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Compiled by Markos Stephanou and Stelios Jackson ©1999-2005

 

The Hellenic Guide to Greece
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General links

These are a few general links to Greece, others can be found in their geographic areas

 

These 3 categories can be accessed by clicking their icons:

Picture Books

Guide Books

Stelios Jackson's Triffid bites back

Picture books.

General guide books

Flora and Fauna.

All other books can be found within their geographic region

 

   Picture courtesy of the Greek Ministry of Culture, showing the Acropolis hill

Click HERE for extremely useful Travel   Information on     Greece brought to you by Columbus Travel

By clicking on the map below you will be transported to the area of your choice, with  links to the museums and sites of that particular area. Have fun! S.J.
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Yes that's all very well Jackson, but which group does my island belong?

Here are a few of my favourite things

Beware of Greeks bearing gifs! ...Sorry! This is the site that I have gleaned most of the museum and Ancient Site material from and it is one of the most informative you can find

Greek Culture

Hellenic Culture

Our Travel Guide

  Our own guide to Greece and her islands written by Marcos Stephanou and Stelios Jackson

Learn Modern Greek  

    So you're going to Greece and you want to learn the language...

Learn Greek In 25 years

...and you'll have fun trying with this little gem.

Across Crete

Across Crete Part 1

Fabulous new book on 17th and 18th century travellers to Crete

Some Links and things:  

Columbus World Travel

Columbus' excellent travel pages to Greece

  Ourios Travel SA    

You'll need to subscribe to this site but it is free to do so and looks very useful.  SJ

Greece Travel

A nice general site, enabling the viewer to do such things as book hotels, as well as get information on various parts of the mainland and the Greek islands.

Greek postcards site

Greek Islands Postcards

A real enthusiast's site this. I shall be adding links to the various places that Mike Mason's excellent site covers, within their respective geographical areas, before the end of July '02. In the meantime click on the pic and have a look for yourself; it even includes a message board which looks wonderfully informative. SJ

What's the Weather Like?

Check out the weather in 30 Greek destinations for the next five days  thanks to Yahoo's wonderful site. 

    Visit a Museum or Site  

    Go to Odysseus, the Greek Ministry of Culture's site and check out opening hours etc. of virtually all the museums and sites of Greece.  So good that I have included it here twice! 

     Travel Companies

      Who do we recommend... and why?

For late availability, flight-only, etc. try:

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Yiannakis' Greek pages

Yiannakis' Greek Site

I like this site, which is a personal home page of an Interkriti chatter named "Yiannakis", a great Hellenophile and a great chap too!

Poems by Adam Czarnowski

Poem 1

Poem 2

Poem 3

Poem 4

I love Adam's poems and you can find four of them here plus a link to 18 others, thanks to Yiannakis' links pages.

    Away with the Ferries

 Have a look at 'Minoan Lines' ferries site for up to date info.on ferry crossings

    Greek-o-File

Take a look at Sylvia and Terry's site. If you love Greece you'll want to subscribe to their magazine

The Barretts

Matt Barrett's Greek Travel Guide

This is an excellent general site to Greece and her islands, as is this for the young at heart or  body...

Amarandi Barrett's Greece for Kids

...and finally from our Greek Jury we bring you...

The Hellenic Travel Guide:

Ó Stelios Jackson

This is ours, all ours. Thanks to Markos Stepahonos and I hope you enjoy our asides to the various and diverse mainland islands that make up the quite wonderful world of Greece. Feel free to e-mail me with your links, it is a free service. Stelios Jackson

Marcos and I have written our pieces on just about every place you may wish to visit in Greece. SJ

The Mainland:

Northern Mainland

Macedonia and Thrace

Thessaly

Epiros

Central Greece

Peloponnese

Athens

The Islands:

     Oi! Jackson, where's my island ?

Aha, so you know where you are going, but all this talk of Dodecahedrons, Cycles and Ionic progression, confuses you? Click on the link above and you may find out in which of the island groups your dream holiday destination is in. 

  Crete

 Cyclades

Ionian Islands

Sporadic & Evia

Dodecanese

NE Aegean

  Argo Saronic Islands