Rick Steves Greece: Athens & the Peloponnese

Rick Steves does it again. Him and his team scour the nooks and crannies to share the best way to see sites. Greece was no exception. I used this book for my visit to Santorini and Athens. Restaurant suggestions were spot on as well as tips for visiting popular tourist sites.

Rick Steves amazes me. We're going to Greece for the first time next month and I wouldn't dream of setting out without this information. It's comprehensive and detailed with solid advice and tips on all the most important sites. It contains packing lists, dos and don'ts etc. schedules, maps, routes, museum times by season and more. Rick is both optimistic and realistic about traveling to prepare you for your trip.

A great tool to prep for a trip. You’ll get ideas of restaurants, sights, transportation options and everything in between. The suggested walking tours were some of the best! I wouldn’t leave home without it!

I like Rick Steves’ philosophy on traveling and I like his books, tv and radio shows, videos and podcasts. Will probably sign up for one of his tours sooner or later. So I liked this book too. My only complaint is that there’s exactly two paragraphs about Crete, a good bit of that devoted to suggestions that you go to one of the other islands instead. Crete is where we’re headed. Sigh. But there’s SO much good info about Greek culture, history and food that I’m still happy with the book. Not to mention the great section on Athens, which made me realize that as long as we have to transit through Athens on the way to Crete anyway, we’d be idiots not to stay over a day or three and enjoy the sights there.

I put together a 9-day trip within a month’s notice thanks to this book. I just wish I didn’t spend more than a day in Athens (it’s dirty) and I wish there was a strong warning about not traveling to Greece in the summer. The locals said that because of climate change, last summer and this summer have had worse heatwaves than ever and they can’t stand it either. It was over 100 degrees F and the Acropolis kept closing it was so hot. The islands were even too freaking hot with little wind. If you’re from Baghdad, maybe Greece is okay in the summer, otherwise stay home or go anywhere else!

Best travel guide in print! Written by a genuine expert with real experience!

Headed to Greece in the fall and this is great - all the highlights with exceptional tips for day trips and evening dining

We used this book on our '23 summer trip to Athens and Anti-Paros. It was an excellent resource for Athens. We did the self guided audio tours around the Placa and Acropolis/Parthenon. The audio tours are separate applications that you install on your phone. Perhaps you don't need the book for those, but the book helps out in getting around and filling you in on obvious and not so obvious sights. I highly recommend it. I think the only drawback was the fact that I was more interested in learning about the history than my children. The children did stick with the walking tours for the most part, but they did get bored of the audio bits.