period. Social and economic differentiation existed on a regional, not just a local level, and decisions for mutual defense could involve collaboration by groups of workers, including the building of the watchtower that is the focus of this volume.

Mochlos III

Mochlos III
Author: Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan
Publisher: INSTAP Academic Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2014-12-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1623033845

This volume presents the first of several Late Hellenistic buildings that were uncovered on the island of Mochlos, located off the northeastern coast of Crete, during the Greek-American excavations of the last 25 years. It also provides an introduction to the Hellenistic settlement that flourished on the island for nearly a century before it was abandoned. The Hellenistic remains overlay much of the Late Minoan III and Neopalatial settlement. Due to the excavation of both the Bronze Age and later phases of the town, the publication of this Hellenistic building includes paleoenvironmental material (among all the other artifacts), which is often neglected in excavations of historical material. The role that Mochlos played in East Crete is discussed and conclusions are drawn about its relations with Hierapytna during the Late Hellenistic period.

The Geology of Greece

The Geology of Greece
Author: Dimitrios I. Papanikolaou
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030607313

This book introduces the reader to the unique geology of Greece. This country is a natural geology laboratory that can help us understand the present-day active geodynamic processes in the Hellenic orogenic arc, including earthquakes, volcanoes, coastline changes and other processes of uplift and subsidence, as well as the intense erosion, transport and deposition of sediments. Additionally, Greece offers a remarkable geological museum, reflecting the complex history of the area over the last 300 million years. By studying the rocks of Greece, one can discover old oceanic basins, e.g. in the Northern Pindos and Othrys mountains, crystalline rocks of Palaeozoic age, old granitic and volcanic rocks, as well as other sedimentary rocks including fossils from the shallow neritic facies to pelagic and abyssal facies. The younger sediments demonstrate the continuously changing palaeogeography of Greece, with areas of lakes, high plateaus and gulfs that are transformed into new forms of islands, peninsulas or high mountains, etc. All the above subjects are included in the book, which describes the tectonic structure of the geological strata, together with the evolutionary stages of the palaeogeography and geodynamics within the broader Mediterranean context. A special characteristic of the book is the development of the orogenic model of the Hellenides with the application of the tectono-stratigraphic terrane concept in the Tethyan system.