Only in Athens
A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects
ISBN-13: 978-3-9505392-7-1
Author: Duncan JD Smith
Publisher: The Urban Explorer
Edition: 1
Specification: Paperback, 120 pages, 56 colour photos & two fold-out maps, 13.5 x 21cm
Prices: £ 10.95, € 12.90, US$ 16.00, CDN$ 22.00
ISBN-13: 978-3-9505392-7-1
Coming Autumn 2026! Discover Athens’ ancient ruins, characterful neighbourhoods, and little-known suburbs with this explorer’s guidebook to Europe’s oldest continuously occupied city.
In a world where places become ever more similar, it is an absolute joy to stumble on the Only In Guides. The author brings to the series the gaze of the enquiring outsider.
Hidden Europe magazine
- A ground-breaking illustrated Athens guidebook to 55 fascinating and unusual historical sites in the Greek capital. Ruined temples and reused factories, ancient bronzes and modern street art, historic cafés and traditional tavernas.
- From the perfection of the Parthenon and Plato’s ruined Academy to al fresco cinemas and the Hellenic Motor Museum.
- Locations include Emperor Hadrian’s reservoir, the Tower of the Winds, the Theatre Train, and Isadora Duncan’s Dance School.
- Also the Catacombs of Philhellenon, the Poet Sandal Maker, the home of Heinrich Schliemann, and the Pentelic marble quarries.
- The ideal Athens guidebook for travellers who want to escape the crowds and go beyond the well-known paths, as well as for those inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew their city.
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