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Top Road Trips in Greece
Best Time for a Greek Road Trip The best time for a road trip in Greece is in shoulder season. April, May, and June ...
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Spinalonga: The Abandoned Greek Island
Spinalonga is an 8.5-hectare island in the Gulf of Mirabello, located close to the town of Plaka on the island of C ...
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Ionian Islands – A Brief History
The islands of the Ionian are found in the Ionian Sea in the western area of Greece. They include Corfu, Paxos, Lef ...
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Scuba Diving Greece: The Best Spots
It’s not hard to see why Greece has some of the best diving in the world. Greece’s waters are a host to seals, turt ...
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Best Islands for Retirement in Greece
The most important considerations when choosing a place to live in your golden years of retirement are affordabilit ...
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Best Greek Olives in the Peloponnese
The Peloponnese is Greece’s most fertile region, and is found in the southern part of the Greek mainland. It is kno ...
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Monemvasia Travel Guide
The Castle Town of Monemvasia is one of the most impressive and well-preserved places in Greece. It is found in the ...
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Greece
Greece is a haven for World Heritage sites – archaeological monuments, places of historical interest, and anc ...
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6 Unique Sights in Crete
If you’ve spent time on the island of Crete, you’ve likely heard already about the main sites – the beaches o ...
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The Island of Gavdos, Crete
The island of Gavdos is a hidden gem. It is the southernmost place to visit both in Greece and in Europe. The islan ...
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Windmills of the Greek Islands
The first windmills of Greece were built in the 12th century. In their heyday, more than 50,000 mills were built, 2 ...
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The Best Season to Visit Greece
If you’re wondering when is the best time to visit Greece, the answer you get may vary depending on your goals, how ...
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Preveza Travel Guide
Preveza is gaining popularity among tourists to Greece because of its pristine landscapes, nature areas, stunning b ...
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The Shades of Santorini
The famous island of Santorini is found 300 kilometers southeast of Athens, in the Cyclades. Besides being one of t ...
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Music on the Island of Crete
Cretan music is the oldest music in Greece and perhaps all of Europe. Even in ancient times, excavations show that ...
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How did Mykonos Get so Famous?
Mykonos is one of the most popular islands in the world. Hollywood actors, famous athletes, and lovers of wild nigh ...
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Lefkada Travel Guide
Lefkada, the so called “Caribbean of Greece” is gradually gaining popularity among visitors to Greece. It is found ...
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Car-free (and Carefree) Islands in Greece
When we hear the words “Greek islands”, usually Santorini and Mykonos are the first to come to mind. We imagine blu ...
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Halkidiki (Chalkidiki) Wine Routes
Halkidiki (sometimes spelled as Chalkidiki) is a peninsula in northern Greece which is found to the East of Thessal ...
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Elephant Cave in Crete
Where is Crete’s Elephant Cave? The Elephant Cave in Crete is one of the best-known diving sites in Greece. The Ele ...
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Crete’s Preveli Palm Forest
The palm forest of Preveli is found below the Monastery of Preveli, next to the Kourtaliótiko Gorge. The beach is k ...
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The Greek Island of Astypalaia (Astypalea)
Astypalaia is the most western island in the Dodecanese Islands. Astypalaia has a history that is centuries old, vi ...
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The Greek Island of Symi (Simi)
Symi (sometimes spelled Simi) is located next to Rhodes Island. It is a hidden gem of the Dodecanese and you will b ...
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Greece’s Chalki (Halki) Island Produce...
Have you heard of Chalki before? Its solar electricity grid is the first of its kind in Greece, and it aims to powe ...
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Crete’s Vai Palm Tree Forest
Travel to Crete’s Eastern tip and you will find yourself at Vai’s palm forest. Vai has a colony of 5000 trees of th ...
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Architecture on the Island of Hydra
Hydra is an island close to Athens, only about an hour away by ferry. Like some of the neighboring islands in the S ...
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Mastic Villages on Chios Island
The island of Chios is known for its biggest export, mastic. It is sometimes spelled “Mastiha” or “Mastixa.” It is ...
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Kalymnos: The Sponge-Divers Island
The picturesque island of Kalymnos can be found between the islands of Kos and Leros, in the Dodecanese. Visitors c ...
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Architecture in Rhodes
Rhodes’s history goes back to the Neolithic period, in 4,000 B.C. It has always been a desirable island because of ...
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Village Architecture of Chania, Crete
The architecture of Chania is unique both to the island of Crete and the country of Greece as a whole. It features ...
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