Destinations

Favourite Hotels Outside Athens | Martin O'Brien | Greece, Mainland Greece, Athens

On weekends, the people who know better leave Athens to the people who know no better - usually first-time tourists who haven't read their guide books properly or learned enough about the inhabitants

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Athens Renewed | Christopher Deliso | Greece, Mainland Greece, Athens

Presiding over the city from a craggy hilltop, the Acropolis itself is a complex of ancient buildings hearkening back to Athens’ glorious past

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Athens without the Acropolis | Juliet Kinsman | Greece, Mainland Greece, Athens

Can Athens snare weekending tourists for more than a quick glance at the Acropolis and stroll around the winding cobblestone streets of Plaka?

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Thessaloniki and the Meaning of Transience | Christopher Deliso | Greece, Mainland Greece, Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki is one of those fleeting cities of indifference, restlessness and necessity, whose permanent population has been forged by the trauma of dislocation abroad and forced resettlement

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Thessaloniki: Sophistication and Sustenance in Greece’s Cultural Capital | Christopher Deliso | Greece, Mainland Greece, Thessaloniki

Indeed, the past is never far in Thessaloniki, whose streets are named after philosophers and patriarchs and presidents

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Perfect Day | Vitali Vitaliev | Greece, Mainland Greece, Mount Athos

Having visited over 60 countries of the world in the last seven or eight years, I often fantasise about an ideal day, spent in the places that I liked most of all

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Into the heart of Byzantium: A journey to Mt. Athos | Christopher Deliso | Greece, Mainland Greece, Mount Athos

Athos, or the “Holy Mountain,” is the spiritual centre of Orthodox Christianity, where the traditions of a long-vanished world have continued for over 1,000 years

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Sailing to Byzantium | Bradley Winterton | Greece, Mainland Greece, Mount Athos

Monasteries stood massive and tranquil among their vegetable gardens, or were perched on cliffs from which great pines reached out into the scented air above waves breaking in silence far below

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Shepherd's Delight | Chris Moss | Greece, Mainland Greece, Zagoria

The balance of rest and recreation, challenge and chilling out while in Zagoria is perfect. Unlike more insipid Mediterranean destinations, nature never lets up here

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Delphi | Byron Browne | Greece, Mainland Greece, Delphi

Frequently, the Greece that you have imagined will be found outside of Athens. In this way you will also find the numerous maroon and yellow archaeological signs that pepper the country

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