On the Shores of the Mediterranean

On the Shores of the Mediterranean
Eric Newby

With his trademark charm and sharp wit, Newby leaves no stone unturned in his quest for wonderfully detailed and quirky knowledge to share with his reader. Insightful, hilarious and sheer fun, this is an adventure not to be missed, by Britain's best-loved travel guide, and father of the genre.'Why don't you start in Naples and go clockwise round the Mediterranean instead of dashing off in all directions like a lunatic?' Fortunately, Eric Newby followed his wife Wanda's advice, and so begins the wonderfully madcap adventure, ‘On the Shores of the Mediterranean’.Beginning during the Newbys' wine harvest in Tuscany, the adventurous but disaster-prone pair follow a path using every form of transportation conceivable (public bus, taxi, foot, bike, boat), from Naples to Venice, along the Adriatic to Greece, Turkey, Jerusalem and North Africa, from sipping wildly extravagant cocktails in San Marco to being cordially invited to Libya by Colonel Gaddafi.

ERIC NEWBY

On the Shores of the Mediterranean

Dedication (#ulink_92fca76c-5612-5f67-aa0e-e797e10317de)

To Wanda, the only item of essential equipment – apart from a Rolex watch (boiled in a stew by Afghans to test its waterproof qualities) – not lost, stolen or simply worn out in the course of some thirty years of travel together.

Contents

Cover (#u2c59c689-c2ff-50f3-b359-fdf1222f4644)

Title Page (#u7ae89b9d-1f15-5c22-a37b-a70d0f146acf)

Dedication (#u942f551d-4abf-5acd-8876-acc2b2888c33)

Map (#ud221cc5c-27a0-5951-b68a-ed746aec5020)

I ITALY (#u4ea412c5-00b8-5ac8-81d3-94fd7d86526d)

A Tuscan Vineyard (#u6a3fac69-d9f6-5b68-9133-4bbdca68c7c8)

In the Streets of Naples (#u190062f4-1dfb-5897-b0f0-963660e04b9a)

An Evening in Venice (#u449bdbff-87c1-54af-9175-06c96fbf29a5)

II THE ADRIATIC (#u77bb0cf4-24c4-5821-8446-f949b9c486b7)

On the Way to the Balkans (#u4289b1ab-b5f8-5c05-acd3-bb5b2cd1103d)

A Night in Montenegro (#u29aa9ec8-374a-5c9d-9c2b-95a25bf36c52)

Albania Stern and Wild (#u60ad8a3a-9175-55b7-b288-82d6d248a464)

III GREECE (#litres_trial_promo)

Grecian Shores (#litres_trial_promo)

In the Steps of Ali Pasha (#litres_trial_promo)

Monasteries of the Air (#litres_trial_promo)

The Ascent of Mount Olympus (#litres_trial_promo)

IV TURKEY (#litres_trial_promo)

A View of the Hellespont (#litres_trial_promo)

Baths and Bazaars (#litres_trial_promo)

The Harem at Topkapi (#litres_trial_promo)

The Plain of Troy (#litres_trial_promo)

An Encounter with Nomads (#litres_trial_promo)

V THE LEVANT (#litres_trial_promo)

Jerusalem (#litres_trial_promo)

VI NORTH AFRICA (#litres_trial_promo)

In and Out of a Pyramid (#litres_trial_promo)

Return to Tobruk (#litres_trial_promo)

Into a Minefield (#litres_trial_promo)

Not Quite Leptis Magna (#litres_trial_promo)

On the Edge of the Sahara (#litres_trial_promo)

View from a Hill (#litres_trial_promo)

VII RETURN TO EUROPE (#litres_trial_promo)

Imperial Rock (#litres_trial_promo)

Holy Week in Seville (#litres_trial_promo)

Dinner at the Negresco (#litres_trial_promo)

The Last Vintage (#litres_trial_promo)

Bibliography (#litres_trial_promo)

Index (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Praise (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by the Author (#litres_trial_promo)