"The Cyclades spread across the Aegean like God's footsteps. Between creating Asia and Europe, He paused to dabble in the warm waters and left sparkling jewels in His wake. Today, in the absence of divine projection, Olympic Airlines laces most of..."
The Best Travel Writing About Greece: Page 4 of 7
-
Time on Naxos
|
Rory MacLean
|
Greece
|
Cyclades (south)
|
Naxos
-
Naxos
|
Lucretia Stewart
|
Greece
|
Cyclades (south)
|
Naxos
"Naxos is the largest and most beautiful of the Cyclades - or so the guidebooks always say. While it may lack the picture-postcard perfection of Mykonos or the drama of Santorini, I like it precisely because it is so big. You can lose yourself in..."
-
Greek Island Odyssey
|
Maureen Barry
|
Greece
|
Cyclades (south)
|
Naxos
"The Greeks invented hedonism, so maybe that’s why the quest to find the island of one’s dreams is about as random and elusive as finding the ideal man or woman: each has an individual character, charisma and emotional climate that might appeal to..."
-
Sani Asterias Suites
|
Liat Joshi
|
Greece
|
Mainland Greece
|
Halkidiki
"Forty-five minutes from Greece’s fashionable second city of Thessaloniki, the Sani Asterias is the most exclusive of four hotels at the privately-owned Sani Resort on the Halkidiki Peninsula. Fifty-plus years ago this was largely..."
-
Mystique
|
Jeroen Bergmans
|
Greece
|
Cyclades (south)
|
Santorini
"As the traditional, trologytic cave rooms of boutique hotel Mystique are painted a comforting cream, they stand out against the blinding Cycladic white of the other luxury hotels that cling to Santorini’s dramatic caldera. Sculptural..."
-
Hotel Doma
|
Christopher Deliso
|
Greece
|
Crete Island
|
Crete Town
"Although it might make a fine setting for an Agatha Christie novel, there’s nothing very ominous about this friendly and comfortable boutique hotel set in a quiet neighborhood not far from Chania’s Venetian old town. The hotel is located in the..."
-
Halepa Hotel
|
Christopher Deliso
|
Greece
|
Crete Island
|
Crete Town
"Constructed in the 19th century by the famous Greek merchant Themistiklis Mitsotakis, and later a British consulate during the days of the Great Powers, the Halepa enjoys an appropriate grandeur in its lobby/sitting room, outfitted with piano,..."
-
Veneto Suites
|
Christopher Deliso
|
Greece
|
Crete Island
|
Rethymno
"This gem of a boutique hotel, tucked into a quiet side street of Rethymno’s Venetian old town, is so inconspicuously and harmoniously blended into its surroundings that even many locals don’t know where it is. The historic building grew out of a..."
-
Milia Traditional Settlement
|
Christopher Deliso
|
Greece
|
Crete Island
|
Crete Town
"What began as an experiment over a decade ago is still marked by a refreshing sense of freedom and hearty doses of Greek country hospitality. One of the most unique accommodations in Crete, Milia, is located far from the tourist throngs, in the..."
-
Sofitel Athens Airport
|
Hal Peat
|
Greece
|
Mainland Greece
|
Athens
"When Athens decided to move its airport from the cramped but still quite close coastal location out to Spata, on the central plain of Attica, logistics dictated that not only a 21st century international airport be constructed but that the void in..."
Browse Travel Writing
Luxury Hotels Newsletter
Sign up for the TI newsletter to get the latest hotel news, top-class travel writing, free stay giveaways and unbeatable hotel deals straight to your inbox!