Category Archive: Greece Travel

The painted tomb at Agios Athanasios in Macedonia, Greece Agios Athanasios is one of the most astonishing archaeological sites in Greece! Agios Athanasios, just outside the suburbs of Thessaloniki, is a typical 'Macedonian tomb', an elite burial monument from ... Read More

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

Limenas on Thasos in Greece - exploring an Ancient Greek city Thasos (sometimes spelt Thassos) is a lesser-known Greek Island and Limenas is its capital town. The island is a smallish one, set in the North Aegean, just off the coast ... Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mycenaean Tiryns in the Peloponnese, Greece: An ancient sally port The Argolid is best-known for its unusual wealth of Bronze Age remains, and especially its Mycenaean citadels. The most famous is Mycenae herself, our destination tomorrow morning. Today, we went ... Read More

The Monastery of Agios Ioannis Prodromos in Arcadia Greece If you like the kind of literature that presents the past as a vast conspiracy, you might be aware of the phrase 'Et in Arcadia ego' - 'I, too, am ... Read More