Category Archive: Greece Travel
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The History of Crete: One island - Three Golden Ages Crete, the largest of the Greek islands and a place very close to our heart, has appeared on Peter Sommer Travels' blog before. Of course it has: Exploring Crete, the ... Read More
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Limenas on Thasos - exploring an Ancient Greek city I was on Thasos a few weeks ago (for the first time in a while), and it struck me just what an extraordinary place it is! Thasos (sometimes spelt Thassos) ... Read More
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Rediscovering the island of Nisyros in the Greek Dodecanese Last month, I rediscovered Nisyros and it was wonderful. It is odd that I would write I “rediscovered” the place, as there are few islands I have set foot upon ... Read More
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Cyclades Diary 2018 – A cat in Roman Kos and the Charms of the Unforeseen This is part of a travel diary of our expert-led archaeological and cultural small ship Cyclades cruise aboard a traditional wooden gulet. Each day we pick a photograph from the ... Read More
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The town of Mandraki on the island of Nisyros in the Greek Dodecanese After yesterday's exploration of the ancient fortification and volcano on Nisyros, we spent the entire morning in the island's main town (or largest village), Mandraki. There, we saw the Monastery ... Read More
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The volcanic crater of Stefanos on Nisyros in Greece We began our exploration of Nisyros, during our gulet voyage, by visiting Palaiokastro, one of the finest Ancient Greek fortifications to survive (and I need to write a separate post ... Read More
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Astypalaia in the Aegean islands of Greece Astypalaia is a remote and butterfly-shaped island (look it up on Google Maps) that is technically part of the Dodecanese islands of Greece, but that actually sits halfway between that ... Read More
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The volcanic caldera of Santorini in the Cyclades islands of Greece We arrived in the famous and huge volcanic caldera of the island in the late morning, had lunch aboard and then went ashore to explore the crater-rim town of Fira, ... Read More
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The Venetian castle at Parikia on Paros in the Cyclades islands of Greece Most of our day was spent on Paros, the second-largest island of the Cyclades, namely in Parikia, the modern main town, a place of immense charm that was built upon ... Read More
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The island of Delos in the Cyclades islands of Greece and its ancient lions Today was, without any doubt, one of the most important stops on our "Cruising to the Cyclades" itinerary. We visited just one place, a tiny little barren island, but that ... Read More
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Cyclades Diary 2018 - A 7th century fresco in the Panagia Drosiani on Naxos This is part of a travel diary of our epic 2-week small ship Cyclades cruise aboard a traditional gulet. Every day we pick one image from that day, accompanied by ... Read More
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The Portara of Naxos in Greece This is Day 4 of a travel diary of our wonderful 2-week small ship Cyclades cruise. Every day we pick some images accompanied by some explanations and thoughts. Having reached ... Read More
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Pothia on Kalymnos in Greece This is part of a travel diary of our epic 2-week small ship Cyclades cruise aboard a traditional gulet. Every day we pick one image from that day, accompanied by ... Read More
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A Roman mosaic in Corinth in the Peloponnese, Greece The last day of our Peloponnese tour, takes us to the archaeological site of Corinth and the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. The Athens museum is a key moment and ... Read More
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The "Tomb of Klytemnestra" at Mycenae in Greece Today was the penultimate day of travel on our 2018 "Exploring the Peloponnese" tour, an important day including two UNESCO-listed World Heritage sites, namely the great Bronze Age citadel of ... Read More