This informative and savvy guide captures the best that Athens offers in a practical, easy to use format. With opinionated reviews, essential travel tips and detailed fold-out maps, Athens Condensed has all the information the discerning visitor needs - for one day or one month, for business or for pleasure. detailed enough for a marathon stay and concise enough for a blazing sprint through the host city of the 2004 Summer Olympics highlights the must-see historical sites, from the Parthenon on down restaurant and lodging listings fine enough to appease the gods from rembetika clubs to raving discos, insider tips on how to rock the cradle of Western civilisation all night long day trips and cruises along the Apollo Coast - myriad methods of dodging the din