MYKONOS, GREECE
To mingle with the Athenian jet-set, don your Chanel sunglasses and pink trousers and head to Nammos Restaurant, on Psarou Beach. Order the lobster risotto (30-22890-22440; entrées, $10-$20). More down-to-earth fare can be had at Alefkandra, in the Little Venice (section of Mykonos Town, where the fresh seafood is grilled outdoors in a giant stone oven. Order the delicious, unnervingly large octopus meatballs (30-2289-022450; entrées, $10-$25). Kousathanas Travel can arrange tours of the (island (30-22890-22242; half-day tour, $670).

READING
For a taste of the lotus-eater quality of the SeaDream Yacht Club experience, read Paul Theroux's amusing account of his cruise aboard SeaDream competitor Seabourne in The Pillars of Hercules (Ballantine, $17). For a more stolid, nuts-and-bolts overview of luxury cruising through Europe, get Fodor's The Complete Guide to European Cruises ($24) or Frommer's European Cruises & Ports of Call ($25). If you plan on sailing these waters on your own, consider Croatia Cruising Companion, by Jane Cody and John Nash (Wiley, $50), and the exhaustive Greek Waters Pilot, by Rod Heikell (Imray, $110). For a guide to Greek temples, pick up a copy of Sanctuaries and the Sacred in the Ancient Greek World, by John Pedley (Cambridge, $30), and The Complete Greek Temples, by Tony Spawforth (Thames & Hudson, $40).(