Traveller's Guide to the Ancient World - Ancient Greece : Athens and Its Environs

Discover what it would be like to travel back in time and explore the ancient world with this new history series, written in the style of contemporary travel guides. This guide is packed with all the maps, illustrations and fascinating insights that a tourist or traveller would expect from a guidebook. Each carefully researched guide paints a vivid picture of the past allowing you to experience ancient wonders when they were new and get to know the people who used them. [this volume] focusses on the historic city of Athens . in the year 415 BC. It offers advice onb everythign from where to stay and what to see, to sampling the local cuisine and shoppoing for souvenirs. 160p. illus. bibliography.index