Category Archive: Greece Travel

Amorgos Chora, a Cycladic island's "capital village" A few weeks ago, I showed my guests on "Cruising to the Cyclades" around Amorgos Chora, one of the most beautiful traditional settlements in the Cyclades. I do so every ... Read More

Caretta caretta – on the joy of meeting loggerhead sea turtles Sometimes, there is little to say and much to communicate. That may not work well for a blog that is usually concerned with matters of history, archaeology and art, with ... Read More

UNESCO World Heritage on our Tours and Cruises in Greece In our last post, we celebrated the recent addition of ancient Ephesus to the UNESCO World Heritage List by describing the various sites of such distinction that we visit on ... Read More

The Castle of Panteli on Leros: walls, vistas and worship A series of crumbling medieval walls, perched high above a deep blue sea, overlooking a fascinating scenery of coves and bays, a dense jumble of ornate mansions and distant shores ... Read More

The Kasta Tumulus at Amphipolis in Macedonian Greece Much has been reported both in Greece and internationally about the archaeological excavations at the Kasta Tumulus near Amphipolis, at the eastern edge of the region of Central Macedonia in ... Read More

Messene: an ancient city in the Peloponnese, Greece Ancient Messene in the southwestern Peloponnese, the southern peninsula of the Greek Mainland, has in the last two decades become one of the most spectacular among the country's many great ... Read More

The Kerameikos: Life and Death in Ancient Athens A striking 2400-year-old marble relief, showing a mounted warrior defeating an enemy, towers over an ancient roadway. It stands upon a massive terrace that contains the graves of the soldier's ... Read More

The most unusual harbour town in Greece: Lakki on Leros I started writing this post last week, on a gulet moored in the Bay of Lakki on Leros, one of the finest natural harbours in the Eastern Mediterranean and one ... Read More

Ancient Lato on Crete A windswept saddle between two rugged and rocky peaks in Eastern Crete, overlooking a deep blue bay far below to the East and lush upland valleys filled with olive trees ... Read More

Assyrtiko wine from Santorini: a Unique Aegean Aroma It's surprising where a glass of good wine, enjoyed on one of these balmy Athenian spring evenings, in the company of friends and with a wandering mind, can take you... ... Read More

Kastoria: a Byzantine treasure trove in Greece On our Exploring Macedonia tour, we pass through a variety of Greece's key archaeological and historical landscapes, where Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines, Jews and Ottomans have left their traces behind for ... Read More

Kos Town in the Dodecanese islands of Greece: Walking through History Kos is the second-largest of the Dodecanese islands, the group of Greek islands that stretches along the south-west coast of Turkey and it is a place of immense archaeological interest. ... Read More

Macedonia: Visiting Alexander the Great at Home The fascination of Alexander the Great and his life endures more than 2,000 years after his death. We have long been running tours following the route of his campaigns through ... Read More

Gournia in Crete: A walk through this ancient city in Greece Gournia: a small town set amongst beautiful olive groves, on a low hill overlooking the sea, its winding cobbled streets - opening up into a small square here and there ... Read More

Kalymnos - Big Surprises on a Small Island in Greece Imagine a noble and beautiful lady, haughty, grand and dominant in appearance, full of poise and dignity - and made of bronze. Her empty eye-sockets intensifying the sense of mystery ... Read More