"Gliding happily across the bay, the wind in my sail, the breeze in my face and my hands steady on the boom, I realised it was time to turn. Otherwise I’d end up in the harbour and have the ignominy of being towed out by the rescue boat. Trying to..."
The Best Travel Writing About Greece: Page 7 of 7
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On a wind and a prayer
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Claire Gervat
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Greece
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Lefkas Island
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Vassiliki
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Before You Die: Stay at the Taverna Aravanes
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Christopher Som...
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Greece
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Crete Island
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Crete Town
"Stay at the Taverna Aravanes at Thronos in the Amari Valley, Crete, with Lambros and Maria Papoutsakis, drinking Lambros's wine, eating Maria's stuffed vine leaves, and listening to Kostis and George play the lyra and the louto. If it's a red-..."
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Perfect Day
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Vitali Vitaliev
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Greece
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Mainland Greece
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Mount Athos
"At sunrise, I would be on Mount Athos, a self-governing republic of Orthodox monks in Northern Greece, where I once had an unforgettable sun-worshipping experience. To say that my Greek guide, who accompanied me on that particular..."
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Before You Die: Swallowing the Med
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Catherine Fairw...
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Greece
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Cyclades (south)
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Folegandros
"Greece, Islands: Free food is best: collect and eat your own sea urchins off the rocks in Greece on a remote island like Folegrandos or Sikinos. Prize them from their sticking-place with a knife, slice them open, squirt some lemon and slurp - it..."
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Paxos
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Martin O'Brien
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Greece
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Cyclades (south)
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Naxos
"So what fish you want tonight? asks Mihalis Dalietos. It is early morning on the Greek island of Paxos and a bearded Dalietos has just returned from the harbour with a carrier bag bulging with fish. His blue eyes gleam with..."
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Favourite Hotels Outside Athens
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Martin O'Brien
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Greece
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Mainland Greece
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Athens
"In Athens, Fridays are like the end of term at school. Offices empty early, bags are packed and houses and apartments shuttered and locked with a speed one would normally associate with the threat of plague or the approach of an invading army...."
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Alónissos - The Silent Island
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Justine Hardy
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Greece
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Aegean Islands
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Alonissos Island
"The man in the bicycle shop put his hands on his hips and stuck out his moussaka belly with pride. He slapped it and smiled at the solid sound. "Tomorrow it is going to rain and that is good for the plants and for the air and it is..."
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