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Aegean: Nature and Hiking for Island Hoppers
The Aegean – the island world of the Greeks – is a source of particular
fascination: sun and sea, natural environment and culture,
entertainment and Greek hospitality. Over the last few years the
number of people who go hiking on the Aegean islands has grown steadily.
Kalderimia and Monopatia are increasingly being designated as hiking paths
and the volume of literature about them is increasing. A hiking holiday in
the Aegean is particularly attractive when it involves ‘island-hopping’; this
offers the opportunity to get to know the islands, each of them stamped with
its own unique character, and to enjoy their infinite variety. This roaming
lifestyle is the subject of “Aegean – Nature and hiking for island-hoppers”,
which describes a total of 48 selected routes on 16 Aegean islands.
The main purpose of this book is to draw the attention to the diversity of
plants and animals. The biodiversity of the Aegean islands is particularly
rich: circum-mediterranean representatives meet with species which originate
from the Balkans and the Near East, and their number is further
enhanced through numerous endemic species which developed in isolation
after the Ice Age. However, only a small fraction of the several thousands of
these species can be introduced through illustrations and notes. Ecological
cohesions in typical Mediterranean habitats, the interesting behaviour of
animals, the importance of some plants for Man, and traces of old agricultural
practices constitute the reading material for a holiday of discovery,
hiking or walking through the natural landscape.
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