Top 10 Athens (EYEWITNESS TOP 10 TRAVEL GUIDE) Paperback – March 17, 2014

I use travel books for research to the destinations I am going. Top 10 Athens is not just a good research tool, but a great travel companion. It is concise, well laid out and uses the limited space wisely. The clear coated maps that fold out are great guides as well as good page markers!The book has excellent information, photography, historical relevence and numerous lists that cover many topics of interest. The top ten catagories allow you to gain quick insight into what is available especially at the time of year you may be traveling.I have been to Athens many times, yet find a guide like this more valuable so that I can find new things to see and do.I have been buying DK Guide books for a few years now and prefer them to others I have bought or read. I already have an Essential Athens guide, but this DK guide 'Top 10 Athens' is far superior. This lucky little book will get to travel to Greece this summer : )

I recently went to Greece with some friends over Easter. We each brought Greek guide books for the trip. Between the four of us we had the Lonely Planet Guide, Foder's, Frommer's and this one. The Top 10 Athens book was consistently the one we picked up to use. Great tips. Great pictures. Great history. The book was small enough to fit into my travel bag and had a great fold out map of Athens in the back that we used frequently on our outtings. I wish I had purchased the Top 10 Greek Islands book to bring along as well. I'll pick up another Top 10 book for my next trip later this year.

This is a huge city that should not be in just a top 10 book. There was a lot of information missing, however, this book did a pretty good job for just a top 10 book. It does tell you touristy places to go and see or things to do, however, that's what it is and nothing more. There is also a lot of history in this city that this small book did not mention.

Organized by area of the city made it easy to find items of interest when traveling to that section of town. Even though the "Top 10" are highlighted for each area and overall, more opinion or comments to help choose among entries would be helpful as there is not enough time or energy to see everything listed. We also used the Lonely Planet "Best of Athens" which was also helpful, although organized differently.

Just returned from Greece. Book was handy to carry and very accurate. Nice to know the hours and days that a destination is open and available to visit before you waste time getting there and find out it's closed. Maps were accurate and easy to follow. Comments were right on target. Should be updated to reflect the opening the new museum that opened in June - fabulous to visit. Cab drivers are much worse than book indicates - should be a special warning about their tactics.

I took three guidebooks to Greece, but this was the only one I actually carried around with me when we were in Athens. It's the perfect size, the maps are very helpful and as accurate as possible, and it covers just about everything you need to know while out on the town. This is the second book in the series that I've bought and used (Delhi was the other), and I highly recommend them.

I have used the Top 10 Series on all major cities ( San Francisco, Paris, London, Athens and many more) They are very accurate, provide an excellent balance between the events, restaurants and the historical sites and history of the city. It's compact, easy to read and easy to search out information. I would love to see it on Kindle so that I could access it easily with links to background information and definitions.

We love the DK travel books to help plan our annual trips. They are best for planning your precious time and taking with you while touring a city. Somewhat weaker on hotels and restaurants. We are going to Athens, but not the rest of Greece. Thus, this book was more on target.

gives the best of the best, easy accessible layout, if you don't have a lot of time it's good to flip through to find the top attractions. it's in a small & compact size to take it out with you. comes with a map. it's the perfect travel companion.

Absolutely everything you need for a long weekend in Athens. Great little porta-book with a taste of everything you really need.

Excellent little book about Athens, just right for a weekend there (as was the case with us). The lack of a metro map is not great, but there are loads of metro maps available elsewhere on the net and various apps to get over that.

Another fine guide from the DK eyewitness series. I use these a lot and they never fail to succeed in making my trip more interesting.

We found the book very well written and easy to follow. The map showed all points of interest very clearly and well documented with photographs.