This guide to the Greek Islands is excerpted from the Rough Guide to Greece, now in its 6th edition. It contains the practical details from the larger guide, the complete Islands section, as well as a survival kit to Athens and the full contexts section from the main guide. It gives background on history, society, archaeology, wildlife, music, reading matter and language. Coverage is included of all the island groups, from the Argo-Saronics to remote Dodecanese outposts off the Turkish coast. Details on the ferries and the food and drink are provided, as well as contemporary reportage on what the islands are like today: which are unspoilt, which are the ones for all-night partying, and which have the best beaches.