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Rock Climbing, Canyoning & Via Ferrata:

Rocks Unlimited - Greece and the Middle East - Rock Climbing Atlas

£19.99

An atlas of crags, climbing information and travel tips to Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt.

 

tmms Verlag - Hellas - Sport Climbing in Greece

£14.99

A basic sport climbing guide to Greece covering destinations on the mainland and on three of the islands, including Kalymnos.

 

Terrain - Kalymnos - Rock Climbing Guidebook

£39.95

Idyllic limestone climbing on a Greek island. The grade range is excellent with plenty of easy well bolted routes as well as mega-hard pumpy tufa fests in huge caves.

 

La Corditelle - Crete: Kapetanianá - Kófinas

£22.50

Bolted sport climbing on the major crag of central Crete, the extensive collection of butresses on Mount Kófinas near the twin villages of Pano and Kato Kapetanianá and known by the same name - Kapetanianá. 128 routes are described over a good range of grades with plenty of 4s and 5s as well as 6s and 7s.

 

La Corditelle - Climbing in Crete from North to South

£23.95

Bolted sport climbing on 8 crags in central Crete, on the north and south coasts. 250 routes are described over a good range of grades with plenty of 4s and 5s as well as 6s and 7s. Covers Skoteinó, Mália, Plakiás, Dhamnoni Bay, Agiofárango, Kapetananiá (Koúmoi), Ágios Ioánnis, Treís Ekklisiés.

 

There is an online guide to rock climbing in Cyprus.

Bouldering:

Gebro Verlag - Tinos - Bloc

£14.99

Bouldering guide to the extensive granite boulders of the Greek island of Tinos in the Aegean sea. This has to be the boulderer's version of Kalymnos, only discovered in 2003, and with thousand of boulders, many of which have yet to be developed.

 

Walking:

Cicerone - The Mountains of Greece (2006)

£15.95

A large and detailed guide to mountain walking and trekking in Greece. Much of the guide is devoted to the main Pindhos range, but there are sections on the Athens area (including Mount Olympus), and the Peloponnese.

 

Cicerone - The High Mountains of Crete

£14.00

Guidebook to walking the high mountains of Crete with its dramatic gorges and numerous peaks rising to over 2100 metres, high mountain plains, forested crags, massive cliffs and remote beaches. In addition to many walks and trekking routes in the White Mountains, this new edition covers Mount Ida and the Lassithi Mountains.

 

Rother - Crete East

£9.99

50 selected coastal and mountain walks in Eastern Crete. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos.

 

Rother - Crete West

£9.99

52 selected coastal and mountain walks in Western Crete. A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos.

 

Cicerone - Western Crete

£12.00

Guide to walking in the Kissamos and Selinos areas of Crete, in the far west of the island. 45 walks are described including ridges, mountains and gorges.

 

Rother - Cyprus - South & North

42 selected valley and mountain walks on the "Island of the Aphrodite". A good little guide with excellent maps and colour photos.