Category Archive: Greece Travel
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What do you see from here? - the island of Crete in Greece Have you been to Crete? Have you explored the remarkable Minoan places, explored the dramatic mountains and coastline and savoured the wonderful cuisine, often considered the best in Greece? Oh ... Read More
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Patmos in the Dodecanese islands of Greece: A Feast Day During a number of our gulet vacations in the Greek islands, we visit Patmos, which is the the holy island of the Apocalypse, at least as seen from the Greek ... Read More
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The Monastery of the Chozoviotissa on Amorgos in Greece During our 2-week Cyclades tour by gulet, we visit the tiny and beautiful island of Amorgos. Our day on Amorgos has two wonderful highlights. The first is the Chora, the ... Read More
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The Bronze Age site of Akrotiri on Santorini in Greece Thera is by no means the largest of the Greek islands, nor even of the Cyclades, the spill of central Aegean islands of which it marks the fringe. But in ... Read More
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The Derveni Krater in the archaeological museum in Thessaloniki, Greece Our picture shows a detail of one of the most remarkable things we see in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki in Greece. The central galleries are devoted more or less ... Read More
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Thessaloniki: capital of Greek gastronomy A free evening in Thessaloniki is both an essential and a dangerous feature of tours in Macedonia! Thessaloniki is, beyond any doubt, the culinary capital of Greece. Although the city ... Read More
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The island of Thasos in Macedonia, Greece Today, from our two-night base in the very maritime city of Kavala, we crossed the Northern Aegean and went to the island of Thasos. The key reason we go there ... Read More
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Stageira, home of Aristotle in Macedonia, northern Greece Today we visited the archaeological site of Stageira in Macedonia in northern Greece. Stageira is not a famous name today, but the city was historically important in more than one ... Read More
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The shield of Philip II and archaeological treasures at Vergina in Greece Today, in the middle of our tour of Macedonia, we went to pivotal places. Our first stop was the Nymphaion of Mieza, just below Naoussa, where we are staying. It ... Read More
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Aiani - an ancient Macedonian provincial centre in Greece On our tours of Macedonia in northern Greece, we venture into Western Macedonia, the area known as Upper Macedonia in antiquity, because it is hill and mountain country, as opposed ... Read More
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A medieval keep at Platamon castle in Macedonia, Greece We spent the morning mostly in the Archaeological Museum of Dion, below the slopes of mighty Mount Olympus, home of the gods. Appropriately, Dion was a major shrine to Zeus, ... Read More
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The Neolithic lake settlement of Dispilio in Macedonia in Greece One of the visits on our Exploring Macedonia tour is Dispilio, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the area. Here, a lakeside settlement of the Neolithic era has ... Read More
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Macedonia Diary 2022 - the painted tomb at Agios Athanasios "Exploring Macedonia" is our first new itinerary in Greece since 2018. On this occasion, to give an impression of the experience, we are providing a kind of travel diary on ... Read More
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The Peloponnese in Greece: what you can see and do The Peloponnese conjures up images of ancient glories, epic struggles, valiant heroes and majestic vistas. The mere mention of names like Arcadia or Corinth, Sparta or Olympia, Nemea or Mycenae ... Read More
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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