Santorini
The Cyclades are a group of islands in the Âegean sea, South East from mainland Greece. The term Cyclades means circular or cyclic referring to the group of islands that encircle the sacred island of Delos. For the mythology aficionados,…
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Cinque Terra pastels
Cinque Terre (pronounced CHINK-weh TAY-reh) National park is an UNESCO World Heritage Site in the north west coast of Italy in the region of Liguria. Cinque means ‘five’ and terre means ‘earth/ground/land’, and refers to the five coastal villages that…
Mystical monasteries of Meteora
Meteora in Greek means ‘suspended in the air’ and it has to rank among the world’s most surreal wonders! A typical tourist itinerary to Greece includes Athens for its history, and the Cyclades islands for its visually stunning towns and…
Ancient Athens
Athens ranks among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and is a must-do for all history aficionados. It still retains quite a few splendid monuments from the Greek Classical era, the Roman era and Ottoman times. The Parthenon…