Category Archive: Greece Travel

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

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

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

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

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