綠松石海岸

I picked this up before a trip and ended up reading the folklore sections twice—the myths behind the landscape made the whole coastline feel richer. Six hundred miles is a lot of shore to cover, and the book actually does it justice without feeling like a checklist.

The sections on local myths and folklore were my favorite part—I didn't expect a travel book to dig into the legends behind the scenery. Reading it before my trip made the whole stretch of Aegean shoreline feel less like a checklist and more like a place I already knew.

The folklore and myth sections turned out to be my favorite part, way more engaging than the usual dry guidebook history. My only gripe is that the maps are a bit small to read on a phone screen.