On the Saronic Gulf, the small island of Poros is an hour’s ferry ride on a “Flying Dolphin” from the Port of Piraeus. On its south coast, Poros is separated from the Peloponnese by no more than 200 metres, so it’s one of the most convenient Greek Islands if you’re travelling from the capital by …
A fertile island in the Northern Sporades, Skopelos hit the big screen in 2008 when it appeared in the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!. Tourists come for the day, from Alonissos and Skiathos especially to see Kastani Beach and the enchanting Agios Ioannis Church, which both featured in the film. But Skopelos is much more than …
In the southeastern Aegean, Karpathos is an isolated island that has kept hold of its dialect, traditional dress and customs. These are manifested during the Panagias Festival on 15 August, and at weddings in villages like Olympos and Menetes, lasting for a whole week in the summer. Those settlements in the Karpathian interior are stunning, …
Just off the Pelion Peninsula in the northwest Aegean, Skiathos is a compact island enveloped in pine forest and with beaches to die for. On the west and south coasts of Skiathos is a constant chain of postcard-worthy bays, interspersed with rocky promontories and backed by a protected wooded landscape. Skiathos has pulled in a …
Attached to the rest of Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth, the Peloponnese is a peninsula with ancient cities and natural sights that are ingrained in the world’s shared memory. The region has one UNESCO World Heritage Site after another, from the Bronze Age tombs of Ancient Mycenae to the Great Theatre of Epidaurus, in …
Greece’s second-largest Island is separated from the mainland by the narrow Strait of Euripus. With a fierce, mountainous spine and roads that often degrade to dirt tracks on the coast, Evia still isn’t accustomed to tourism. But there’s much to see, as those mountains have waterfalls, gorges and can be admired in all their splendour …
The capital of Thessaly, Larissa is a fun-loving university town off the tourist trail. With 8,000 years of history the city rests under an acropolis that has layers of ancient, Byzantine and Ottoman remains. Hippocrates, the father of medicine spent the last decade of his life in ancient Larissa, and there’s a small monument at …
A green island laid with pine forest and olive groves, Thassos is in the North Aegean and counts as part of East Macedonia and Thrace. Thassos doesn’t grab the headlines as it isn’t a high-octane party destination and isn’t peppered with ancient wonders. But what you do get is a serene, family-friendly getaway with picturesque …
One of the largest municipalities in Greece, Kallithea is in the south of Athens bordering the Saronic Gulf and Athens’ historic centre. In 2016 Kallithea got a shot in the arm when the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre was unveiled close to the Faliro Bay in the south of the suburb. This ultramodern facility was …
South of Thessaloniki, Kalamaria is a suburb established in the 1920s with the arrival of Anatolian and Georgian refugees from the Greco-Turkish War. In Greece Kalamaria is known for Palataki, a Neoclassical mansion on a headland, once favoured as a residence by the Greek Royal Family and several Greek Prime Ministers, but now in need …