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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: PLANNING YOUR TRIP

Routes and costs
Western Mediterranean 9 – Mediterranean map 10 – Tyrrhenian Sea 12
Adriatic Sea 13 – Aegean Sea 13 – Eastern Mediterranean 14 – Costs 14

When to go 16

Information and bookings
Route and timetable information 17 – Making a booking 18

Visas, documents and money
Visas 19 – Documents 19 – Money 20

What to take 20

Health, insurance and safety 21

PART 2: THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Geography 22

Flora and fauna 23

Chronology 24

PART 3: COUNTRY GUIDES

General websites 37 – Time 37 – Electricity 37 – Dialling abroad 38 – Albania 38 – Bosnia Herzegovina 40 – Croatia 43 – Cyprus 45 – Egypt 50 – France 53 – Greece 56 – Israel 59 – Italy 62 – Lebanon 65 – Malta 68 – Morocco 70 – Serbia and Montenegro 73 – Slovenia 75 – Spain 77 – Tunisia 80 – Turkey 83

PART 4: WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Ferry routes 88 – Travelling around the Western Mediterranean 90
Suggested itineraries 90

Western Mediterranean – ports and islands
Barcelona 91 – The Balearics 98 – Valencia 103 – Almeria 105 – Melilla 107
M·laga 108 – Gibraltar 110 – AlgeÁiras 113 – Ceuta 114 – Tangier 115

PART 5: TYRRHENIAN SEA

Travelling around the Tyrrhenian Sea 119 – Ferry routes 120 – Suggested itineraries 122

Tyrrhenian Sea – ports and islands
Marseille 123 – Nice 127 – Genoa 129 – Livorno 135 – Corsica 136 (Bastia 138 – Corte 141 – Calvi 142 – Ajaccio 145 – Bonifacio 148) – Sardinia 150 (Golfo Aranci 152 – Olbia 152 – Palau 154 – La Maddalena 155 – Santa Teresa di Gallura 156 – C·gliari 157) – Civitavecchia 161 – Rome 166 – Naples 167 – Sorrento 171 – Sicily 172 (Palermo 175 – Trapani 178 – Catania 181 – Taormina 183 – Messina 184 – The Aeolian Islands 186) – Tunis 188 – Malta 194

PART 6: ADRIATIC SEA

Travelling around the Adriatic Sea 203 – Suggested itineraries 203 – Ferry routes 204

Adriatic Sea – ports and islands
Venice 206 – Trieste 214 – Piran 217 – Porec 219 – Rovinj 220 – Pula 222
ñ    Rijeka 224 – Zadar 226 – Ancona 228 – Split 230 – Dubrovnik 234 – Sarajevo 238 ñ    The Dalmatian Coast 241 (Mljet, Lopud and Sipan 242 – Korcula 244 – Hvar 246 – Brac 247) – Bar 249 – DurrÎs 251 – Tirana 256 – Bari 258 – BrÌndisi 262 – Corfu 265 – Igoumenitsa 270 – Io·nnina 272 – Patras 274 – Kefalonia 277 – Ithaca 279

PART 7: AEGEAN SEA

Travelling around the Aegean Sea 280 – Suggested itineraries 281 – Ferry routes 282

Aegean Sea – ports and islands
Thessaloniki 285 – Athens 290 – Around Athens (Piraeus 303, Aegina 304,
Rafina 306) – Crete 307 (HanÌa 308, Rethymno 310, Iraklio 312, Knossos 316, Agios Nikolaos 317, Sitia 320) – Rhodes 321 – Marmaris 330 – Bodrum 335 – Kos 338 – Nisyros 344 – Kalymnos 345 – Patmos 347 – Samos 348 (Vathy/Samos Town 349 – Pythagorio 351 – Karlovassi 352 – Kokkari 353) – Ku¯adasËš 354 – »zmir 357 – Ephesus 358 – «e¯me 363 – Chios 366 (Chios Town 367, Chios Island 370) – Lesbos/Lesvos 372 (Mytilini 372, Mithimna/Molivos 375, Eresos/Skala Eresou 376, Vatera 376) – AyvalËšk 376 – Troy 380 – »stanbul (Constantinople) 380

PART 8: EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Travelling around the Eastern Mediterranean 394 – Ferry routes 396

Eastern Mediterranean – ports and islands
Alanya 395 – Ta¯ucu 399 – Cyprus 399 (Limassol 403, Larnaca 407, Nicosia 408 – North Nicosia 411, Girne 412, Famagusta 414) – Beirut 416 – Baalbek 420 – Haifa 422 – Port Said 425 – Alexandria 427

APPENDICES

A: Ferry companies 433
B: Ferry services 438
C: Useful words and phrases 462
D: Bibliography 472

INDEX

Book List | Mediterranean Handbook - Ferry routes, islands and ports | Buy This Book | Table of Contents
| Introduction | Planning your trip | Using this guide | Route options | Sample Timetables |

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