Category Archive: Greece Travel
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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
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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
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The Statue of Hermes by Praxiteles at Olympia in Greece During our Peloponnese tour, we spend one whole entire morning visiting the site of Ancient Olympia, one of the most important religious and social centres of Ancient Greece. It is ... Read More
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The Palace of Nestor in Greece: A Bronze Age face Today, we explored the Pylia, the area around Pylos in Messinia, forming the very southwestern tip of the Peloponnese. Our stations were the Archaeological Museum of Chora, the archaeological site ... Read More
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Old Kardamyli and the Mourtzinos Tower in the Peloponnese, Greece Kardamyli, a coastal settlement of Messenian Mani is one of the more remote stops on our tour of the Peloponnese in Greece. The place is an attractive and peaceful coastal ... Read More
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Diros Cave: a natural marvel in the Peloponnese, Greece The Mani Peninsula is the stark and rocky protrusion of Mount Taigetos that forms the middle one of the Peloponnese's three southern 'fingers' in southern Greece. It is a place ... Read More
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Mystras in the Peloponnese: Byzantine grandeur in Greece Mystras is not just a wayside stop, but a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site and one of the most important historic places in Greece. It is also extraordinarily beautiful. Its history ... Read More
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Monemvasia in Greece: beauty and serenity Monemvasia is set on a stark, steep and rocky islet just off Laconia's eastern shore. It was first settled in the Early Middle Ages, but its main flourish, dominating the ... Read More
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Peloponnese Diary 2018 – A Corinthian helmet in Nafplio Archaeological Museum “Exploring the Peloponnese” is Peter Sommer Travels’ second scheduled tour in Greece in 2018. This year, to give an impression of the experience, we are providing a diary of sorts ... Read More
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The Corinth Canal in Greece To enter the Peloponnese from Athens during our Exploring the Peloponnese tour, we have to cross the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow neck of land connecting the peninsula that is ... Read More
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A walking reconnoitre in the Central Dodecanese Last week, our three trusted local experts in Greece and three of our core staff concluded an intense week-long recce or reconnoitre in the Dodecanese Islands, in preparation for our ... Read More
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The Gold of Mycenae in Greece: An Archaeological Mystery Mystery 4. Greece: The Gold of Mycenae - a key one among so many Bronze Age mysteries Since the rediscovery of Greek prehistory in the 19th century, triggered by characters ... Read More
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Rhodes and her History Today, we were focused entirely on the Town of Rhodes, with its Ancient Greek presence as the prime city state of the region, its Roman and Byzantine existence, its long ... Read More
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The island of Giali in the Dodecanese islands of Greece During our trips in the Dodecanese we often anchor off Giali, a small and seemingly insignificant islet between Kos and Nisyros, notable today for its pumice quarry. The whole place ... Read More
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Dodecanese Cruise Diary 2017 - The Casa Romana of Kos Kos is where this cruise started a week ago, and indeed where the vast majority of our guided gulet cruises in Greece start and end. It is a place with ... Read More